Is polyproline II helix the killer conformation? A Raman optical activity study of the amyloidogenic prefibrillar intermediate of human lysozyme

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 553-563

  Blanch, Ewan W ^a   Morozova Roche, Ludmilla A ^b   Cochran, Duncan A E ^c   Doig, Andrew J ^c   Hecht, Lutz ^a   Barron, Laurence D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibrils; Conformational disease; Human lysozyme; Polyproline II helix; Raman optical activity

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; LYSOZYME; PROLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; VIBRATION;

CHAETODON;

EID: 0034636977     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3981     Document Type: Article

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