Conformational studies on synthetic repetitive sequences and analogues of elastin are described. C D and nmr measurements gave evidence of flexible ,&turns as the dominant structural feature whose stability was found t o decrease by increasing the number of repetitivc units. The sequences comprised
Conformations and mitochondrial uncoupling activity of synthetic emerimicin fragments
โ Scribed by P. Antony Raj; Manoj K. Das; P. Balaram
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 856 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-3525
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โฆ Synopsis
Synopsis
Several amino terminal fragments of the emerimicins (Ac-Phe'-Aib2-Aib3-Ab4-Va15-Gly6-L.eu7-Aiba-Aibg-Hyp'o-Gln1'-~-Iva'2-Hy~3-Ala/Ai~4-Phol15) ranging in length from five to ten residues have been synthesized.
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