title: Dipicolylglycyl-phenylalanine zinc(II): a metallopeptide with a built-in conformational switch and its homochiral helical coordination polymer.
abstract: The peptide-zinc complex [(Dpg-Phe)Zn]2+ (Dpg = N,N-dipicolylglycine; Phe = phenylalanine) reversibly forms a homochiral P-helical coordination polymer upon switching the pH from mildly basic to mildly acidic.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Niklas
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hampel
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alsfasser
mesh_terms: D010455:Peptides / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D010649:Phenylalanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D011108:Polymers; D010649:Phenylalanine; D015032:Zinc