Conformational behaviour of Cα,α-diphenylglycine: Folded vs. extended structures in DφG-containing tripeptides

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-32

  Pavone, Vincenzo ^a,c   Lombardi, Angela ^a   Saviano, Michele ^a   Nastri, Flavia ^a   Zaccaro, Laura ^a   Maglio, Ornella ^a   Pedone, Carlo ^a   Omote, Yuichiro ^b   Yamanaka, Yoshinori ^b   Yamada, Takashi ^b  

^a CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^b KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

C , disubstituted amino acids; Conformation; Crystal structure; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GLYCINE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031989394     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1387(199802)4:1<21::aid-psc125>3.0.co;2-a     Document Type: Article

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