The α-helix folds more rapidly at the C-terminus than at the N-terminus

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 40, 2005, Pages 13784-13785

  Ramajo, Angela Pozo ^a   Petty, Sarah A ^a,b   Starzyk, Agnieszka ^b   Decatur, Sean M ^b   Volk, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26444460186     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja054500+     Document Type: Article

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