PII structure in the model peptides for unfolded proteins: Studies on ubiquitin fragments and several alanine-rich peptides containing QQQ, SSS, FFF, and VVV

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 312-321

  Shi, Zhengshuang ^a,b   Chen, Kang ^a   Lim, Zhigang ^a   Sosnick, Tobin R ^c   Kallenbach, Neville R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alanine rich peptides; Nonrepeating amino acids; Protein folding; Ubiquitin fragments; Unfolded state

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; OLIGOALANINE; OLIGOASPARTIC ACID; OLIGOGLUTAMIC ACID; OLIGOLYSINE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; POLYPROLINE; PROLINE DERIVATIVE; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RANDOM COIL MODEL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; UBIQUITIN;

EID: 33645291753     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20788     Document Type: Article

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