Solution structure of human proinsulin C-peptide

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 4284-4293

  Munte, Claudia Elisabeth ^a   Vilela, Luciano ^b   Kalbitzer, Hans Robert ^c   Garratt, Richard Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Biomm SA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CA knuckle; NMR; Proinsulin C peptide; Protein secondary structure

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PENTAPEPTIDE; PROINSULIN; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CHIRALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROINSULIN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 23844559298     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04843.x     Document Type: Article

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