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    Phase transition and crystal structure of the 37 degrees C form of cholesterol (1983)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 1983-05-06
    Description: Crystalline cholesterol undergoes a phase transition a few degrees below human body temperature. The high-temperature form has an unusually complex structure with 16 independent molecules. In the transition two molecules change side chain conformation, four reorient about their long axes, and ten remain unchanged. The transition mechanism implies relatively nonspecific intermolecular interactions, qualitatively consistent with the behavior of cholesterol in biomembranes. The transition preserves a remarkably closely obeyed pseudosymmetry present in the structure.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hsu, L Y -- Nordman, C E -- GM15259/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 May 6;220(4597):604-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6836303" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Body Temperature ; Chemical Phenomena ; Chemistry ; *Cholesterol ; Crystallization ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Molecular Conformation
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    Leukotrienes: mediators of immediate hypersensitivity reactions and inflammation (1983)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 1983-05-06
    Description: Arachidonic acid plays a central role in a biological control system where such oxygenated derivatives as prostaglandins, thromboxanes, and leukotrienes are mediators. The leukotrienes are formed by transformation of arachidonic acid into an unstable epoxide intermediate, leukotriene A4, which can be converted enzymatically by hydration to leukotriene B4, and by addition of glutathione to leukotriene C4. This last compound is metabolized to leukotrienes D4 and E4 by successive elimination of a gamma-glutamyl residue and glycine. Slow-reacting substance of anaphylaxis consists of leukotrienes C4, D4, and E4. The cysteinyl-containing leukotrienes are potent bronchoconstrictors, increase vascular permeability in postcapillary venules, and stimulate mucus secretion. Leukotriene B4 causes adhesion and chemotactic movement of leukocytes and stimulates aggregation, enzyme release, and generation of superoxide in neutrophils. Leukotrienes C4, D4, and E4, which are released from the lung tissue of asthmatic subjects exposed to specific allergens, seem to play a pathophysiological role in immediate hypersensitivity reactions. These leukotrienes, as well as leukotriene B4, have pro-inflammatory effects.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Samuelsson, B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 May 6;220(4597):568-75.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6301011" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Arachidonic Acids/metabolism/pharmacology/physiology ; Bronchi/drug effects ; Cats ; Chemical Phenomena ; Chemistry ; Cricetinae ; Guinea Pigs ; Haplorhini ; Humans ; Hypersensitivity, Immediate/*physiopathology ; Inflammation/*physiopathology ; Leukocytes/drug effects/metabolism ; Leukotriene B4/pharmacology/*physiology ; Mice ; Microcirculation/drug effects ; Rabbits ; Rats ; SRS-A/*physiology
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    Bromine residue at hydrophilic region influences biological activity of aplysiatoxin, a tumor promoter (1983)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 1983-12-16
    Description: Aplysiatoxin and debromoaplysiatoxin, which are isolated from the seaweed, Lyngbya gracilis, differ in their chemical structure only by the presence or absence of a bromine residue in the hydrophilic region. The function and the structure-activity relation of the hydrophilic region are not known. Aplysiatoxin increased malignant transformation, stimulated DNA synthesis, and inhibited the binding of phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate and epidermal growth factor to cell receptors. Debromoaplysiatoxin inhibited the binding of these two substances as strongly as aplysiatoxin but did not increase malignant transformation or stimulate DNA synthesis. These results indicate that a slight change in the chemical structure of the hydrophilic region of aplysiatoxin affects its abilities to increase cell transformation and stimulate DNA synthesis and that the abilities of the tumor promoters to inhibit the binding of phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate and epidermal growth factor are dissociable from their abilities to increase cell transformation and stimulate DNA synthesis under some circumstances.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Shimomura, K -- Mullinix, M G -- Kakunaga, T -- Fujiki, H -- Sugimura, T -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 Dec 16;222(4629):1242-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6316505" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins ; Carcinogens/*pharmacology ; Carrier Proteins ; Cell Line ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/*drug effects ; Chemical Phenomena ; Chemistry ; DNA/biosynthesis ; Epidermal Growth Factor/metabolism ; Lactones/analysis/*pharmacology ; *Lyngbya Toxins ; Mice ; Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate ; Phorbol Esters/metabolism ; *Protein Kinase C ; Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor ; Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism ; *Receptors, Drug ; Structure-Activity Relationship
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    DNA-binding proteins (1983)
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    Publication Date: 1983-09-09
    Description: The structures of three proteins that regulate gene expression have been determined recently and suggest how these proteins may bind to their specific recognition sites on the DNA. One protein (Cro) is a repressor of gene expression, the second (CAP) usually stimulates gene expression, and the third (lambda repressor) can act as either a repressor or an activator. The three proteins contain a substructure consisting of two consecutive alpha helices that is virtually identical in each case. Structural and amino acid sequence comparisons suggest that this bihelical fold occurs in a number of proteins that regulate gene expression, and is an intrinsic part of the DNA-protein recognition event. The modes of repression and activation by Cro and lambda repressor are understood reasonably well, but the mode of action of CAP is still unclear.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Takeda, Y -- Ohlendorf, D H -- Anderson, W F -- Matthews, B W -- GM20066/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM28138/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM30894/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 Sep 9;221(4615):1020-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6308768" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Chemical Phenomena ; Chemistry ; *DNA Helicases ; DNA-Binding Proteins ; Escherichia coli/genetics ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Models, Chemical ; Protein Conformation
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    Antiviral agents (1983)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 1983-06-10
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Krenitsky, T A -- Beauchamp, L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 Jun 10;220(4602):1106.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6857236" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acyclovir/metabolism ; *Antiviral Agents/metabolism ; Chemical Phenomena ; Chemistry ; Humans ; Vidarabine/metabolism
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    Metastable species of hemoglobin: room temperature transients and cryogenically trapped intermediates (1983)
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    Publication Date: 1983-05-06
    Description: Resonance Raman spectra of photolyzed carbonmonoxyhemoglobin obtained with 10-nanosecond pulses are compared with the spectra of photolyzed carbonmonoxyhemoglobin stabilized at 80 K. In comparing the deoxy with the photodissociated species, the changes in the Raman spectra are the same for these two experimental regimes. These results show that at ambient and cryogenic temperatures the heme pocket in liganded hemoglobin is significantly different from that of deoxyhemoglobin. It is concluded that measurements of the properties of intermediate species from photodissociated hemoglobin stabilized at low temperatures can be used to probe the short-lived metastable forms of hemoglobin present after photodissociation under biologically relevant solution conditions.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ondrias, M R -- Friedman, J M -- Rousseau, D L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 May 6;220(4597):615-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6836305" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Carboxyhemoglobin ; Chemical Phenomena ; Chemistry ; Freezing ; *Hemoglobins ; Humans ; Ligands ; Spectrum Analysis, Raman ; Temperature
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    Irreversible ligands with high selectivity toward delta and mu opiate receptors (1983)
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    Publication Date: 1983-04-15
    Description: Alkylating agents that display strong selectivity for opiate receptor types delta or mu were prepared by appropriate modification of the structures of the strong analgesics fentanyl, etonitazene, and endoethenotetrahydrooripavine. The availability of these substances should facilitate studies of the structural basis of receptor specificity and of the physiologic roles of these receptors.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rice, K C -- Jacobson, A E -- Burke, T R Jr -- Bajwa, B S -- Streaty, R A -- Klee, W A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 Apr 15;220(4594):314-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6132444" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alkylation ; Animals ; Benzimidazoles/analogs & derivatives/metabolism ; Brain/physiology ; Cells, Cultured ; Chemical Phenomena ; Chemistry ; Enkephalin, Methionine/analogs & derivatives/metabolism ; Fentanyl/analogs & derivatives/metabolism ; *Isothiocyanates ; Ligands ; Rats ; Receptors, Opioid/*metabolism/physiology ; Thebaine/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology
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    Ultrastructural characterization by ruthenium red of the surface of the fat globule membrane of human and rat milk with data on carbohydrates of fractions of rat milk (1975)
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    Cell & tissue research 157 (1975), S. 17-24 
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    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Milk ; Fat globule membrane ; Carbohydrates ; Chemistry ; Ruthenium red ; Ultrastructure
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The fat globules of the cream fractions of human and rat milk were stained with ruthenium red. Under the electron microscope, discrete granules and an amorphous coat of lesser density are seen at the surface of the milk fat globules. Since ruthenium red binds anionic groups selectively, it is probable that the granules containe the greatest concentration of these groups. The cream fraction of rat milk contains hexoses, hexosamines, methylpentoses and sialic acid. Methylpentoses and hexosamines are significantly enriched in the cream fraction. It is concluded that the finding of a surface coat in milk fat globules is in keeping with the Bargmann-Knoop model and suggests a distinct mechanism for carrying certain complex carbohydrates in milk. The role of the negative charges at the outer surface of the membrane coat in maintaining fat globules in suspension and in binding certain cations such as calcium is suggested.
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    Effect of temperature and pH on the β-helix transition of poly(L-lysine) in sodium dodecyl sulfate solution (1975)
    New York : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1841-1846 
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    ISSN: 0006-3525
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The conformational phase diagram of poly(L-lysine) (4.6 × 10-4 M, residue) in sodium dodecyl sulfate (1.6 × 10-2 M) solution was constructed from circular dichroism results at various temperatures and pH's. Poly(L-lysine)-sodium dodecyl sulfate complexes undergo a β-helix transition upon raising the pH of the solution. The transition pH tends to shift downward at elevated temperatures. No helix-β transition can be detected for poly(L-lysine) in sodium dodecyl sulfate solution (pH 〉 11) even after 1-hr heating at 70°C. This is in marked contrast with uncharged poly(L-lysine) solution without sodium dodecyl sulfate, which is converted into the β-form upon mild heating of the solution above 50°C.
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    Infrared and Raman spectroscopy of carbohydrates. Part VI: Normal coordinate analysis of V-amylose (1975)
    New York : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1885-1903 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: A normal coordinate analysis of V-amylose has been performed for an isolated 61 helical chain. Negligible splitting from interactions of vibrations of successive residues is expected between A and E vibrational species due to the large size of the monomer unit. As a result, calculation of only the totally symmetric A modes represents an adequate approximation to the vibrational spectrum of helical polysaccharides. Using this method together with a valence force field we have obtained good agreement between the observed and calculated frequencies. In addition, the computed potential energy distribution and Cartesian displacement coordinates match previous experimental assignments, based on deuterium exchange. The analysis also supports the proposed mechanism for conversion of V-amylose to the more extended B-form. This conversion results in an observed frequency shift for the Raman line at 946 cm-1 which is predicted by the calculations.
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    Estimation of the circular dichroism exhibited by statistical coils of poly(L-alanine) and unionized poly(L-lysine) in water (1975)
    New York : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 2025-2033 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The circular dichroism of Ac-(Ala)x-OMe and H-Lys-(Lys)x-OH with x = 1, 2, 3, and 4 has been measured in aqueous solutions. The oligomers with x = 4 show similar circular dichroism spectra in water when the lysyl amino groups are protonated, and they respond in similar fashion to heating and to sodium perchlorate. Both oligomers at 15°C exhibit a positive circular dichroism band at 217-218 nm, which is eliminated by the isothermal addition of 4 M sodium perchlorate or by heating. The positive circular dichroism of the lysine oligomer is also eliminated when the pH is elevated to deprotonate the amino groups. Positive circular dichroism is still observed for Ac-(Ala)4-OMe at elevated pH. Circular dichroism spectra have been estimated for poly(L-alanine) and poly(L-lysine) as statistical coils under the above conditions, based on the trends established with the oligomers. Poly(L-lysine) and poly(L-alanine) are predicted to exhibit similar circular dichroism behavior in aqueous solution so long as the lysyl amino groups are protonated. The circular dichroism of the statistical coil of poly(L-lysine), but not poly(L-alanine), is predicted to change when the pH is elevated sufficiently to deprotonate the lysyl amino groups. These results suggest that the unionized lysyl side chains participate in interactions that are not available to poly(L-alanine). Hydrophobic interactions may occur between the unionized lysyl side chains. Protonation of the lysyl amino groups is proposed to disrupt these interactions, causing poly(L-alanine) and protonated poly(L-lysine) to have similar circular dichroism properties.
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    Studies on cytochrome c. X. Synthesis of Nα-benzyloxycarbonyl-[Thr107]-dotetracontapeptide (sequence 67-108) of baker's yeast iso-1-cytochrome cDedicated to late Prof. Ernesto Scoffone in grateful memory.For the previous paper in this series see Moroder, L., Borin, G., Marchiori, F. & Scoffone, E. (1974) Liebigs Ann. Chem. 213-224. A preliminary communication of some of the results presented in this paper has appeared: Moroder, L., Borin, G., Filippi, B. & Marchiori, F. (1974) in Peptides 1974, in press. The amino acid residues are of L-configuration. For a simpler description the customary L-designation for individual amino acid residues is omitted. Standard abbreviations for amino acid derivatives and peptides are used according to the IUPAC-IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (1972) Biochemistry 11, 1726-1732. (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 2061-2074 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Synthesis of nonapeptide hydrazide (sequence 93-101), [Thr107]-decapeptide (sequence 99-108), [Thr107]-tridecapeptide (sequence 96-108), [Thr107]-hexadecapeptide (sequence 93-108), [Thr107]-heptacosapeptide (sequence 82-108), and Nα-benzyloxycarbonyl-[Thr107]-dotetracontapeptide (sequence 67-108) of the proposed primary structure of baker's yeast iso-1-cytochrome c are described. Evidence is presented to indicate that these materials are sequentially homogeneous.
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    Raman spectroscopic study of poly (β-benzyl-L-aspartate) and sequential polypeptides (1975)
    New York : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 2115-2135 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Poly-β-benzyl-L-aspartate (poly[Asp(OBzl)]) forms either a lefthanded α-helix, β-sheet, ω-helix, or random coil under appropriate conditions. In this paper the Raman spectra of the above poly[Asp(OBzl)] conformations are compared. The Raman active amide I line shifts from 1663 cm-1 to 1679 cm-1 upon thermal conversion of poly[Asp(OBzl)] from the α-helical to β-sheet conformation while an intense line appearing at 890 cm-1 in the spectrum of the α-helix decreases in intensity. The 890 cm-1 line also displays weak intensity when the polymer is dissolved in chloroform-dichloroacetic acid solution and therefore is converted to the random coil. This line probably arises from a skeletal vibration and is expected to be conformationally sensitive. Similar behavior in the intensity of skeletal vibrations is discussed for other polypeptides undergoing conformational transitions.The Raman spectra of two cross-β-sheet copolypeptides, poly(Ala-Gly) and poly(Ser-Gly), are examined. These sequential polypeptides are model compounds for the crystalline regions of Bombyx mori silk fibroin which forms an extensive β-sheet structure. The amide I, III, and skeletal vibrations appeared in the Raman spectra of these polypeptides at the frequencies and intensities associated with β-sheet homopolypeptides. Since the sequential copolypeptides are intermediate in complexity between the homopolypeptides and the proteins, these results indicate that Raman structure-frequency correlations obtained from homopolypeptide studies can now be applied to protein spectra with greater confidence.The perturbation scheme developed by Krimm and Abe for explaining the frequency splitting of the amide I vibrations in β-sheet polyglycine is applied to poly(L-valine), poly-(Ala-Gly), poly(Ser-Gly), and poly[Asp(OBzl)]. The value of the “unperturbed” frequency, V0, for poly[Asp(OBzl)] was significantly greater than the corresponding values for the other polypeptides. A structural origin for this difference may be displacement of adjacent hydrogen-bonded chains relative to the standard β-sheet conformation.
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    Masthead (1975)
    New York : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biopolymers 14 (1975) 
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    ISSN: 0006-3525
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
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    Studies on cytochrome c. XI. Circular dichroism studies on synthetic peptides related to the C-terminal region of baker's yeast iso-1-cytochrome c (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 2075-2093 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Circular dichroism studies on synthetic peptides related to the C-terminal region of yeast iso-1-cytochrome c were carried out and compared with conformational studies on horse cytochrome c fragments. Evidence is presented for a weaker predisposition for ordered structure in the former peptides when compared with the corresponding region in horse cytochrome c. These findings agree with theoretical predictions and with observations that yeast and other mammalian type cytochromes c differ in several minor respects.
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    Helix-coil transition kinetics in aqueous poly(α,L-glutamic acid) (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 2107-2114 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: A polarimetric electric-field-jump relaxation apparatus is described and used to determine the relaxation spectrum for the helix-coil transition of poly(α,L-glutamic acid) in water at 24°C. A maximum relaxation time of 1.7 μc occurs at the transition midpoint (pH = 5.9) yielding a rate constant for helical growth of 6 × 107 sec-1.
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    The interaction between two oppositely charged polyelectrolytes (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 2181-2195 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Mixtures of a weak polybase (polyethylenimine) and a weak polyacid acrylamide-acrylic acid copolymer in aqueous solutions at several ionic strengths and polymer concentrations are studied potentiometrically. When the concentrations of the polyethylenimine and acrylamide-acrylic acid copolymer charges are not too different, phase separation into two liquid phases (“complex coacervation”) is observed. In the pH region where no phase separation occurs, potentiometric titrations are performed on mixtures of both polymers. From the titrations of polyethylenimine solutions, acrylamide-acrylic acid copolymer solutions, and the mixtures, the free energy of interaction has been evaluated according to the theory of Litan. The dependence of the free energy of interaction on pH, polymer concentrations, and ionic strength is explained quantitatively with a model of cooperative electrostatic physical association.
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    Investigation of fibrous structures. II. General method for the elucidation of the conformations of the complementary nucleic acids (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 2231-2246 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The problem of deducing the DNA structure with correct base pairing and specific symmetry is formulated in the form of algebraic equations. In this way the number of independent variables determining double-helix conformation can be reduced from six to four. The effectiveness of the method is illustrated by the computations for A-DNA and B-DNA. The method allows one to predict all possible conformations of the complementary nucleic acids.
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    Synthesis of sequential polypeptides containing L-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid residues (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 2211-2230 
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    Notes: The synthesis and characterization of a series of sequential polypeptides with the repeating sequences Aze-Pro-Aze, Pro-Aze-Pro, Pro-Aze-Gly, Aze-Pro-Gly, Ala-Aze-Gly, Aze-Ala-Gly, and Pro-Pro-Gly are reported. The polymers were prepared by the active ester method, using the p-nitrophenyl, pentachlorophenyl, and N-hydroxysuccinimide esters as the polymerizable tripeptide derivatives. Except for poly(Ala-Aze-Gly) obtained via the N-hydroxysuccinimide ester, all polymers were isolated in good yields and have weight-average molecular weights in the range 10,000-30,000. The molecular weights have been determined by applying the calibrated gel chromatography system described by Fairweather et al. [J. Chromatogr. (1972) 67, 157] and by viscometry. All di- and tripeptide intermediates were chemically and optically pure.
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    A triple-helical model for (Gly-Pro-Hyp)n with cis peptide unitsContribution 60 from the Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science. (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 2457-2466 
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    Notes: Synthetic regular polytripeptides of the type (Gly-R2-R3) where R2, R3, or both, are imino acids have been widely studied as model compounds for collagen. One such polytripeptide is poly(Gly-Pro-Hyp), since triplets with this sequence constitute about 10% of collagen. Recently, a new model has been proposed for this polytripeptide in which one of the three peptide bonds in the tripeptide unit is in the cis conformation, and the γ-hydroxyl group of hydroxyproline forms a direct interchain hydrogen bond within the triple helix. We have confirmed this structure by model building using computer techniques, and the helical parameters obtained by us are close to the experimentally observed values. The model is also found to be comparable in stability with other models from energy considerations.
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    Low Values of the Scheraga-Mandelkern β parameter for proteins. An explanation based on porous sphere hydrodynamics (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 2479-2487 
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    Notes: Several globular proteins have values of the Scheraga-Mandelkern β parameter significantly below the theoretical minimum value, β0 = 2.112 × 106, for an impermeable sphere. Using the Felderhof-Deutch generalization of the Debye-Bueche-Brinkman theory of hydrodynamics of porous spheres, we have shown that values of β slightly below this supposed minimum are theoretically expected. A porous sphere of uniform density has a minimum β of 2.084 × 106 at a Debye shielding ratio of 6.5, corresponding, for example, to a sphere radius of 11 Å and an inverse hydrodynamic shielding length of 0.6 Å-1, values not far from those of small proteins. A two-layer porous sphere model gives similar results. Although this is the first theoretical explanation of values of β below β0, the theory is incomplete since β values as low as 2.03 × 106 are observed.
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    Determination of the relaxation time of the helix-coil transition of poly(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate) by the nmr technique (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 2489-2506 
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    Notes: NMR measurements of poly(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate) are reported in several different strengths of magnetic field to determine the relaxation time of the helix-coil transition. Nmr spectra of various samples had line shapes varying from the double to single, depending on the extent of the polydispersity of the sample. This result indicated that the correct line shape of a polypeptide is obscured in the overlapping of multipeaks, which are due to the heterogeneity of the molecular weight in the sample. Thus, the conventional line-shape analysis could not be applied to the kinetic study of the helix-coil transition of polypeptides without consideration of this polydispersity effect on the line shape.To overcome this difficulty, we measured linewidths of nmr spectra for fairly monodisperse samples, using various nmr spectrometers, having field strengths from 60 to 220 MHz. The results were analyzed by a quadratic equation, which involves an additional term proportional to the frequency difference of two sites. The equation differs from the conventional quadratic equation, usually utilized in the case of the fast-exchange limit, only in this additional term. This modification is required to evaluate correctly the unusual broadening of the linewidth resulting from the polydispersity effect and to determine the relaxation time reflected in nmr.Nmr spectra of three samples (DP-35, 85, and 250) were measured by 220-, 100-, and 60-MHz spectrometers in trifluoroacetic acid/chloroform at 28°C and linewidths were analyzed. Relaxation times of the helix-coil transition obtained at the transition midpoint are 2.5 × 10-4, 7 × 10-4, and 1.1 × 10-3 sec, for DP-35, 85, and 250, respectively.
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    Polarized fluorescence in an electric field. A model calculation with application to the geometry of the 2-hydroxy-4,4′-diamidinostilbene-DNA complex (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 2537-2553 
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    Notes: Theoretical expressions are derived for the change in the polarized components of the fluorescence, resulting from the orientation of a rigid molecule bearing a chromophore with arbitrary angles for the absorption and transition moments \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ \vec \mu _a $\end{document} and \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ \vec \mu _e $\end{document} with respect to the molecular axis. The break in the symmetry relation HV = VH is related to the tilt angle between \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ \vec \mu _a $\end{document} and \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ \vec \mu _e $\end{document}. The theory is applied to a sonicated DNA-2-hydroxy-4,4′-diamidinostilbene complex, in the blue and red emission bands of this peculiar dye. Simultaneous measurements of linear dichroism and fluorescence lead to the determination of an angle of 47° between a fluorescent bound dye and the DNA axis, with no difference for the blue- and red-emitting species, but confirm the presence of nonfluorescent bound dye in a more perpendicular arrangement.
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    Frictional properties of multisubunit structures (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 2613-2623 
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    Notes: The translational drag, rotational drag, and intrinsic viscosity of spherical multisubunit structures have been calculated analytically using the Felderhof-Deutch theory of polymer frictional properties. The structures considered were hollow shells, spheres with uniform subunit density, and spheres covered with a subunit layer of different density. Changes in the transport coefficients resulting from the random removal of subunits and from the variation of subunit size are calculated. For the case of the shell, the results agree with the numerical computations of Bloomfield, Dalton, and Van Holde [Biopolymers 5, 135, 149 (1967)].
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    The interaction of glutaraldehyde with poly(α,L-lysine), n-butylamine, and collagen. II. Hydrodynamic, electron microscopic, and optical investigations on the reaction products (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 2599-2612 
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    Notes: Interactions of glutaraldehyde with either n-butylamine, poly(α,L-lysine), or collagen resulted in a fast release of protons in dilute aqueous solutions at various pH values, followed by much slower changes. The latter reactions, which extended over hours and days, were followed spectrophotometrically and revealed the formation of distinct absorption bands in the visible and near-ultraviolet regions in all the above systems. The visible-range bands disappeared upon treatment with sodium borohydride. A qualitative relationship between oxygen uptake by the system n-butylamine-glutaraldehyde and the slow formation of colored products has been established, while the chemical nature of the reaction products has not been determined.Sedimentation velocity, viscosity, and optical rotation measurements on the products of interaction between poly(L-lysine) and glutaraldehyde in aqueous solution indicated large conformational changes in the polyamino acid present in excess (in residues) over the dialdehyde. In particular, the intrinsic viscosity dropped considerably after interaction, indicating intramolecular crosslinking. At molar ratios of 1:1 between polylsine residues and aldehyde groups, intermolecular crosslinking of polylysine was obtained at pH 8.6.Electron microscopic examinations of collagen samples treated by glutaraldehyde at various pH values indicated changes from unordered to more ordered structures upon treatment with glutaraldehyde, in particular at pH 10.The present structural and optical investigations are considered to be relevant to tanning processes of hides and to fixation procedures.
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    The A and B conformations of DNA and RNA subunits. Potential energy calculations for dGpdC (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 2625-2637 
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    Notes: In order to obtain a molecular picture of the A and B forms of a DNA subunit, potential energy calculations have been made for dGpdC with C(3′)-endo and C(2′)-endo [or C(3′)-exo] sugar puckerings. These are compared with results for GpC. The global minima for dGpdC and GpC are almost identical. They are like A-form duplex DNA and RNA, respectively, with bases anti, the ω′, ω angle pair near 300°, 280°, and sugar pucker C(3′)-endo. For dGpdC, a B-form helical conformer, with sugar pucker C(2′)-endo and ω′ = 257°, ω = 298°, is found only 0.4 kcal/mol above the global minimum. A second low-energy conformation (2.3 kcal/mol) has ω′ = 263°, ω = 158° and ψ near 180°. This has dihedral angles like the original Watson-Crick model of the double helix. In contrast, for GpC, the C(2′)-endo B form is 6.9 kcal/mol above the global minimum. These theoretical results are consistent with experimental studies on DNA and RNA fibers. DNA fibers exist in both A and B forms, while RNA fibers generally assume only the A form. A low-energy conformation unlike the A or B forms was found for both dGpdC and GpC when the sugars were C(3′)-endo. This conformation - ω′,ω near 20°,80° - was not observed for C(2′)-endo dGpdC. Energy surface maps in the ω′,ω plane showed that C(2′)-endo dGpdC has one low-energy valley. It is in the B-form helical region (ω′ ∼ 260°, ω ∼ 300). When the sugar pucker is C(3′)-endo, dGpdC has two low-energy regions: the A-form helical region and the region with the minimum at ω′ = 16°, ω = 85°.
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    Studies of the conformation of apomyoglobin in aqueous solutions and denaturing organic solvents (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 319-334 
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    Notes: The properties of apomyoglobin were examined in aqueous solutions and various helix- and random-coil-forming solvents by solvent perturbation, optical rotation, circular dichroism, and viscosity measurements. The solvent perturbation data obtained in neutral aqueous solutions suggest 25-40% exposure of the two tryptophyl residues and 50-60% exposure of the three tyrosyls. The estimates of burial of these groups are in the ranges expected for myoglobin based on its X-ray structure. In the helicogenic alcohols, methanol, ethanol, 2-chloroethanol, trifluoroethanol, and 1-propyl alcohol, as well as in acidic solutions, 8 M urea and 6M guanidine hydrochloride, essentially all the tryptophyl and tyrosyl residues are found to be exposed to solvent based on this method. Analysis of the ORD and CD data indicates that in the alcohols the α-helix content of apomyoglobin has in most cases changed from 58-59% to about 80-95%. Analysis of the intrinsic viscosity data based on the equations of Simha and Kirkwood and Auer indicates that the polypeptide chain in these solvents has the dimensions of fully extended α-helical rods, with lengths of 221-251 Å and mean diameters of 12.8-13.6 Å. It is concluded that apomyoglobin in the various alcohols must have an extended but somewhat irregular rodlike structure, having a few bend or irregular sequences between the α-helical segments due largely to the presence of the four proline residues, 37, 88, 100, and 120 in the amino acid sequence.
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    Static and dynamic quenching of protein fluorescence. I. Bovine serum albumin (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 335-351 
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    Notes: The fluorescence parameters, lifetime, relative quantum yield, maximum and mean wavelength, half-width, and polarization, of bovine serum albumin (BSA) were measured at 15°C in aqueous solutions containing varying concentrations of different chemical perturbants, glycerol, Cu2+ ions, guanidine hydrochloride, and urea. By considering a quenching mechanism as being either dynamic or static, depending upon whether the quenching is or is not accompanied by a change in the fluorescence lifetime, we were able to correlate the changes produced in the various fluorescence parameters by the different chemical perturbants with changes in macromolecular structure as the concentration of perturbant was gradually increased. The addition of glycerol and of Cu2+ ions indicated that in aqueous BSA both tryptophan residues are below the surface of the macromolecule, out of contact with solvent water, and, as a consequence, they are statically quenched. “Ultra-Pure” guanidine hydrochloride at 2.4 M or more caused a drastic conformation change, which resulted in the emergence of a visible tyrosine peak at 304 nm in the BSA fluorescence spectrum when either 260- or 270-nm excitation was employed. With the same excitation, the enhancement of BSA tyrosine fluorescence by 6-8 M ultra-pure urea produced only a shoulder near 304 nm in the BSA fluorescence spectrum. We have introduced the use of a new relative quantum yield for protein fluorescence, q′, referenced to the quantum yield of unquenched free tryptophan, which eliminates the quenching action of water from the reference.
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    Infinite-dilution viscoelastic properties of tobacco mosaic virus (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 409-417 
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    Notes: The storage and loss shear moduli, G′ and G″, have been measured for dilute solutions of unaggregated and aggregated tobacco mosaic virus samples in glycerol-water mixtures, by the Birnboim-Schrag multiple-lumped resonator modified for use with aqueous solvents. The frequency range was 100-5800 Hz, the concentration range 0.6-2.1 × 10-3 g/ml, and the temperatures 25.0° and 37.8°C. The number-average and weight-average molecular weights of the aggregated sample were estimated as 1.4 and 2.0 × 108, respectively, from electron microscopy. The extrapolated intrinsic moduli [G′] and [G″] were compared with the predictions of the Kirkwood-Auer theory for rigid rodlike molecules. For the unaggregated sample, the frequency dependence of [G′] and [G″] agreed well with the theory assuming the intrinsic viscosity to be 27 ml/g, though the asymptotic limit of [G′]M/RT at higher frequencies was slightly larger than the theoretical value of 3/5. For the aggregated sample, the data agreed with theory for rigid rods as modified to account for molecular-weight distribution.
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    New structures of LD-alternating polypeptides in solution and in the solid state (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1109-1114 
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    Ion-polyelectrolyte interactions. Comparison between Manning's electrostatic theory and the multiple equilibrium theory of Scatchard in the case of linear polyelectrolytes and bivalent counterions (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1115-1120 
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    Notes: Manning's and Scatchard's models for the description of ion-polyelectrolyte interactions are compared in the case of linear polyelectrolytes and bivalent counterions, where “condensation” of the counterions is known to occur for certain concentration ratios of the two species in solution. This comparison leads to the definition of certain conditions on Scatchard's parameters for a precise structural interpretation of Scatchard's plots to be valid. Experimental data obtained with both models are compared and found in good agreement under such conditions.
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    A theoretical estimate of the energy barriers between stable conformations of the proline dimer (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1121-1132 
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    Notes: Semi-empirical energy calculations for an internal Pro-Pro dimer are presented that take into account the nature of the flexibility of the proline ring due to its puckering. Calculations show that three stable conformations are available for the dimer: the cis (ω = 0°, ψ = 160°); the trans (ω = 180°, ψ = 160°, also referred to as trans′); and the cis′ (ω = 180°, ψ = -40°) conformations. The best conformational pathways between these stable conformations are determined. Calculations also show that the barrier for cis′-trans′ conversion is of the same order of magnitude as that for cis-trans conversion.
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    On the application of polyelectrolyte limiting laws to the helix-coil transition of DNA. III. Dependence of helix stability on excess univalent salt and on polynucleotide phosphate concentration for variable equivalent ratios of divalent metal ion to phosphate (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1407-1422 
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    Notes: Using the free energy difference between double-helix and random-coil forms of DNA as a measure of the stability of the double helix, we calculate the dependence of the stability on excess univalent cation concentration and on polynucleotide phosphate concentration, both as functions of the equivalent ratio r of divalent cation-to-phosphate concentrations. The theoretical tool is merely to compare the free energy of one polyelectrolyte solution, characterized by the polyelectrolyte linear charge density, with the free energy of another, characterized by a different value of the charge density. It is assumed only that the charge density of the double helix is greater than that of the coil form. The calculation represents the only molecular theory given to date (for r ≠ O) for these aspects of helix stability.We find that, as excess univalent cation concentration increases, the helix stability increases if r is small but decreases if r is large (i.e., of the order of unity). Moreover, as the concentration of nucleotide phosphate increases, the helix stability does not change for small values of r but increases for large values. For both effects, a continuous transition as a function of r bridges the low-r and high-r behaviour.
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    Base pairing of adenine and uracil derivatives in the presence of water (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1423-1435 
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    Notes: The association of chloroform-soluble derivatives of uracil and adenine has been examined in chloroform solution in the presence of dissolved water. Analysis by infrared spectroscopy shows that complex formation still occurs in these conditions, and that the extent of association is substantially unchanged by the presence of water. Evidence is presented for the coexistence of two kinds of base pair (involving, respectively, the C2 and C4 carbonyl groups of the pyrimidine) in the solutions, and for some displacement in their relative balance by the added water. The binding of water to the C2 and C4 carbonyl groups can be separately observed in both the free uracil derivative and its 1:1 complex with 9-ethyladenine. Little or no competition has been found to occur between the formation of base pairs and binding of water to the bases, as judged by measurements of water solubility in chloroform solutions of the bases individually and in 1:1 mixtures. The evidence suggests that this phenomenon can be largely explained by the formation of double hydrogen bonds by the uracil carbonyl groups. Taken together with recent published observations, the results indicate that hydrogen bonding may make a much greater energetic contribution to conformational stability of biopolymers in aqueous solution that has been supposed.
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    Synthesis and characterization of stereoregular poly(D-methionyl-L-methionine) and poly(L-methionyl-D-methionyl-L-methionine) (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1437-1446 
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    Notes: By use of a polycondensation procedure free of racemization, stereoregular polymethionines have been synthesized from C-activated D-methionyl-L-methionine and L-methionyl-D-methionyl-L-methionine.The poly(D-methionyl-L-methionine) and poly(L-methionyl-D-methionyl-L-methionine) so prepared are soluble in chloroform and can be purified through dissolution in this solvent and precipitation by ligroin.Poly(D-Met-L-Met)which is obtained in a 25% yield, is about 5000 in average molecular weight. It has no discernible optical activity when examined between 400 and 600 nm in a trifluoroacetic acid solution.Poly(L-Met-D-Met-L-Met) (40% yield, M. W. = 10,000) is an optically active polymer. [α]43624 ≈ + 170° for a chloroformic solution (c = 0.2 CHCl3).
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    On the parameters of DNA melting curves in the low Na+ ion concentration range (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1551-1552 
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    Refinement of the structure of β-chitin (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1581-1595 
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    Notes: The structure of β-chitin has been refined by rigid-body least-squares methods, based on the intensity data for highly crystalline specimens from the pogonophore Oligobrachia ivanovi. The structure consists of an array of poly-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine chains all having the same sense, which are linked together in sheets by N—H … O=C hydrogen bonding of the amide groups. In addition to the O-3′—H … O-5 intramolecular hydrogen bond, analogous to that in cellulose, the CH2OH side chain forms an intrasheet hydrogen bond to the carbonyl oxygen on the next chain. This structure shows considerably better agreement between observed and calculated intensities than that possessing an intersheet hydrogen bond, as had been proposed previously. The structure is consistent with the swelling properties of β-chitin and can also be seen to be analogous to that of native cellulose.
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    Analyse conformationnelle de la N-méthylamide de l'acide L-pyroglutamique par diffusion Rayleigh depolarisée, spectroscopie de vibration et calcul de l'energie conformationnelle (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1565-1579 
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    Notes: Conformational analysis of N-methylamide of pyroglutamic acid has been performed by theoretical energy calculations and experimental physical techniques, namely, laser Raman spectroscopy and depolarized Rayleigh scattering. The two theoretically predicted conformations are evidenced in crystalline state (ψ1 = +169°) and in aqueous solution (ψ1 ≃ -20°). This study confirms the interest of a careful vibrational analysis of peptides and N-deuterated derivatives for providing an estimate of the dihedral angle ψ. The relationship between amide III frequency and ψ values is emphasized.
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    Adsorption behaviour of globular proteins at the water/mercury interface (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1553-1563 
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    Notes: The adsorption of globular proteins at solid/liquid or liquid/liquid interfaces provides evidence of unfolded molecular conformation. Proteins with high apolar character are strongly unfolded, while those with high polar character are generally incompletely unfolded. Structural changes of globular proteins at adsorption on mercury electrodes were studied by ac polarography and capacity-time curves. The surface area per molecule of nine globular proteins was determined from the adsorption kinetics at the dropping mercury electrode. For all the proteins investigated, this value was greater than the maximal molecular cross section of the native proteins. The surface area was about 19 Å2 per amino acid residue, which coincides with the value for unfolded proteins at the water/air interface. Differences between dropping mercury electrode and hanging drop mercury electrode occurred only with lysozyme and phosphorylase; for the other proteins, the structure of the adsorption layer was independent of the time of interaction at the electrode. Since not all of the reducible groups of the adsorbed proteins come into contact with the electrode, the flattening should be incomplete.
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    Classical potential energy calculations for ApA, CpC, GpG, and UpU. The influence of the bases on RNA subunit conformations (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1597-1613 
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    Notes: Classical potential energy calculations have been made for the ribodinucleoside monophosphates ApA, CpC, GpG, and UpU. Van der Waal's, electrostatic, and torsional contributions to the energy were calculated, and the energy was minimized with the seven backbone conformational angles as simultaneously variable parameters. At the global minimum, ApA and CpC have conformations like double helical RNA: the angles ω′ and ω are g-g-, the sugar pucker is C3′-endo, and the bases are anti. GpG and UpU, on the other hand, have the ω′,ω angle pair g-t at the global minimum, and for GpG the bases are syn. Energy contour maps for ω′ and ω show two broad, low energy regions for ApA, CpC, and UpU: one is g-g-, and the second encompasses g-t and g+g+ within a single lowenergy contour. The two regions are connected by a path at 10-13 kcal./mole. For GpG, with bases syn, however, only a small low-energy region at g-t is found. The helical ‘A’ RNA conformation is 8.5 kcal/mole higher for this molecule. Thus, the base composition is shown to influence the conformations adopted by dinucleoside phosphates. Comparison of calculations with experimetal data, where available, show good agreement.
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    A vibrational study of poly (L-proline) I and II in the far infrared (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1615-1622 
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    Notes: The far infrared spectra of poly(L-proline) I (190-35 cm-1) and II (400-35 cm-1) were obtained in the solid state at both 300° and 110°K. A significant difference in the region below 100 cm-1 was observed. A very intense band located at 60 cm-1 in the infrared spectrum of form II has no counterpart in form I. This indicates the sensitivity of low-frequency vibrations to the difference in conformation assumed by both forms in the solid state.Additional bands observed in this study are correlated with ir and Raman data previously reported and tentative assignments are made using the results of normal mode calculations (in the single-chain approximation) which have been reported.
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    Potentiometric titrations involving the β-coil transition (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1623-1631 
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    Notes: Potentiometric titrations of poly(S-carboxymethyl-L-cysteine) and poly(S-carboxy-ethyl-L-cysteine) were carried out in aqueous sodium chloride solutions and in water. For samples of both polymers of high molecular weight, a new pattern was observed concerning the change of titration curve with time; the β-coil transition became sharper and the transition free energy increased by about 100 cal mole-1 as the equilibrium was approached. This suggests that equilibrium data were not obtained in most previous studies on the titration involving the β-coil transition. It also shows that the reversbility is not necessarily sufficient to confirm the equilibrium. Another pattern, which was previously observed, was also confirmed with a low molecular weight sample of poly(S-carboxymethytl-L-cysteine). The titration curves were shown to be insensitive to polymer concentration, even when aggregation or phase separation was present. The validity of the Gouy model to describe the titration curve of the β-structure was found to depend on molecular weight as well as on the nature of the side chain.
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    The interaction of collagen with the hydrophobic fluorescent probe 2-p-toluidinylnaphthalene-6-sulfonate (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1651-1666 
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    Notes: Three kinds of fluorescence enhancement result from the interaction of 2-p-toluidinylnaphthalene-6-sulfonate and calf-skin collagen. They are negatively cooperative, independent, and highly cooperative fluorescence enhancement. In the independent region at pH 3.7, the binding number is about 36 moles of 2-p-toluidinylnaphthalene-6-sulfonate per mole of tropocollagen with a binding constant of 2.0 × 104 M-1; with ΔG = -5.7 kcal/mole, ΔH = -4.0 kcal/mole, and ΔS = 6 e.u. The pH dependence of fluorescence of native collagen shows that the deprotonated forms of the β and γ carboxyl groups of aspartic and glutamic acid decrease the intensity, possibly by charge repulsion of the negatively charged sulfonate group of 2-p-toluidinylnaphthalene-6-sulfonate. The positive charge of lysine is found to be unimportant in the interaction of 2-p-toluidinylnaphthalene-6-sulfonate with collagen. Fluorescence enhancement is caused mainly by the hydrophobic interactions of 2-p-toluidinylnaphthalene-6-sulfonate and collagen. Salt bridge formation between basic and acidic side chains in very low salt concentration may be detectable by 2-p-toluidinylnaphthalene-6-sulfonate fluorescence.
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    The random coil → β transition of copolymers of L-lysine and L-valine: Potentiometric titration and circular dichroism studiesThe abbreviations for amino acids and polymers conform to the tentative rules of the IUPAC-IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature as published in Biochemistry 11, 942 (1972). CD, circular dichorism. DP, degree of polymerization.Publication No. 1012 of the Graduate Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass. 02154. (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1633-1649 
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    Notes: A series of copolymers of L-lysine and L-valine [poly(L-lysinef L-valine100-f)] containing 0-13% L-valine have been studied, in 0.10M KF solution, using potentiometric titration and circular dichroism spectroscopy. Incorporation of increasing amounts of valine into the copolymers favors β-sheet formation over α-helix formation at high pH and room temperature. The titrations were analyzed using the method of Zimm and Rice and the partial free energy (ΔG0cβ) for the coil-to-β-sheet transition for valine is estimated at 900 cal/mole at 25°C. From the temperature dependence of the free energy, the partial enthalpy, ΔH0cβ, and entropy, ΔS0cβ, of the transition for valine is estimated to be 854 cal/mole and 6.0 e.u., respectively. The corresponding partial thermodynamic parameters for L-lysine are in agreement with published results. The fraction of β-sheet versus pH has been calculated for poly(L-lysine86.8 L-valine13.2) at 25.0°C using the titration data; data obtained from circular dichroism spectroscopy for the same copolymer are in good accord. It is concluded from these results that L-valine is a very strong β-sheet forming amino acid. Furthermore, these results indicate that the Zimm-Rice method is applicable to transitions between the coil and β-sheet states for a polypeptide containing two different residues.
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    Conformational analysis of polynucleotide chains. Double-stranded structures (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1667-1684 
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    Notes: Conformational analysis of double-stranded helical polynucleotides was carried out in terms of internal and external parameters, using semiempirical energy potential functions. The results obtained show that the structures proposed on the basis of the X-ray analysis for A-DNA and RNA's are almost identical to those corresponding to the conformational energy minima, whereas that proposed for B-DNA still appears to suffer from conformational strains. On the other hand, the B-DNA structure theoretically predicted is stabilized by both van der Waals energy and possible specific interactions with water molecules and counterions. This may explain the stability of the B form with respect to the A form at high relative humidity and ion strength. A possible role of the A + T fraction in stabilizing the B-type DNA emerges in connection with its preferential ability to bind ions. This agrees with the results on the crystalline structures of GpC and ApU. For RNA's, the occurrence of only A-type structures is explained as being due to the C(3′)-endo puckering of ribose in a double helix.
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    Sedimentation of generalized systems of interacting particles. I. Solution of systems of complete Lamm equations (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1685-1700 
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    Notes: A very general approach to the chemical equilibria between many interacting molecules during sedimentation (boundary, band, or active enzyme) taking into account boundary conditions, cell geometry, equilibrium constants, diffusion, enzyme kinetics, etc., is presented. Through a Fortran program, the method has been applied to two very simple but typical cases. With only minor adjustments, the method presented here for sedimentation studies can be extended to all sorts of problems in which “pools” of various species are interacting with each other.
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    Solid-state conformation of poly(O-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-tyrosine) (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1769-1772 
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    Competitive cooperative bindings of a small ligand to a linear homopolymer. I. Extension of the Ising model to the case of two competitive interactions (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1717-1738 
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    Notes: The theoretical study of the cooperative binding of a small ligand to a linear homopolymer is extended to systems in which two different complexes can form. The binding isotherms are derived under the assumption that the cooperative interactions exist only between molecules belonging to the same type of binding mode and are limited to nearest neighbors (Ising model). The binding to a single-stranded chain is first considered and two extreme cases are studied: (1) the two complexes can form independently from each other (model of independent classes of binding sites); (2) only one class of binding site exists, each possessing two different states of complexation (three-state model).Binding to a double-helical chain is also considered. Three simple types of competition between the different modes of binding are distinguished. The corresponding models are defined as: (1) the model of independent classes of binding sites; (2) the model of monoexclusive interactions between the different kinds of complexes (the symmetric and asymmetric cases are both considered); (3) the model of biexclusive interactions. The comparative study of the different cases shows that the binding isotherms are very similar at large polymer-to-ligand concentration ratios, while they can be very different at low polymer-to-ligand ratios. This can be used to obtain information on the mechanism of dye binding to nucleic acids by equilibrium studies as shown in a subsequent paper.
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    Poly(L-valine). Conformational dependence on the degree of polymerization: Infrared studiesPublication 1009 of the Graduate Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University. (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1755-1767 
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    Notes: The infrared spectra of poly(L-valine)'s with varying degrees of polymerization have been investigated, as well as copolymers of L-alanine and L-valine. The spectra of nujol mulls of various molecular-weight poly(L-valine)'s, isolated directly from the polymerization media, as well as spectra of these same samples after treatment with strong acid, are recorded. In the 700-250-cm-1 region, bands at 543 and 414 cm-1 are found to increase with increasing degree of polymerization in the nujol mulls, but are missing in the acid-treated samples. These bands are assigned to the L-valine residues with an β-helixlike local conformation. It is inferred that the polymerization proceeds initially in the β form, and after a critical degree of polymerization the chains adopt an appreciable amount of an α-helixlike local conformation.
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    Reversible structural changes in a hydrophobic protein, elastin, as indicated by fluorescence probe analysis (1975)
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    Biopolymers 14 (1975), S. 1811-1826 
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    Notes: Fluorescent probe analysis of purified elastin using 1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonate has been used to investigate reversible structural changes that accompany stretching of this rubberlike protein. There is a specific binding of 1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonate to elastin with a single dye molecule attached per 74,000 molecular-weight protein subunit. When labeled elastin is stretched, the intensity of the 1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonate fluorescence decreases reversibly, and this decrease appears to be linked to an increase in the environmental polarity in the immediate vicinity of the bound dye molecule. The results of experiments carried out in H2O and D2O indicate that this polarity change is due to an increase in the exposure of the 1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonate to water as the hydrophobic interior of the protein subunit is unfolded during stretching. The data are consistent with the proposal that the elastin network is a two-phase system of hydrophobic protein globules surrounded by free solvent spaces.
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    Masthead (1983)
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    Theory of protein secondary structure and algorithm of its prediction (1983)
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    Notes: A molecular theory of protein secondary structure is presented that takes account of both local interactions inside each chain region and long-range interactions between different regions, incorporating all these interactions in a single Ising-like model. Local interactions are evaluated from the stereochemical theory describing the relative stabilities of α- and β-structures for different residues in synthetic polypeptides, while long-range effects are approximated by the interaction of each chain region with the averaged hydrophobic template. Based on this theory, an algorithm of protein secondary structure prediction is proposed and examples are given of “blind” predictions made before the x-ray structural data became available.
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    Monte carlo simulations of peptide solvation (1983)
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    Notes: To increase our understanding of peptide-water interactions, we are simulating the behavior of water molecules in the intermolecular channels of [Phe4Val6]antamanide dododecahydrate crystals. There is good overall agreement between the positions predicted using two alternative potential functions and those that have been observed by x-ray diffraction. Detailed differences between the predictions for the two potential functions are discussed.
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    An empirical approach to protein conformation stability and flexibility (1983)
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    Notes: Experimental measurements of disulfide bond stability at various stages of protein folding are considered in terms of the effective concentrations of the thiol groups relative to each other; values of up to 107M are observed, so that intramolecular interactions within the interior of a protein are much more stable, and provide greater stability to the folded conformation, than those on the surface or in a flexible segment. Intramolecular interactions can have substantially lower free energies than intermolecular, for solely entropic reasons; this implies that polar interactions, such as hydrogen bonds and salt bridges, can provide net stabilization to a folded conformation, in spite of the unfolded protein having intermolecular interactions with the solvent. These considerations can account for the lower free energy and enthalpy of the folded state and are useful for considering protein flexibility.
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    Conformational properties of microtubule protein: Their relation to the self-assembly process in vitro (1983)
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    Biopolymers 22 (1983), S. 87-91 
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    Notes: Near- and far-uv CD spectra of microtubule protein preparations have been examined to study the possible role of protein conformation in relation to the kinetics of the self-assembly of these proteins into microtubules in vitro. Although tubulin can form conformations with high helical content under apolar solution conditions, this transformation is apparently not involved in self-assembly. There is no major perturbation of tubulin near-uv CD by reagents and solution conditions favoring assembly. Thus, in these preparations, tubulin, as dimer and as oligomer with MAPs, is effectively in the conformation in which it undergoes self-assembly. This conclusion is consistent with a hybrid model of assembly of microtubule protein involving direct incorporation of oligomeric species as an alternative to the condensation polymerization of tubulin dimer as the exclusive assembly mechanism.
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    The unfolding mechanism of thermolysin (1983)
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    Biopolymers 22 (1983), S. 101-105 
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    Notes: The ligand-modulated kinetics of the autoproteolysis of thermolysin and the high-molecular-weight products of the reaction provide evidence for the conclusion that separation of the two structural domains is most probably the first step on the unfolding pathway of the protein under native conditions.
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    Genetic and biochemical analysis of in vivo protein folding and subunit assembly (1983)
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    Notes: The in vivo pathway of folding and subunit assembly of a trimeric bacteriophage protein has been studied by characterizing precursors to the native protein and by analyzing temperature-sensitive mutations that kinetically block the pathway. The native trimer is formed via an intermediate composed of three partially folded chains, the protrimer. At 39°C, temperature-sensitive mutations prevent the formation of both the native trimer and the protrimer, possibly by destabilizing earlier intermediates. However, the mutations do not affect the stability of the native protein, formed at 30°C. Thus, these mutations identify amino acid residues involved in interactions that determine the folding pathway.
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    Conformational and functional properties of hemoglobin in perturbed solvent: Kinetics of O2 release (1983)
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    Biopolymers 22 (1983), S. 1677-1696 
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    Notes: We studied the kinetics of O2 release by oxyhemoglobin caused by sodium dithionite, in the presence and in the absence of organic cosolvents (monohydric alcohols and formamide) at 10°C. This study was performed by using standard stopped-flow techniques coupled with microprocessor-based data acquisition. We have fitted the experimental data to a mathematical expression obtained on the basis of a two-state model that takes into account the kinetic heterogeneity between α- and β-chains and the presence of αβ-dimers in oxyhemoglobin solutions. Results indicate that the cosolvents mainly affect the allosteric parameter L, i.e., the T ⇄ R conformational equilibrium of hemoglobin, leaving the intrinsic deoxygenation rates of both R and T states almost unaltered. The L values obtained in the present work are in excellent agreement with analogous values previously estimated from oxygen equilibrium measurements.
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    Solution properties of porcine submaxillary mucin (1983)
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    Biopolymers 22 (1983), S. 1657-1675 
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    Notes: Porcine submaxillary mucin (PSM) is a glycoprotein composed of a protein core and frequent, short oligosaccharide side chains. We report static and dynamic light scattering experiments and intrinsic viscosities for PSM in aqueous solvent systems. In 0.1M NaCl solution, the data suggest PSM exists as large, internally branched, highly hydrated, polydisperse aggregates that slowly dissociate to give a stable species of weight-average molecular weight (Mw) 7.4 × 106. In 6M GdnHCl solution, the noncovalent bonds between PSM molecules are broken, giving a highly elongated molecule of Mw = 2.0 × 106. The irreversible nature of this dissociation suggests that the forces that stabilize the native aggregates of PSM in 0.1M NaCl are specific in nature. On reduction of PSM with mercaptoethanol, the polydispersity decreases and Mw also decreases to 9 × 105. A discrete change is observed in the solution properties of PSM in 0.1M NaCl at a concentration of 2mg/mL, manifested by a sudden decrease in the translational diffusion coefficient, an increase in viscosity number, and a decrease in slope of the osmotic compressibility. We tentatively propose that a weak and reversible secondary association process occurs at this concentration, although a purely hydrodynamic interaction cannot be ruled out.
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    Linear dichroism studies of nucleic acids. III. Reduced dichoism curves of DNA in ethanol-water and in poly(vinyl alcohol) filmsFor Part II in this series, see Matsuoka, Y. & Nordén, B. (1982) Biopolymers 21, 2433-2452. (1983)
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    Biopolymers 22 (1983), S. 1731-1746 
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    Notes: The uv linear dichroism of calf thylus DNA has been studied at different degrees of orientation both in flow-oriented ethanol-water solutions and in a stretched aqueous host of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA). The reduced dichroism (LDR) curves in the region 250-290 nm for DNA in PVA films at 75 and 100% relative humidity (r.h.) are in fair agreement with the curves calculated for the A- and B-forms of DNA, based on the fiber structures and the π-π* transitions of the free bases. This suggests that DNA adopts its A and B conformations in PVA at 75 and 100% r.h. In ethanol, on the other hand, a deviation from the A-form spectrum shows that the conformation of DNA in the solution can differ from the fiber structure. At shorter wavelenghts, a positive contribution to LDR is explained in terms of an out-of-plane polarized n-π* transition.
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    Localized vibrational modes at a double-helix-single-strand junction (1983)
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    Biopolymers 22 (1983), S. 1759-1767 
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    Notes: A vibrational analysis has been performed for a double-helix-single-strand junction. A Green's function technique has been used in treating the junction as a defect on an otherwise perfect system of infinite chain homopolymers. We calculate that the hydrogen-bond stretching at the junction is amplified by a factor of two relative to the interior of the double helix, B poly(dG)-poly(dC). Breathing modes localized near the junction have also been predicted at 77 and 94 wave numbers. The calculated results are shown to be consistent with predictions from recent nmr studies.
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    Masthead (1983)
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    Nmr studies of a free and protected tetrapeptide glycyl-L-prolylglycylglycine in β-turn-supporting environment (1983)
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    Biopolymers 22 (1983), S. 1853-1868 
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    Notes: Nmr studies of the protected and free tetrapeptide Gly-Pro-Gly-Gly were carried out in β-turn-supporting solvents, that is, in CDCl3 for Z-Gly-Pro-Gly-Gly-OMe and in Me2SO-d6 for H-Gly-Pro-Gly-Gly-OH. Comparisons with specifically α-deuterated analogs gave complete assignments of the NH and methylene regions. Analysis of chemical shifts, coupling constants, and the temperature dependence of chemical shifts show that the peptide adopts a type II β-turn conformation. This turn is stabilized for the protected tetrapeptide by two hydrogen bonds between (i) C=O (Gly1) and NH(Gly4), and (ii) urethane function NH and methyl ester C=O.
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    Computer simulation of the conformational properties of retro-inverso peptides. II. Ab initio study, spatial electron distribution, and population analysis of N-formylglycine methylamide, N-formyl N′-acetyldiaminomethane, and N-methylmalonamide (1983)
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    Biopolymers 22 (1983), S. 1901-1917 
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    Notes: Ab initio minimal and split-valence basis set calculations have been performed on compounds that are involved in retro-inverso modifications, i.e., gem-diaminoalkyl and malonyl structures. These calculations are compared with empirical force field calculations and the minor differences discussed. All calculations agree that the preferred helical conformation of the isolated gem-diaminoalkyl and malonyl derivatives of residues found in the retro-inverso modified peptides is 5-8 kcal/mol lower than the Ceq7 conformation preferred by the isolated peptide residues. Population analysis and contour plots of the charge distribution are used to help explain the differences between the model compounds.
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    Lysinium, argininum, glutamate, and aspartate ions in water solution (1983)
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    Notes: SCF-LCAO-MO ab initio calculations were carried out for the interaction between a charged amino acid and a water molecule. The results obtained were fitted by an analytical potential function of the atom-atom type, and the corresponding potential surfaces were examined by means of orientationally optimized isoenergy contour maps. Monte Carlo simulations were also carried out on a few selected solute-water clusters at T = 300 K, in order to obtain insight into the solvation structure.
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    Improved technique for calculating X-ray scattering intensity of biopolymers in solution: Evaluation of the form, volume, and surface of a particle (1983)
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    Biopolymers 22 (1983), S. 1507-1522 
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    Notes: An improved cube method has been developed for calculating the intensity of diffuse x-ray scattering of macromolecules in solution using a certain set of their atomic coordinates. The technique is based on the ideas of B. Lee and F. M. Richards [(1971) J. Mol. Biol. 55, 374-400] and Richards [(1977) Annu. Rev. Biophys. Bioeng. 6, 151-176] on the possibility of estimating the molecular and accessible surface of a particle by “rolling” a sphere, simulating a water molecule, on its molecular surface. It is shown that this technique is more advantageous than earlier versions of the cube methods. The improved technique for calculating scattering curves was utilized for several globular proteins, and for the first time, reliable scattering curves were obtained for protein-“bound” water complexes. In the case of globular proteins and tRNA, this technique has permitted a strict evaluation of their accessible surfaces, their volumes, and, apparently for the first time, their complete molecular surfaces.
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    Viscometric study of the proteoglycan-hyaluronate (2:1) “dimer”: Minimum hyaluronate chain length (1983)
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    Biopolymers 22 (1983), S. 2501-2506 
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    Extended retro-inverso analogs of somatostatin (1983)
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    Biopolymers 22 (1983), S. 2523-2538 
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    Notes: An extended retro-inverso modification was introduced at the central six residues of the somatostatin molecule, the region of internal enzymatic degradations. The synthesis of the analog [Ala4,g-Phe6-r-D-Phe7-r-D-Trp8-r-D-Lys9-r-D-Thr10-m-R,S-Phe11]-somatostatin required a unique strategy accommodating the unusual structure. Side-chain protection based on the t-butyl group in combination with Fmoc and Nps α-amino protection was employed. The key component containing the gem-diaminoalkyl residue was generated by an iodobenzene bistrifluoroacetate-mediated reaction. The separation of diastereomers of the cyclic tetradecapeptide in highly pure form was accomplished by high-performance liguid chromatography on a semipreparative scale. The analogs exhibited very low potency in the growth hormone inhibition test in vitro. This is interpreted as the consequence of the complex structural changes created by the extended retro-inverso modification.
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    A critical evaluation of models for complex molecular dynamics: Application to NMR studies of double- and single-stranded DNA (1983)
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    Biopolymers 22 (1983), S. 2703-2726 
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    Notes: The nature of internal and overall motions in native (double-stranded) and denatured (single-stranded) DNA fragments 120-160 base pairs (bp) long is examined by molecular-dynamics modeling using 13C-nmr spin-relaxation data obtained over the frequency range of 37-125 MHz. The broad range of 13C frequencies is required to differentiate among various models. Relatively narrow linewidths, large nuclear Overhauser enhancements (NOEs), and short T1 values all vary significantly with frequency and indicate the presence of rapid, restricted internal motions on the nanosecond time scale. For double-stranded DNA monomer fragments (147 bp, 24 Å diam at 32°C), the overall motion is that of an axially symmetric cylinder (τx = ∼10-6 s;τZ = ∼1.8 × 10-8s), which is in good agreement with values calculated from hydrodynamic theory (τx = ∼1.8 × 10-6 s; τZ = ∼2.7 × 10-8 s). The DNA internal motion can be modeled as restricted amplitude internal diffusion of individual C—H vectors of deoxyribose methine carbons C1′, C3′, and C4′, either with conic boundary conditions (τw = ∼4 × 10-9 s, θcone = ∼21°) or as a bistable jump (τA = τB = ∼2 × 10-9 s, θ = ∼15°). We discuss the critical role in molecular-dynamics modeling played by the angle (β) that individual C—H vectors make with the long axis of the DNA helix. Heat denaturation brings about increases in both the rate and amplitude of the internal motion (described by the wobble model with τW = ∼0.2 × 10-9 s, θcone = ∼50°), and overall motion is affected by becoming essentially isotropic (τx = τZ = ∼5 × 10-8 s) for the single-stranded molecules. Since 13C-nmr data obtained at various DNA concentrations for C2′ of the deoxyribose ring is not described well by the above models, a new model incorporating an additional internal motion is proposed to take into account the rapid, extensive, and weakly coupled motion of C2′.
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    Kinetic studies of the interaction of methyl orange with poly(L-lysine) by stopped-flow with circular dichroism detection (1983)
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    Biopolymers 22 (1983), S. 2035-2044 
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    Notes: The interaction of methyl orange with poly(L-lysine) was studied kinetically by the stopped-flow technique with CD detection, as well as by static CD titration experiments. In the static experiments, the differences observed in the polymer-to-dye ratio dependences of the CD spectra and absorption spectra suggested at least two kinds of bound states of the methyl orange attached to the polymer. The kinetic experiments using the stopped-flow apparatus, however, revealed four distinct reaction processes. The reaction mechanism was elucidated from the concentration dependence of the time constant for each process as follows: the first process was attributed to the bimolecular binding step of methyl orange to the side chain of poly(L-lysine), the second and third process were ascribed to the intramolecular reaction of the polymer-dye complex, and the fourth process was found to be the intermolecular aggregation of the polymer-dye complex. The origin of the stacking of methyl orange on poly(L-lysine) is discussed on the basis of the characteristics of signal amplitudes obtained from the kinetic experiments for these processes.
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    Comparative study of GuHCl denaturation of globular proteins. I. Spectroscopic and chromatographic analysis of the denaturation curves of ribonuclease A, cytochrome c, and pepsinogen (1983)
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    Biopolymers 22 (1983), S. 2105-2122 
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    Notes: Novel devices for the spectroscopic and chromatographic analysis of the denaturation curves of the protein are described. A multidimensional spectroscopic measuring system makes it possible to carry out simultaneous and continuous acquisition of a set of data of different spectroscopic dimensions at several wavelengths in the course of increasing or decreasing denaturational perturbation. GuHCl-gradient chromatography can provide information about the progressive change of the protein volume in the course of increasing GuHCl concentration. Thus, denaturation curves with a high data-point density can be obtained. The data-storing function by a magnetic disk memory provides enough precision for a rigorous investigation of the correlation among the curves that probe different aspects of denaturation. The GuHCl denaturation of RNase A, cytochrome c, and pepsinogen are studied to demonstrate the high performance of these devices. Three types of transitions are found in these three proteins and the multiphasic nature of the transitions is clearly detected in the last two proteins.
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    Quantitative relationship between the surface charge density and dynamic charge of linear polyelectrolytes in the low charge-density limit (1983)
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    Biopolymers 22 (1983), S. 2169-2172 
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    Boundaries of the universal K3 region and plateau region of the dynamic structure factor for DNA (1983)
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    Biopolymers 22 (1983), S. 2207-2217 
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    Notes: A sufficiently long semiflexible filamentous macromolecule is theroretically expected to exhibit three different domains of behavior of its apparent diffusion coefficient Dapp(K) as a function of scattering vector K: (1) the small wave vector limit, where Dapp(K) = D0 is the translational diffusion coefficient of the center-of-mass; (2) the universal K3 region, where Dapp(K) = (kBT/6πη)K is a universal function of K independent of any property of the molecule itself; (c) the plateau region at large K2, where Dapp(K) approaches either a plateau, or gradually sloping quasiplateau, characteristic of local (elastic) rigid-body motions of the filament. The existence of each of these different domains has now been established experimentally for at least some polymers. The boundaries of the universal K3 region and the plateau region are determined theoretically here using precise quantitative criteria for universal or plateau behavior of Dapp(K) for a Rouse-Zimm model containing N + 1 subchains with rms subchain extension b. Allowing a maximum of 13% nonuniversal behavior, the domain of the universal K3 region is given by K2R2G = K2Nb2/6 ≥ 7 and K2b2 ≤ 0.54. Allowing as much as 10% nonplateau behavior, the boundary for onset of plateau behavior is K2b2 = 18.3. Dapp(K) is at least 50% nonuniversal when K2b2/6 = 6 ln 3. Extension of these results to DNA is examined theoretically, and good agreement of the pertinent predictions with published experimental data is demonstrated.It is concluded that no truly universal K3 region exists for DNA with Mr ≤ 107 and persistence length a ≥ 450 Å, although marginally (≤17% nonuniversal) universal behavior, is exhibited in a very narrow domain 0.64 × 1010 ≤ K2 ≤ 0.84 × 1010 cm-2 for φ29 DNA (Mr = 11.5 × 106). More than 50% of Dapp(K) is governed by local (elastic) rigid-body motions when K2 = 5.23 × 1010 cm-2. The existence of a very wide region of nonuniversal apparent K3 behavior extending up to very large K2, far into the plateau region, is demonstrated in a plot of Dapp(K)/K vs K2 for the Rouse-Zimm model. This is shown to stem in part from visual artifacts of plotting Dapp(K)/K vs K2, even for rigid species.
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    Orientational interactions in low-concentration DNA solutions (1983)
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    Biopolymers 22 (1983), S. 2353-2366 
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    Notes: The rotational relaxation tiem τ3 of DNA molecules (Mw ≃ 5 × 106) in solution has been determined by the transient electric birefringence method. The analysis of the birefringence decay makes it possible to study only the higher-molecular-weight fraction, the molecules being considered as rigid elongated particles in a short time scale. A marked concentration dependence of the relaxation time has been observed for DNA in low ionic strengths. Above a critical concentration c*, τ3 increases with the DNA concentration, c. The value of c* increases with the ionic strength. For 10-3 ionic strength (with NaCl), c* is about 10 μg/mL; then we observe the same strong concentration dependence of rotational relaxation times as recently reported for rodlike M-13 viruses [Maguire, J. F., McTague, J. P. & Rondelez, F. (1980) Phys. Rev. Lett. 45, 1891-1894]. These results may be discussed in terms of the Doi-Edwards theory for rotational relaxation time of rigid macromolecules [Doi, M. (1975) J. Phys. 36, 607-611; Doi, M. & Edwards, S. F. (1978) J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 74, 918-932] and the critical concentration above which the interactions between the molecules begin to appear allows determining the corresponding molecular length. We observe a very good agreement between the DNA lengths obtained from the c* values and by using the infinite dilution value of τ3 and Broersma's equation. Therefore, only highly diluted solutions can be used if intrinsic molecular properties based on the rotational diffusion of high-molecular-weight elongated molecules are studied.
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    Heat capacity increments: Conformational transitions in polypeptides (1983)
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    Notes: A thermodynamic treatment of the helix-coil transition of synthetic polypeptides in binary organic solvent mixtures is extended to describe isobaric heat-capacity increments associated with the phenomenon. This development resolves such increments into three components: two associated respectively with intrinsic differences between the ordered and disordered states of the macromolecule and between the coil-solvent complex and its components, and a third term derived from the temperature dependence in the fraction of coil residues bound to active solvent. Insights derived from this analysis are also applied to the discussion of some heat capacity increments associated with the denaturation of globular proteins.
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    Laser-Raman spectra, sulfhydryl groups, and conformation of the cystine linkages of β-lactoglobulin (1983)
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    X-Ray diffraction studies on the structure of hydrated collagen (1983)
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    Biopolymers 22 (1983), S. 2539-2547 
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    Notes: The temperature dependence of the humidity-sensitive spacing, d, related to the lateral packing of collagen molecules was measured for fully hydrated collagen. In the vicinity of 0°C, a sudden change in d was observed, which was reversible with temperature. In the diffraction profile, below 0°C, a set of diffraction peaks identified with the hexagonal crystalline form of ice was observed. With the reduction in water content, the intensity of the set of diffraction peaks decreased and was found to be zero at a water content of 0.38 g/g collagen. These results were considered to be caused by the frozen water in collagen fibril below 0°C. According to the water content dependence of d, it was considered that up to a certain water content water absorbed would be stowed in the intermolecular space of collagen and above that water content water molecules would aggregate to make pools, i. e., extrafibrillar spaces. The unfreezable bound water was considered to be located in the intermolecular space of collagen. Size of the extrafibrillar space, determined from the intensity analysis of a smallangle x-ray scattering pattern, corroborates the speculation that the water showed in the extrafibrillar space is freezable and free. The formation of the hexagonal crystalline form of ice in the extrafibrillar space was considered to cause the sudden change in d at 0°C.
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    Folding type-specific secondary structure propensities of amino acids, derived from α-helical, β-sheet, α/β, and α+β proteins of known structures (1998)
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    Biopolymers 45 (1998), S. 35-49 
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    Keywords: folding type-specific secondary structure propensities ; amino acids ; α-helical proteins ; β sheet proteins ; α/β proteins ; α+β proteins ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Folding type-specific secondary structure propensities of 20 naturally occurring amino acids have been derived from α-helical, β-sheet, α/β, and α+β proteins of known structures. These data show that each residue type of amino acids has intrinsic propensities in different regions of secondary structures for different folding types of proteins. Each of the folding types shows markedly different rank ordering, indicating folding type-specific effects on the secondary structure propensities of amino acids. Rigorous statistical tests have been made to validate the folding type-specific effects. It should be noted that α and β proteins have relatively small α-helices and β-strands forming propensities respectively compared with those of α+β and α/β proteins. This may suggest that, with more complex architectures than α and β proteins, α+β and α/β proteins require larger propensities to distinguish from interacting α-helices and β-strands. Our finding of folding type-specific secondary structure propensities suggests that sequence space accessible to each folding type may have differing features. Differing sequence space features might be constrained by topological requirement for each of the folding types. Almost all strong β-sheet forming residues are hydrophobic in character regardless of folding types, thus suggesting the hydrophobicities of side chains as a key determinant of β-sheet structures. In contrast, conformational entropy of side chains is a major determinant of the helical propensities of amino acids, although other interactions such as hydrophobicities and charged interactions cannot be neglected. These results will be helpful to protein design, class-based secondary structure prediction, and protein folding. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 45: 35-49, 1998
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    Torsional control of double-stranded DNA branch migration (1998)
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    Biopolymers 45 (1998), S. 69-83 
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    Keywords: DNA branched junctions ; branch migration ; superhelical torque ; control of DNA structure ; endonuclease VII ; nanomechanical device ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: DNA branched junctions are analogues of Holliday junction recombination intermediates. Partially mobile junctions contain a limited amount of homology flanking the branch point. A partially mobile DNA branched junction has been incorporated into a synthetic double-stranded circular DNA molecule. The junction is flanked by four homologous nucleotide pairs, so that there are five possible locations for the branch point. Two opposite arms of the branched junction are joined to form the circular molecule, which contains 262 nucleotides to the base of the junction. This molecule represents a system whereby torque applied to the circular molecule can have an impact on the junction, by relocating its branch point. Ligation of the molecule produces two topoisomers; about 87% of the product is a relaxed molecule, and the rest is a molecule with one positive supercoil. The position of the branch point is assayed by cleaving the molecule with endonuclease VII. We find that the major site of the branch point in the relaxed topoisomer is at the maximally extruded position in the relaxed molecule. Upon the addition of ethidium, the major site of the branch point migrates to the minimally extruded position. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 45: 69-83, 1998
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    Conformational change and aggregation of κ-carrageenan studied by flow field-flow fractionation and multiangle light scattering (1998)
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    Biopolymers 45 (1998), S. 85-96 
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    Keywords: conformation ; aggregation ; κ-carrageenan ; flow field-flow fractionation ; multiangle light scattering ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The relatively novel combination of flow field-flow fractionation (FFF) and multiangle light scattering (MALS) was employed to study a nondegraded κ-carrageenan in different 0.1M salt solutions. The applicability of the technique was tested, and the effects of salt type and salt composition on the molar mass and radius of gyration were studied. A conformational ordering was induced at room temperature by switching the solvent from 0.1M NaCl (coil form) to 0.1M NaI (helix form). An approximate doubling of the average molar mass and an increase in radius of gyration was then observed, in agreement with results obtained previously using size exclusion chromatography-MALS. This increase in size was attributed to conformational ordering and to the formation of double helices. Severe aggregation was observed above 40% CsI in the 0.1M mixed salt solution of CsI and NaI. This was ascribed to the association of helices into large aggregates. For these large associates, having molar masses of several millions, a reversal of the elution order in flow FFF was detected. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 45: 85-96 1998
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    Calculations on the low energy conformers of N-acetyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine (1998)
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    Biopolymers 45 (1998), S. 119-133 
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    Keywords: conformations of D-alanyl-D-alanine ; β-lactam ; structural overlay ; AMBER force field ; AM1 ; ab initio ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: In this article a conformational analysis of the D-alanyl-D-alanine dipeptide, both charged and neutral, has been carried out. The preferred conformations were determined by means of ab initio and semiempirical quantum, together with empirical force field calculations. The AMBER* force field and the 6-31 + G** and 6-31G** ab initio levels give rise to a coincident minimum energy structure, which, on the other hand, differs from that determined by AM1, 3-21 + G, and 3-21G. The solvent effect on the different charged and neutral conformations have been considered through the AMSOL semiempirical method. A quantification regarding the structural similarities between the different dipeptide conformations and the ampicillin has been performed. The results show that the best overlay is attained by the minimum structure energy obtained by using the 6-31 + G** methodology, which presents a planar amidic nitrogen. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 45: 119-133, 1998
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    C6-oxidized cellulose: Ion interactions with mono- and divalent cations (1998)
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    Biopolymers 45 (1998), S. 157-163 
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    Keywords: chemical oxidation ; cellulose ; conformational transition ; capillary viscosity ; microcalorimetry ; calcium ions ; gels ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The conformational behavior of different molecular weight fractions of a synthetic C6-oxidized derivative of cellulose were investigated by means of capillary viscometry, CD, and microcalorimetric measurements. Experiments were carried out in the presence of either monovalent or divalent counterions.The experimental data indicated that C6-oxidized cellulose can assume an ordered extended conformation at low ionic strength, induced by the intrachain repulsions of negative charges. This conformation was suggested to be very similar to the fully extended structure of cellulose. In addition to this, upon increasing the ionic strength, a conformational transition of the order-to-disorder type occurred. In fact, the screening of the electrostatic repulsions introduced a number of conformational kinks into the cellulosic backbone, which enabled the polymer to assume a more coiled conformation hence producing less viscous aqueous solutions. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 45: 157-163, 1998
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    Conformational stability of biological polyelectrolytes: Evaluation of enthalpy and entropy changes of conformational transitions (1998)
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    Keywords: conformational stability ; biological polyelectrolytes ; enthalpy ; entropy ; conformational transitions ; carrageenan ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: A new method is proposed for the determination of the enthalpy and entropy changes of nonionic origin upon conformational transition of linear biopolyelectrolytes in solution. For all transition midpoints, defined by given temperature and ionic strength, the total free energy change of the system is zero, which means that the nonionic contribution to the free energy change is equal in value and opposite in sign to the polyelectrolytic one. The counterion condensation theory of linear polyelectrolytes provides for the appropriate analytical expression to be used in such calculations. Linear plots of the proper functions of the calculated free energy changes vs the proper functions of temperature allows for the determination of the enthalpic and entropic terms of the nonionic free energy change of transition.The method has been applied to the extensive available data of the ion-induced conformational change of κ-carrageenan, a linear sulfated galactan extracted from seaweeds. The method has proved very successful, with the results showing a remarkable convergency of the enthalpy values for different monovalent counterions. On the other hand, the above approach has made it possible to explain the known effect of counterion specificity on the transition by a small difference in the nonionic entropic contributions. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 45: 203-216, 1998
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    UV resonance Raman spectroscopy of DNA and protein constituents of viruses: Assignments and cross sections for excitations at 257, 244, 238, and 229 nm (1998)
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    Biopolymers 45 (1998), S. 247-256 
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    Keywords: uv resonance Raman spectroscopy ; Raman cross section ; hypochromism ; DNA ; deoxynucleoside ; protein ; aromatic amino acid ; virus assembly ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Ultraviolet resonance Raman (UVRR) spectra of H2O and D2O solutions of the nucleoside (dA, dG, dC, dT) and aromatic amino acid (Phe, Trp, Tyr) constituents of DNA viruses have been obtained with laser excitation wavelengths of 257, 244, 238, and 229 nm. Using the 981 cm-1 marker of Na2SO4 as an internal standard, Raman frequencies and scattering cross sections were evaluated for all prominent UVRR bands at each excitation wavelength. The results show that UVRR cross sections of both the nucleosides and amino acids are strongly dependent on excitation wavelength and constitute sensitive and selective probes of the residues. The results provide a library of UVRR marker bands for structural analysis of DNA viruses and other nucleoprotein assemblies. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 45: 247-256, 1998
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    Lumbricus terrestris hemoglobin: A comparison of small-angle X-ray scattering and cryoelectron microscopy data (1998)
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    Biopolymers 45 (1998), S. 289-298 
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    Keywords: hemoglobin ; hexagonal bilayer ; Lumbricus ; electron microscopy ; three-dimensional reconstruction ; small-angle x-ray scattering ; three-dimensional models ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The quaternary structure of Lumbricus terrestris hemoglobin was investigated by small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS). Based on the SAXS data from several independent experiments, a three-dimensional (3D) consensus model was established to simulate the solution structure of this complex protein at low resolution (about 3 nm) and to yield the particle dimensions. The model is built up from a large number of small spheres of different weights, a result of the two-step procedure used to calculate the SAXS model. It accounts for the arrangement of 12 subunits in a hexagonal bilayer structure and for an additional central unit of cylinder-like shape. This model provides an excellent fit of the experimental scattering curve of the protein up to h = 1 nm-1 and a nearly perfect fit of the experimental distance distribution function p(r) in the whole range. Scattering curves and p(r) functions were also calculated for low-resolution models based on 3D reconstructions obtained by cryoelectron microscopy (EM). The calculated functions of these models also provide a very good fit of the experimental scattering curve (even at h 〉 1 nm-1) and p(r) function, if hydration is taken into account and the original model coordinates are slightly rescaled. The comparison of models reveals that both the SAXS-based and the EM-based model lead to a similar simulation of the protein structure and to similar particle dimensions. The essential differences between the models concern the hexagonal bilayer arrangement (eclipsed in the SAXS model, one layer slightly rotated in the EM model), and the mass distribution, mainly on the surface and in the central part of the protein complex. © John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 45: 289-298, 1998
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    Conformational changes due to vicinal glycosylation: The branched α-l-Rhap(1-2)[β-d-Galp(1-3)]-β-d-Glc1-OMe trisaccharide compared with its parent disaccharides* (1998)
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    Biopolymers 46 (1998), S. 417-432 
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    Keywords: conformational changes ; vicinal glycosylation ; branched α-l-Rhap(1-2)[β-d-Galp(1-3)]-β-d-Glc1-OMe trisaccharide ; parent disaccharides ; hydrogen bond ; isotope effect ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Conformations of the α-l-Rhap(1-2)-β-d-Glc1-OMe and β-d-Galp(1-3)-β-d-Glc1-OMe disaccharides and the branched title trisaccharide were examined in DMSO-d6 solution by 1H-nmr. The distance mapping procedure was based on rotating frame nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) constraints involving C- and O-linked protons, and hydrogen-bond constraints manifested by the splitting of the OH nmr signals for partially deuteriated samples. An “isotopomer-selected NOE” method for the unequivocal identification of mutually hydrogen-bonded hydroxyl groups was suggested. The length of hydrogen bonds thus detected is considered the only one motionally nonaveraged nmr-derived constraint. Molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics methods were used to model the conformational properties of the studied oligosaccharides. Complex conformational search, relying on a regular Φ,Ψ-grid based scanning of the conformational space of the selected glycosidic linkage, combined with simultaneous modeling of different allowed orientations of the pendant groups and the third, neighboring sugar residue, has been carried out. Energy minimizations were performed for each member of the Φ,Ψ grid generated set of conformations. Conformational clustering has been done to group the minimized conformations into families with similar values of glycosidic torsion angles. Several stable syn and anti conformations were found for the 1→2 and 1→3 bonds in the studied disaccharides. Vicinal glycosylation affected strongly the occupancy of conformational states in both branches of the title trisaccharide. The preferred conformational family of the trisaccharide (with average Φ,Ψ values of 38°, 17° for the 1→2 and 48°, 1° for the 1→3 bond, respectively) was shown by nmr to be stabilized by intramolecular hydrogen bonding between the nonbonded Rha and Gal residues. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 46: 417-432, 1998
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    Buffer dependence of refractive index increments of protein solutions (1998)
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    Biopolymers 46 (1998), S. 489-492 
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    Keywords: refractive index increment ; proteins ; solvent ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The refractive index increment of a protein solution is a property not only of the protein, but also of the solvent. This is demonstrated theoretically and confirmed experimentally using analytical interferometry. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 46: 489-492, 1998
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    Editor's comments (1998)
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    Biopolymers 47 (1998), S. 1-1 
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    Conformational behavior of the HAV-VP3(110-121) peptidic sequence and synthetic analogs in membrane environments studied by CD and computational methods (1998)
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    Biopolymers 45 (1998), S. 479-492 
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    Keywords: hepatitis A ; synthetic peptides ; CD ; liposomes ; computational study ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The present study was undertaken to examine the structural features that may be important to explain the immunogenicity of the (110-121) peptide sequence (FWRGDLVFDFQV) of VP3 capsid protein of hepatitis A virus. A conformational analysis of the preferred conformations by CD and molecular mechanics was carried out. Present results suggest that the interaction with liposomes as biomembrane model induces and stabilizes the amphipathic β-structure of the peptide.To study the contribution of amino acid replacements at the RGD tripeptide as well as the influence of the peptide chain length on peptide conformation, solid-phase peptide synthesis of several peptide analogs was carried out and the peptide conformation was studied using CD spectroscopy. The results show that the RGD sequence is necessary to induce the β-structure in the presence of liposomes. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 45: 479-492, 1998
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    Liquid crystal formation in DNA fragment solutions (1998)
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    Biopolymers 46 (1998), S. 31-37 
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    Keywords: DNA liquid crystals ; DNA fragments ; screened Coulomb interactions ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The critical volume fractions pertaining to the formation of DNA liquid crystals were obtained from polarization microscopy, 31P-nmr, and phase separation experiments. The DNA length (approximately one to two times the persistence length 50 nm), ionic strength, and counterion variety dependencies are reported. The cholesteric-isotropic transition is interpreted in terms of the coexistence equations, which are derived from the solution free energy including orientational entropy and excluded volume effects. With the wormlike chain as reference system, the electrostatic contribution to the free energy is evaluated as a thermodynamic perturbation in the second virial approximation with a Debye-Hückel potential of mean force. The hard core contribution has been evaluated with scaled particle theory and/or a simple generalization of the Carnahan-Starling equation of state for hard spheres. For sufficiently high ionic strengths, the agreement is almost quantitative. At lower amounts of added salt deviations are observed, which are tentatively attributed to counterion screening effects. The contour length dependence agrees with a DNA persistence length 50 nm. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 46: 31-37, 1998
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    Gelation of gelatin observation in the bulk and at the air-water interface (1998)
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    Biopolymers 46 (1998), S. 245-252 
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    Keywords: gelatin ; gelation ; atomic force microscopy ; interfacial rheology ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Gelation of gelatin under various conditions has been followed by atomic force microscopy (AFM) with the objective of understanding more fully the structure formed during the gelation process. AFM images were obtained of the structures formed from both the bulk sol and in surface films during the onset of gelation. While gelation occurred in the bulk sol, the extent of helix formation was monitored by measurements of optical rotation, and the molecular aggregation was imaged by AFM. Interfacial gelatin films formed at the air-water interface were also studied. Measurements of surface tension and surface rheology were made periodically and Langmuir-Blodgett films were drawn from the interface to allow AFM imaging of the structure of the interfacial layer as a function of time. Structural studies reveal that at low levels of helical content the gelatin molecules assemble into aggregates containing short segments of dimensions comparable to those expected for gelatin triple helices. With time larger fibrous structures appear whose dimensions suggest that they are bundles of triple helices. As gelation proceeds, the number density of fibers increases at the expense of the smaller aggregates, eventually assembling into a fibrous network. The gel structure appears to be sensitive to the thermal history, and this is particularly important in determining the structure and properties of the interfacial films. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 46: 245-252, 1998
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    Ribozyme chemogenetics (1998)
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    Keywords: nucleotide analogue interference mapping ; phosphorothioate ; group I intron ; interference suppression ; RNA ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: In this review I will outline several chemogenetic approaches used to determine the chemical basis of large ribozyme function and structure. The term chemogenetics was first used to describe site-specific functional group modification experiments in the analysis of DNA-protein interactions. Within the past few years equivalent experiments have been performed on large catalytic RNAs using both single-site substitution and interference mapping techniques with nucleotide analogues. While functional group mutagenesis is an important aspect of a chemogenetic approach, chemical correlates to genetic revertants and suppressors must also be realized for the genetic analogy to be intellectually valid and experimentally useful. Several examples of functional group revertants and suppressors have now been obtained within the Tetrahymena group I ribozyme. These experiments define an ensemble of tertiary hydrogen bonds that have made it possible to construct a detailed model of the ribozyme catalytic core. The model includes a functionally important monovalent metal ion binding site, a wobble-wobble receptor motif for helix-helix packing interactions, and a minor groove triple helix. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 48: 65-81, 1998
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