(αMe)Aun: A highly lipophilic, chiral, C(α)-tetrasubstituted α-amino acid. Incorporation into model peptides and preferred conformation

Journal of Peptide Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 262-269

  Peggion, C ^a   Mossel, E ^a   Formaggio, F ^a   Crisma, M ^a   Kaptein, B ^b   Broxterman, Q B ^b   Kamphuis, J ^c   Toniolo, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b DSM RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c DSM RESOLVE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aminoisobutyric acid; 310 helix; C( ) methyl; C( ) n nonylglycine; Hydrophobicity; Lipophilic side chain; Peptide conformation; Peptide synthesis; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; ALPHA AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE; UNDECANOIC ACID; 2 METHYL 2 AMINO UNDECANOIC ACID; 2-METHYL-2-AMINO-UNDECANOIC ACID; AMINE OXIDE; AMINO ACID; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; OLIGOPEPTIDE; TEMPO; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPOPHILICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FATTY ACIDS; GLYCINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

EID: 0033622057     PISSN: 1397002X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3011.2000.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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