SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES ON ELASTIN-LIKE SYNTHETIC POLYPEPTIDES

被引:23
作者
CASTIGLIONEMORELLI, A [1 ]
SCOPA, A [1 ]
TAMBURRO, AM [1 ]
GUANTIERI, V [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV PADUA,DEPT INORGAN METALLORGAN & ANALYT CHEM,I-35100 PADUA,ITALY
关键词
circular dichroism; Elastin; nuclear magnetic resonance; β-turn conformation;
D O I
10.1016/0141-8130(90)90044-B
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Spectroscopic studies on synthetic polypeptides containing the unit X-G-G (X = V or L) are reported. The sequences, constituting either fragments or model of elastin, were shown to adopt type II β-turns together with an ensemble of unordered conformations. Furthermore, it was found that the stability of the β-turns was depending on the nature of the X residue, on the hydration of the chain and, in the case of the sequence G-V-G-G-L, was decreasing by increasing the length of the chain. © 1990.
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页码:363 / 368
页数:6
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