New tools for the control of peptide conformation: The helicogenic C α-methyl, Cα-cyclohexylglycine

Journal of Peptide Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-170

  Formaggio, F ^a   Moretto, V ^a   Crisma, M ^a   Toniolo, C ^a   Kaptein, B ^b   Broxterman, Q B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b DSM RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

turn; 310 helix; Amino acid synthesis; C tetrasubstituted amino acid; Peptide synthesis; Spectroscopy; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; METHYL GROUP; OLIGOMER; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; VALINE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; HYDROGENATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALANINE; AMINO ACIDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GLYCINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 1542406269     PISSN: 1397002X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.2003.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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