Changes of secondary structure detected by laser Raman spectroscopy in model peptides of human αA-crystallin due to substitution of D-aspartyl residues for L-aspartyl residues

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 354-359

  Mizuno, Aritake ^a   Fujii, Noriko ^b   Akaboshi, Mitsuhiko ^b   Momose, Yuko ^c   Shimo Oka, Tadashi ^d  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATL INST FOR ADV INTERDISC RES   (Japan)

^d Asahi Techno Glass Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

A crystallin; D aspartic acid; Model peptide; Racemization; Raman study

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; ASPARTIC ACID; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

AGING; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DRY POWDER; ISOMER; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ASPARTIC ACID; CRYSTALLINS; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 0342520821     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(00)00202-1     Document Type: Article

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