Keywords: α-Dialkylated Amino Acids, β-Homo Amino Acids, β-Pleated Sheet, Peptide Synthesis, X-Ray Structure, 2 Amino 2 Methylpropionic Acid, Beta Amino Acid, Carbon, Carboxylic Acid, Cyclohexylamine, Hydrogen, Leucine, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Tetrapeptide, Tripeptide, Valine, Alkylation, Amino Acid Sequence, Amino Acid Synthesis, Article, Calculation, Chirality, Crystal Structure, Energy, Hydrogen Bond, Molecular Stability, Priority Journal, Protein Conformation, Protein Folding, Protein Localization, Protein Motif, Protein Secondary Structure, Structure Analysis, X Ray Diffraction, Aminoisobutyric Acids, Crystallography, Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids, Hydrogen Bonding, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Models, Peptide Biosynthesis, Protein Structure,
Affiliations: *** IBB - CNR ***
Centro di Studio di Biocristallografia, C.N.R., Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Seconda Università di Napoli, Caserta, Italy
Dipartimento di Chimica, Organica e Biologica, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy 1, Faculté des Sciences, Vandoeuvres-lès-Nancy Cedex, France
Universit Henri Poincar, Nancy 1, Facult des Sciences, Vandoeuvres-l s-Nancy Cedex, France
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Crystal-state conformation of Cα, α-dialkylated peptides containing chiral β-homo-residues