A conformational α-helix to β-sheet transition accompanies racemic self-assembly of polylysine: An FT-IR spectroscopic study

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-54

  Dzwolak, Wojciech ^a   Smirnovas, Vytautas ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Amyloid; Beta sheet; Conformational transitions; Poly(D lysine); Poly(L lysine); Self assembly

Indexed keywords

POLYLYSINE; WATER;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRICITY; ENANTIOMER; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FREEZING; KINETICS; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; RACEMIC MIXTURE; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 17444390052     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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