Transformation of an α-helix peptide into a β-hairpin induced by addition of a fragment results in creation of a coexisting state

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 860-868

  Araki, Mitsugu ^a   Tamura, Atsuo ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Protein design; Protein folding; Protein stability; Protein structure; Secondary structure; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 33847072061     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21263     Document Type: Article

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