Short Sequences of Non-Proline Residues Can Adopt the Polyproline II Helical Conformation

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 5864-5869

  Chellgren, Brian W ^a   Creamer, Trevor P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; NON-PROLINE RESIDUES; PROLINE-BASED HOST SYSTEM;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

POLYAMINOACID; POLYPROLINE 2; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HOST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARAGINE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GLUTAMINE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; PROLINE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VALINE;

EID: 2442522724     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi049922v     Document Type: Article

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