NATURAL POLYPEPTIDES IN LEFT-HANDED HELICAL CONFORMATION - A CIRCULAR-DICHROISM STUDY OF THE LINKER HISTONES C-TERMINAL FRAGMENTS AND BETA-ENDORPHIN

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作者
MAKAROV, AA [1 ]
LOBACHOV, VM [1 ]
ADZHUBEI, IA [1 ]
ESIPOVA, NG [1 ]
机构
[1] MV LOMONOSOV STATE UNIV,FAC BIOL,DEPT MOLEC BIOL,MOSCOW 119899,USSR
关键词
LINKER HISTONE; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; POLY-L-PROLINE-II CONFORMATION; NONCOOPERATIVE MELTING;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(92)80838-8
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
Circular dichroism has been used to investigate the histone H1 and H5 C-terminal fragments and beta-endorphin conformation. It has been shown that in aqueous solution these polypeptides preferably adopt the left-handed helical conformation of the poly-L-proline II type. A break in the linear temperature dependence of the CD value was found in the temperature interval between 50 and 55-degrees-C. It was proposed to be due to non-cooperative disordering of the conformation caused by the destruction of the hydration shell.
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