Determination of an unusual secondary structural element in the immunostimulating tetrapeptide rigin in aqueous environments: Insights via MD simulations, 1H NMR and CD spectroscopic studies

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 456-464

  Kumar, Nigam ^a   Kishore, Raghuvansh ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioactive peptide; Conformational analysis; Implicit water; MD simulations; Spectroscopic studies; Unusual kinked topology

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT; RIGIN; TETRAPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOLUTIONS; WATER;

EID: 77957308274     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.1260     Document Type: Article

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