A simple model for polyproline II structure in unfolded states of alanine-based peptides

Protein Science

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2437-2455

  Pappu, Rohit V ^a   Rose, George D ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Configurational mapping; Energy landscape; Inherent structures; Packing density; Polyproline II helices; Random coil

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALANINE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYPEPTIDE; POLYPROLINE II; PROLINE DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CALCULATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DENSITY; ENERGY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALANINE; DIPEPTIDES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0036784642     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.0217402     Document Type: Article

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