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Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

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ISSN (Print): 1568-0266
ISSN (Online): 1873-4294

Conformational Preferences of Chiral Acyclic Homooligomeric β2,2-Peptides

Author(s): Fernando Rodriguez, Francisco Corzana, Alberto Avenoza, Jesus Hector Busto, Jesus Manuel Peregrina and Maria del Mar Zurbano

Volume 14, Issue 10, 2014

Page: [1225 - 1234] Pages: 10

DOI: 10.2174/1568026614666140423101226

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Abstract

α-Methylisoserine, a chiral acyclic quaternary β-amino acid, has been used to mimic secondary structures, when it is incorporated in a homogeneous β2,2-dipeptide. In particular, the observed folded conformations in aqueous solution can be regarded as mimics of β-turn.

Keywords: β-Peptides, conformational analysis, molecular dynamics, nuclear magnetic resonance.

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