ISSN:
0006-3525
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
In order to test theoretical predictions that poly-L-valine can exist in an α-helical conformation, water-soluble block copolymers of L-valine and D, L-lysine were prepared. By carrying out the synthesis on a resin support (with the use of N-carboxyanhydrides) contamination of the individual blocks by any unreacted monomer from the previous block was avoided. A single glycine residue was incorporated at the C-terminus of the chain for use in amino acid analyses. Using optical rotatory dispersion and circular dichroism criteria, about 50% of the short valine block of (D, L-lysine HCl)18-(L-valine)15-(D, L-lysine-HCl)16-glycine was found to be in the right-handed α-helical conformation in 98% aqueous methanol, in water, the polymer appears to be a dimer, with the valine block being involved in the formation of an intermolecular β-structure.
Additional Material:
8 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bip.1968.360061104
