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Gramicidin a adopts distinctly different conformations in membranes and in organic solvents
Author(s) -
Wallace B. A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
biopolymers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.556
H-Index - 125
eISSN - 1097-0282
pISSN - 0006-3525
DOI - 10.1002/bip.360220152
Subject(s) - chemistry , gramicidin , phospholipid , membrane , gramicidin s , vesicle , folding (dsp implementation) , molecule , crystallography , lipid vesicle , organic chemistry , biochemistry , electrical engineering , engineering
Gramicidin A exists in distinctly different conformations in phospholipid vesicles and in organic solvents. These different folding motifs are also reflected in crystals of gramicidin formed in the presence and absence of lipid molecules.