Abstract
The carbon-nitrogen J-couplings in the hydrogen bonding chains of proteins show that H-bonding mediates peptide-group polarization, which results in the general reduction of peptide-group polarity of folded proteins in solution. The net effect is to make large regions of protein secondary structure, especially β-sheets, intrinsically more hydrophobic, contributing thereby to overall stability of the tertiary structure.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2633-2636 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Protein Science |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2003 |
Keywords
- NMR spin-spin coupling
- Peptide-group polarizations
- Protein H-bond networks
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology