Structural requirements essential for elastin coacervation: Favorable spatial arrangements of valine ridges on the three-dimensional structure of elastin-derived polypeptide (VPGVG)n

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 735-743

  Maeda, Iori ^a   Fukumoto, Yoshiteru ^a   Nose, Takeru ^b   Shimohigashi, Yasuyuki ^b   Nezu, Takashi ^c   Terada, Yoshihiro ^b   Kodama, Hiroaki ^d   Kaibara, Kozue ^e   Okamoto, Kouji ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU KYORITSU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coacervation; Elastin; Repeat structure; Self association; Spiral structure

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; GLYCINE; VALINE;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COACERVATION; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

BIOPOLYMERS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELASTIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80055006040     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.1394     Document Type: Article

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