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Thermodynamic and kinetic consequences of substituting glycine at different positions in a Pro-Hyp-Gly repeat collagen model peptide.
Biopolymers - 1 Jan 2011
Chen Yi-Shan, Chen Chia-Ching, Horng Jia-Cherng
Abstract excerpt
A glycine occurs at every third residue in the X-Y-Gly repeat of natural collagen. Replacing Gly residues destabilizes collagen and is often associated with many diseases. We present a comprehensive study on the thermodynamic and kinetic consequences of replacing Gly residues at different sites in collagen. For this, we prepared a series of peptides that contain a single substitution of Gly with L-Ala, D-Ala,...
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