Parallel β-sheet assemblage in a model dipeptide: an X-ray diffraction study

Sandip Kundu, P.A. Mazumdar, Amit Kumar Das, V. Bertolasi, Animesh Pramanik

Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2 · 2002 · 12 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

The dipeptide Boc-L-Ala-m-ABA-OMe has been synthesised in order to understand the structure of β-sheet polypeptides. Its crystal structure shows that it forms an infinite, distorted, parallel β-sheet assemblage by intermolecular hydrogen-bonding and π–π interactions between the benzene rings.

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