Orientation preferences of backbone secondary amide functional groups in peptide nucleic acid complexes: Quantum chemical calculations reveal an intrinsic preference of cationic D-amino acid-based chiral PNA analogues for the P-form

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 769-786

  Topham, Christopher M ^a,d   Smith, Jeremy C ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Centre de Bioinformatique de la Haute Garonne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; DEXTRO ALANINE; DIMER; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHIRALITY; DIMERIZATION; DNA STRAND; HYDROGEN BOND; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 33846807436     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.079723     Document Type: Article

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