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Synthesis and study of a gramicidin B mutant possessing a ditryptophan crosslink.
Journal of peptide science : an official publication of the European Peptide Society - 1 Sept 2002
Presley Bodnar Alice L, Gilbert Eric J, Yoburn Joshua C, Van Vranken David L
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies of peptide dimers linked by Trp-Trp (ditryptophan) crosslinks suggest that the crosslinks can reinforce antiparallel beta-structure. Depending on environment, gramicidins A, B and C form either helical ion channels with parallel beta-structure or non-functional pores with antiparallel beta-structure. In the channel conformation of the gramicidins Trp9 and Trp15 are close in space, but in the pore...
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