Nitroxide Side-Chain Dynamics in a Spin-Labeled Helix-Forming Peptide Revealed by High-Frequency (139.5-GHz) EPR Spectroscopy

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 281-286

  Bennati, M ^b   Gerfen, G J ^e   Martinez, G V ^a   Griffin, R G ^a,c   Singel, D J ^d   Millhauser, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic motion; EPR; High frequency; Peptide; Side chain dynamics

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPIN LABELING; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANISOTROPY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPIN LABELS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033170414     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.1999.1769     Document Type: Article

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