Modulation of intrinsic φ,ψ propensities of amino acids by neighbouring residues in the coil regions of protein structures: NMR analysis and dissection of a β-hairpin peptide

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1597-1609

  Griffiths Jones, Samuel R ^a   Sharman, Gary J ^a,b   Maynard, Allister J ^a   Searle, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

NMR coupling constants; Protein data base; Random coil; hairpin; , propensities

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032545189     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2264     Document Type: Article

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