An Example of Head‐to‐Head Dimerization of β4.4‐Helices
- 26 September 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Helvetica Chimica Acta
- Vol. 67 (6) , 1588-1592
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19840670625
Abstract
1H‐NMR and vapor‐pressure osmometry results are presented, which indicate the occurrence of a rapid equilibrium involving the head‐to‐head dimerization of β44‐helices in chloroform solutions of HCO‐L‐Ile‐(D‐AIle‐L‐Ile)4‐OMe. This equilibrium typifies the one that, in Urry's view, would be responsible for the formation and breaking down of the ion‐conducting channels formed by gramicidin A in lipid bilayers.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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