HELIX-COIL TRANSITION OF POLY-α,L-GLUTAMIC ACID IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION STUDIED BY THE DISSOCIATION FIELD EFFECT RELAXATION METHOD

1973 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 405-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsuya Yasunaga ◽  
Takayuki Sano ◽  
Kojiro Takahashi ◽  
Hidetoshi Takenaka ◽  
Satoshi Ito
1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 460-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. Lyerla Jr. ◽  
Brian H. Barber ◽  
Murray H. Freedman

The helix–coil transition in an aqueous solution of poly-L-glutamic acid has been observed using 13C nuclear magnetic resonance. The transition from coil to helix results in pronounced deshielding of the carbonyl and C-α carbons of the polymer and a less dramatic shielding effect on the C-β carbon. These results are contrasted with the titration behavior of L-glutamic acid to delineate those shifts directly attributed to the secondary-structure change. The biological significance of this observation is supported by the 13C chemical shift differences observed for the 13C-enriched phenylalanyl residue 8 in the free 1–15 amino-terminal peptide of ribonuclease (RNase) and the 1–15 peptide:RNase S-protein complex.


2008 ◽  
Vol 116 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 445-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
María D. Gutiérrez-Valero ◽  
Paloma Arranz-Mascarós ◽  
M. Luz Godino-Salido ◽  
María D. López-León ◽  
Rafael López-Garzón ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Romualda Bregier-Jarzebowska

AbstractThe interactions between L-glutamic acid (Glu) and 1,7-diamino-4-azaheptan (3,3-tri) and 1,8-diamino-4-azaoktan (Spd) in metal-free systems and in the appropriate Cu(II) ions complexes were studied by potentiometric and spectral methods. The composition and overall stability constants of complexes forming in the systems studied were determined and the reactions centres were identified. In the complex formation conditions, the ligands have positive and negative reaction centres, which are also the potential sites of metal coordination. Below pH 7 in metal-free systems, the terminal amine groups from both triamines and the oxygen atoms from –C


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