Conformational analysis of the dipeptide taste ligand L-aspartyl-D-2-aminobutyric acid-(S)-α-ethylbenzylamide and its analogues by NMR spectroscopy, computer simulations and X-ray diffraction studies

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 231-241

  Goodman, Murray ^a   Zhu, Qin ^a   Kent, Darin R ^a   Amino, Yusuke ^b   Iacovino, Rosa ^c   Benedetti, Ettore ^c   Santini, Antonello ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial sweeteners; Computer simulations; Conformational analysis; NMR spectroscopy; Peptide based taste ligands; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTYL 2 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID ETHYLBENZYLAMIDE; ASPARTYL-2-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID ETHYLBENZYLAMIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ASPARTIC ACID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 0031134714     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1387(199705)3:3<231::AID-PSC105>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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