The secondary structure analysis of a potent Ser14Gly analog of antiAlzheimer peptide, Humanin, by circular dichroism

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 639-642

  Arakawa, Tsutomu ^a   Niikura, Takako ^b   Tajima, Hirohisa ^b   Kita, Yoshiko ^b  

^a ALLIANCE PROTEIN LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Circular dichroism; Humanin; Secondary structure; Ser14Gly analog

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; HUMANIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; SERINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WILD TYPE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GLYCINE; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SERINE; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33750072017     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.773     Document Type: Article

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