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Stable β Turns of Tripeptides in Water through Cation–π Interactions
Author(s) -
Barbaras Damien,
Gademann Karl
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
chembiochem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.05
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1439-7633
pISSN - 1439-4227
DOI - 10.1002/cbic.200800344
Subject(s) - tripeptide , chemistry , sequence (biology) , degradation (telecommunications) , chemical physics , stereochemistry , peptide , computational chemistry , biochemistry , computer science , telecommunications
Taking a turn . Short tripeptides that form stable β turns in water are remarkably stable against chemical and thermal degradation. Terminal cation–π interactions lead to stabilization of these turns that are formed independently of sequence.