Estimating the relative populations of 310-helix and α-helix in Ala-rich peptides: A hydrogen exchange and high field NMR study

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 963-974

  Millhauser, Glenn L ^a   Stenland, Chris J ^a   Hanson, Paul ^a   Bolin, Kimberly A ^a   Van De Ven, Frank J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

310 helix; Conformational equilibria; Helical peptide; Nuclear magnetic resonance; helix

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031564662     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0923     Document Type: Article

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