title: Recent contributions of electronic circular dichroism to the investigation of oligopeptide conformations.
abstract: Recent applications in our laboratories of electronic circular dichroism to the study of peptide secondary structures and their changes under external stimuli are briefly reviewed. More specifically, this article deals with: 1). characterization of a novel peptide conformation; 2). origin of amino acid homo-chirality on Earth; 3). bend and helical peptides as spacers; and 4). transfer and propagation of chirality in peptides.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, CNR, Department of Chemistry, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. fernando.formaggio@unipd.it
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Formaggio
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peggion
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crisma
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaptein
authors.forename: Quirinus B
authors.initials: QB
authors.lastname: Broxterman
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Mazaleyrat
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wakselman
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Toniolo
mesh_terms: D002621:Chemistry / Q000379:methods*; D002942:Circular Dichroism / Q000379:methods*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; D010455:Peptides