Structural role of tyrosine in Bombyx mo
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Tetsuo Asakura; Kohei Suita; Tsunenori Kameda; Sergii Afonin; Anne S. Ulrich
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The influence of the bulky and H‐bonding Tyr side‐chain on its Ala‐ and Gly‐rich environment in __Bombyx mori__ silk fibroin was examined by ^13^C cross‐polarization magic angle spinning (CP/MAS), static ^2^H and ^19^F NMR and molecular mechanics calculations. Model peptides of the type