Energy profiles in the gramicidin A channel
- 1 November 1987
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics
- Vol. 20 (3-4) , 173-200
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033583500004170
Abstract
Gramicidin A (GA) is a linear pentadecapeptide made of alternating D and L residues, in which the N-and C-terminals are blocked by a formyl group (head) and an ethanolamine end (tail), respectively (Sarges & Witkop, 1964):Keywords
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