Nondestructive analyses of unsaturated fatty acid species in dietary oils by attenuated total reflectance with Fourier transform IR spectroscopy.

abstract：:The solution conformations of three trispeptides--L,L,L-1,3,5-C6H3[CH2NHCOCH(X)-NHBoc++ +]3, X = CH3 (Ala) or CH2CH(CH3)2 (Leu), and L,L,L-N(CH2CH2NHCOCH[CH2-CH(CH3)2]NHBoc)3--have been determined from their ir and vibrational CD (VCD) spectra in the NH stretching and carbonyl stretching regions in apolar solution. Th...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Paterlini MG,Freedman TB,Nafie LA,Tor Y,Shanzer A

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherent chemical programmability available in peptide-based hydrogels has allowed diversity in the development of these materials for use in biomedical applications. Within the 20 natural amino acids, a range of chemical moieties are present. Here we used a mixing-induced self-assembly of two oppositely charged pepti...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Joyner K,Taraban MB,Feng Y,Yu YB

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secondary structure of a 38 kDa core protein from pig skin proteodermatan sulfate (PDS), was investigated in solution using CD and Fourier transform (FT) ir spectroscopy. Both techniques generally have provided complementary data on the secondary structures of proteins. CD spectral analysis has shown that the core...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Renugopalakrishnan V,Damle SP,Horowitz PM,Moore S,Hutson TB,Gregory JD

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen tryptic peptides and nine intermediates were identified as products of trypsin digestion of reduced and S-3-(trimethylated amino) propylated lysozyme. Kinetics of the appearance and disappearance of these products were observed by monitoring the peak areas on the chromatogram. In spite of the complicated reac...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Noda Y,Fujiwara K,Yamamoto K,Fukuno T,Segawa S

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical synthesis and x-ray crystal structure analysis of a model peptide incorporating a conformationally adaptable unsubstituted beta-Ala residue: Boc-beta-Ala-Acc6-OCH3 (C16H28N2O5, molecular weight = 328.41; 1) has been described. The peptide crystallized in the space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) a = 8.537 (3), b = 8....

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Thakur AK,Kishore R

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet hyperchromicity experiments indicate that in DNA duplex formation, a C-T mismatch is destabilizing in the center of a duplex, but behaves as a stable base pair at the terminus of a duplex. The C-T base pair is thought to contain two hydrogen bonds, but has thermodynamic parameters (delta Ho and delta Go of...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Vanhommerig SA,van Genderen MH,Buck HM

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of an RGD-containing epitope from the hepatitis A virus VP3 capsid protein and its RGA-analogue with lipid membranes was studied by biophysical methods. Two types of model membrane were used: vesicles and monolayers spread at the air/water interface, with a composition that closely resembles the lipid ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Chávez A,Pujol M,Haro I,Alsina MA,Cajal Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved model for calculating the CD of polypeptides has been developed. Excited state wavefunctions were derived from CNDO/S (complete neglect of differential overlap, spectroscopic) calculations on N-methylacetamide. Four discrete peptide-localized transitions were employed: pi 0 pi* (NV1), pi* + pi* (NV2), n pi...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Manning MC,Woody RW

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptoids, oligomers of N-substituted glycine, have been valuable targets for study and diverse application as peptidomimetics and as nanomaterials. Their conformational heterogeneity has made the study of peptoid structures using high-resolution analyses challenging, limiting our understanding of the physiochemical fe...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Fuller AA,Seidl FJ,Bruno PA,Plescia MA,Palla KS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthetic peptide Gly-L-Ala-L-Phe (C14H19N3O4.2H2O; GAF) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2I1), with a = 5.879(1), b = 7.966(1), c = 17.754(2) A, beta = 95.14(2) degrees, Dx = 1.321 g cm-3, and Z = 2. The crystal structure was solved by direct methods using the program SHELXS-86 and refined to an R valu...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Ramasubbu N,Parthasarathy R

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photophysics of Trp-containing peptides is extremely affected by the position of the indole ring with respect to substituents. In this work an unusual temperature fluorescence quenching behavior is presented. The N-tryptophan terminal peptides (N-Trp) show an increase of the static emission intensity as rising the...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Brancaleon L,Crippa PR,Diemmi D

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been the focus of intense research towards the finding of a viable alternative to current small-molecule antibiotics, owing to their commonly observed and naturally occurring resistance against pathogens. However, natural peptides have many problems such as low bioavailability and hi...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： He Y,He X

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circular dichroism using synchrotron radiation (SRCD) can extend the spectral range down to approximately 130 nm for dry proteins, potentially providing new structural information. Using a selection of dried model proteins, including alpha-helical, beta-sheet, and mixed-structure proteins, we observe a low-wavelength ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Nesgaard LW,Hoffmann SV,Andersen CB,Malmendal A,Otzen DE

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of an exopolymer of glycoproteic character (GP) excreted by a new gram-negative species Pseudoalteromonas antarctica NF(3), to coat phosphatidylcholine (PC) liposomes and to protect these bilayers against the action of the nonionic surfactant dodecyl maltoside was investigated. Transmission electron micros...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： de La Maza A,Codech L,Lopez O,Parra JL,Sabes M,Guinea J

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential scanning calorimetry measurements performed on RNase A in aqueous binary solutions containing different concentrations of urea, tetramethylurea, guanidinium chloride, and guanidinium thiocyanate, and in aqueous ternary solutions, containing the same denaturants plus 1 M trimethylamine N-oxide, TMAO, demon...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Vigorita M,Cozzolino S,Oliva R,Graziano G,Del Vecchio P

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The RNA recognition motif (RRM) is one of the most common RNA binding domains. We have investigated the contribution of three highly conserved aromatic amino acids to RNA binding by the N-terminal RRM of the U1A protein. Recently, we synthesized a modified base (A-4CPh) in which a phenyl group is tethered to adenine u...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Zhao Y,Kormos BL,Beveridge DL,Baranger AM

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods to generate fibers from hydrogels, with control over mechanical properties, fiber diameter, and crystallinity, while retaining cytocompatibility and degradability, would expand options for biomaterials. Here, we exploited features of silk fibroin protein for the formation of tunable silk hydrogel fibers. The b...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Bradner SA,Partlow BP,Cebe P,Omenetto FG,Kaplan DL

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chiral interaction of helical peptide with chiral molecule, and concomitant induction in its helix sense have been demonstrated in optically inactive nonapeptide (1) possessing Gly at its N-terminus: H-Gly-(Delta(Z)Phe-Aib)(4)-OCH(3) (1: Delta(Z)Phe = Z-dehydrophenylalanine; Aib = alpha-aminoisobutyric acid). Spectros...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Ousaka N,Inai Y,Okabe T

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electronic absorbance and fluorescence titrations are used to probe the interaction of chlorobenzylidine with DNA. The binding of chlorobenzylidine to DNA results in hypochromism, a small shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectra, and emission quenching in the fluorescence spectra. These spectral characte...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Zhong W,Yu JS,Huang W,Ni K,Liang Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermal conformational transitions of two sonicated samples of schizophyllan were studied in water-dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) mixtures by high-sensitivity differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Two transitions were observed over most of the range of solvent compositions. These were assigned to an internal change o...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Kitamura S,Kuge T

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combinatorial library composed of rigid rod-like peptides with a triple-helical scaffold was constructed. The component peptides were designed to have various combinations of basic and neutral (or hydrophobic) amino acid residues based on collagen-like (Gly-Pro-Yaa)-repeating sequences, inspired from the basic and amp...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Masuda R,Kudo M,Dazai Y,Mima T,Koide T

更新日期：2016-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatial variation in the composition of nonexpanded biopolymer blends prepared by extrusion of mixtures of gelatin with either native or pregelatinized waxy maize starch was studied using a 30-microm aperture FTIR microspectroscopy technique. The ratio of the areas of the "saccharide" bands (953-1180 cm(-1)) and t...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Mousia Z,Farhat IA,Pearson M,Chesters MA,Mitchell JR

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Partially acetylated, high molecular weight glucuronans were produced by a Sinorhizobium meliloti mutant strain. Two native glucuronan samples with various degrees of acetylation were sonicated to obtain lower molecular weight samples and with low viscosity suitable for chemical modification and (13)C NMR experiments....

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Pau-Roblot C,Petit E,Sarazin C,Courtois J,Courtois B,Barbotin JN,Séguin JP

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelopeptides (MPs) are bioregulatory mediators of bone marrow origin. Several individual MPs have been isolated from the supernatant of porcine bone marrow cell culture by successive solid phase extraction and reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography. Two of them, MP-1 (Phe-Leu-Gly-Phe-Pro-Thr) and MP-2 ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Petrov RV,Mikhailova AA,Fonina LA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual class of nanoscopic, ring-shaped, single-walled biopolymers arises when alphabeta-tubulin is mixed with certain small peptides obtained from various marine organisms and cyanobacteria. The single-ring structures, whose mean molecular weight depends on the specific peptide added to the reaction mixture, usua...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Boukari H,Sackett DL,Schuck P,Nossal RJ

更新日期：2007-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptomers are oligomeric molecules composed of both α-amino acids and N-substituted glycine monomers, thus creating a hybrid of peptide and peptoid units. Peptomers have been used in several applications such as antimicrobials, protease inhibitors, and antibody mimics. Despite the considerable promise of peptomers as ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Butterfoss GL,Drew K,Renfrew PD,Kirshenbaum K,Bonneau R

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of iota-carrageenans containing different amounts of nu-carrageenan (0-23 monomer %) have been prepared from neutrally extracted carrageenan of Eucheuma denticulatum. nu-Carrageenan is the biochemical precursor of iota-carrageenan. The conformational order-disorder transition and rheological properties of the...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： van de Velde F,Rollema HS,Grinberg NV,Burova TV,Grinberg VY,Tromp RH

更新日期：2002-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Photon correlation spectroscopy has been used to study the translational (D0) and internal dynamics of monodisperse linear and polydisperse superhelical plasmid-DNAs. Scattering vector dependent correlation functions were measured and analyzed with the inverse Laplace transform CONTIN written by S. Provencher. For sca...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Seils J,Dorfmüller T

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, several antigens based on the amino-terminal leucine/isoleucine heptad repeat (NHR) region of an HIV-1 envelope protein gp41 and fusion inhibitors based on the carboxy-terminal leucine/isoleucine heptad repeat (CHR) region of gp41 have been reported. We have developed a synthetic antigen targeting the membran...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Nomura W,Mizuguchi T,Tamamura H

更新日期：2016-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:DMT1, also known as Nramp2, is an iron transporter, and belongs to the family of Nramp proteins. Disease-causing mutations both in Nramp1 and Nramp2 occurring at the conserved two adjacent glycine residues located within the fourth transmembrane domain (TM4) suggest that TM4 may serve an important biological function....

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Li H,Li F,Kwan M,He QY,Sun H

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00