Conformation of gramicidin A in Triton X-100 micelles from CD and FTIR data: A clean example of antiparallel double β5.6 helix formation

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 452-458

  Sychev, Sergei V ^a   Barsukov, Leonid I ^a   Ivanov, Vadim T ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Channel forming peptides; Circular dichroism; Double helix; Gramicidin A; Triton X 100 micelles

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; GRAMICIDIN A; MONOMER; TRITON X 100; TRYPTOPHAN; GRAMICIDIN; MICELLE; OCTOXINOL;

ARTICLE; BETA HELIX; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MICELLE; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GRAMICIDIN; MICELLES; OCTOXYNOL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84878978191     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.2519     Document Type: Article

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