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Gain of local structure in an amphipathic peptide does not require a specific tertiary framework.
Proteins - 1 Oct 2010
Roman Ernesto A, Rosi Pablo, González Lebrero Mariano C, Wuilloud Rodolfo, González Flecha F Luis, Delfino José M, Santos Javier
Abstract excerpt
In this work, we studied how an amphipathic peptide of the surface of the globular protein thioredoxin, TRX94-108, acquires a native-like structure when it becomes involved in an apolar interaction network. We designed peptide variants where the tendency to form alpha-helical conformation is modulated by replacing each of the leucine amino acid residues by an alanine. The induction of structure caused by sodium...
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