Biopolymers 1992: Vol 32 Table of Contents

11 Pages·1992·2.6 MB·English

Biopolymers
Contents
Volume 32, 1992
Issue 1, January 1992
Editorial / 1
Pair Distribution Functions in Small Systems: Implications for Protein Structure Analysis / 3
J. Edelman
Anti-Insulin Antibody Structure and Conformation. I. Molecular Modeling and Mechanics of
an Insulin Antibody / 11
L. J. Nell, J. A. McCammon, and S. Subramanian
Anti-Insulin Antibody Structure and Conformation. II. Molecular Dynamics with Explicit
Solvent / 23
J. J. Tanner, L. J. Nell, and J. A. McCammon
Development of an Extended Simulated Annealing Method: Application to the Modeling of
Complementary Determining Regions of Immunoglobulins / 33
J. Higo, V. Collura, and J. Garnier
Conformational Analysis of a Dinucleotide Photodimer with the Aid of the Genetic
Algorithm / 45
M. J. J. Blommers, C. B. Lucasius, G. Kateman, and R. Kaptein
Quantum Yield for Preferential Photodimerization in Long Pyrimidine Tracts / 53
J. Texter
Conformational Preferences of Oligopeptides Rich in a-Aminoisobutyric Acid. II. A Model for
the 3;9/a-Helix Transition with Composition and Sequence Sensitivity / 61
G. Basu and A. Kuki
The Interaction of Auramine O with Calmodulin: Location of the Binding Site on the
Connecting Strand / 73
R. F. Steiner, S. Albaugh, E. Nenortas, and Lynn Norris
The Interaction of Neuropeptides with Membrane Model Systems: A Case Study / 85
R. P. Hicks, D. J. Beard, and J. K. Young
Conformation and Charge Distribution of Bicyclic 6-Lactams: Structure-Activity
Relationships / 97
B. Fernandez, L. Carballeira, and E. A. Rios
Issue 2, February 1992
Helix-Forming Tendencies of Amino Acids Depend on the Restrictions of Side-Chain Rotamer
Conformations: Crystal Structure of the Tripeptide GAI in Two Crystalline Forms / 107
K. Go, S. Chaturvedi, and R. Parthasarathy
A Sequence-Dependent ‘H-NMR Study on the Formation of 6-Turns in Tetrapeptides
Containing Charged Residues / 119
X. Liu, P. G. Scott, A. Otter, and G. Kotovych
Molecular Conformation of Ascidiacyclamide, a Cytotoxic Cyclic Peptide from Ascidian: X-Ray
Analyses of Its Free Form and Solvate Crystals / 131
T. Ishida, Y. In, M. Doi, M. Inoue, Y. Hamada, and T. Shioiri
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The Electrostatic Contribution to DNA Base-Stacking Interactions / 145
R. A. Friedman and B. Honig
Molecular Dynamics Study of the Conformational Behavior of a Representative Elastin
Building Block: Boc-Gly-Val-Gly-Gly-Leu-OMe / 161
F. Lelj, A. M. Tamburro, V. Villani, P. Grimaldi, and V. Guantieri
8-Alanine Containing Peptides: A Novel Molecular Tool for the Design of y-Turns / 173
V. Pavone, A. Lombardi, G. D’Auria, M. Saviano, F. Nastri, L. Paolillo, B. Di Blasio, and C. Pedone
Helix Formation in Poly(N‘,N‘,N‘-trimethyl-L-lysine) and Poly(L-lysine): Dependence on
Concentration and Molecular Weight / 185
J. Bello
Bound Water in the Collagen-Like Triple-Helical Structure / 189
Y. A. Lazarev, B. A. Grishkovsky, T. B. Khromova, A. V. Lazareva, and V. S. Grechishko
Issue 3, March 1992
Fourier Transform IR Attenuated Total Reflectance Study on the Secondary Structure of
Poly(y-methyl L-glutamate) Surfaces Treated with Formic Acid / 197
K. Kugo, M. Okuno, K. Kitayama, T. Kitaura, J. Nishino, N. Ikuta, E. Nishio, and M. Iwatsuki
The Low-Temperature Heat Capacity of Solid Proteins / 209
J. Edelman
High Osmotic Stress Behavior of Hyaluronate and Heparin / 219
R. M. Peitzsch and W. F. Reed
Vibrational CD of the Amide II Band in Some Model Polypeptides and Proteins / 239
V. P. Gupta and T. A. Keiderling
Stereochemical Studies on Nucleic Acid Analogues. I. Conformations of a-Nucleosides and a-
Nucleotides: Interconversion of Sugar Puckers via 04’-exo / 249
Y. S. Latha and N. Yathindra
Multivalent Ions Are Necessary for Poly[d(AC) -d(GT)] to Assume the Z Form:
A CD Study / 271
J. H. Riazance-Lawrence and W. C. Johnson, Jr.
Conformations of Type 1 and Type 2 Oligosaccharides from Ovarian Cyst Glycoprotein by
Nuclear Overhauser Effect Spectroscopy and T; Simulations / 277
P. Cagas and C. A. Bush
Variations in the Turn-Forming Characteristics of N-Acyl Proline Units / 293
G.-B. Liang, C. J. Rito, and S. H. Gellman
RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Observation of a Phase Transition in Wet-Spun Films of Na-Hyaluronate / 303
S. A. Lee, W. F. Oliver, A. Rupprecht, Z. Song, and S. M. Lindsay
Issue 4, April 1992
SPECIAL ISSUE: THE PEPTIDE PROTEIN BRIDGE
Editorial / 307
Peptide Models for the Membrane Destabilizing Actions of Viral Fusion Proteins / 309
R. M. Epand, J. J. Cheetman, R. F. Epand, P. L. Yeagle, C. D. Richardson, A. Rockwell and W. F.
Degrado
Normal Mode Refinement: Crystallographic Refinement of Protein Dynamic Structure Applied
to Human Lysozyme / 315
A. Kidera, K. Inaka, M. Matsushima, and N. Go
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Vibrational Studies of the Disulfide Group in Proteins. Part V. Correlation of SS Stretch
Frequencies with the CCSS Dihedral Angle in Known Protein Disulfide Bridges / 321
W. Qian and S. Krimm
A General Approach for Determining Scalar Coupling Constants in Polypeptides and
Proteins / 327
G. T. Montelione, S. D. Emerson, and B. A. Lyons
Studies on the Yeast a-Mating Factor: A Model for Mammalian Peptide Hormones / 335
F. Naider, J. Gounarides, C.-B. Xue, E. Bargiota, and J. M. Becker
Conformation of Uteroglobin Fragments / 341
S. Mammi, M. T. Foffani, S. Improta, M. Tessari, E. Schievano, and E. Peggion
Identification of Structured Peptide Segments in Folding Proteins / 347
M. R. Pincus
Conformational Study of Endothelins and Sarafotoxins with the Cystine-Stabilized Helical
Motif by Means of CD Spectra / 353
H. Tamaoki, Y. Kyogoku, K. Nakajima, S. Sakakibara, M. Hayashi, and Y. Kobayashi
Refinement of the Thrombin-Bound Structure of a Hirudin Peptide by a Restrained
Electrostatically Driven Monte Carlo Method / 359
D. R. Ripoll and F. Ni
Conformational Analysis of an Opioid Peptide in Solvent Media that Mimic Cytoplasm
Viscosity / 367
P. A. Temussi, D. Picone, G. Saviano, P. Amodeo, A. Motta, T. Tancredi, S. Salvadori, and R. Tomatis
Hydrophobicity-Induced pK Shifts in Elastin Protein-Based Polymers / 373
D. W. Urry, S. Q. Peng, and T. M. Parker
NMR Studies of Structure and Dynamics of Isotope Enriched Proteins / 381
G. Wagner, V. Thanabal, B. J. Stockman, J. W. Peng, N. R. Nirmala, S. G. Hyberts, M. S. Goldberg,
D. J. Detlefsen, R. T. Clubb, and M. Adler
Stoichiometry of Calcium Binding to a Synthetic Heterodimeric Troponin-C Domain / 391
G. S. Shaw, R. S. Hodges, and B. D. Sykes
Minimum Energy Conformations of Proline-Containing Helices / 399
A. Polinsky, M. Goodman, K. A. Williams, and C. M. Deber
Peptidomimetics as Receptors Agonists or Peptidase Inhibitors: A Structural Approach in the
Field of Enkephalins, ANP and CCK / 407
B. P. Roques
Tyrosine-Derived Polycarbonates: Backbone-Modified ““Pseudo”’-Poly(Amino Acids) Designed
for Biomedical Applications / 411
S. Pulapura and J. Kohn
The Two-Stranded a-Helical Coiled-Coil Is an Ideal Model for Studying Protein Stability and
Subunit Interactions / 419
N. E. Zhou, B.-Y. Zhu, C. M. Kay, and R. S. Hodges
The Structure of Ro 09-0198 in Different Environments / 427
H. Kessler, D. F. Mierke, J. Saulitis, S. Seip, S. Stewernagel, T. Wein, and M. Will
Determination of the ¢ Angle in a Peptide Backbone by NMR Spectroscopy with a
Combination of Homonuclear and Heteronuclear Coupling Constants / 435
P. Schmieder and H. Kessler
The Structure of a Rhombohedral R, Insulin Hexamer That Binds Phenol / 441
G. D. Smith and G. G. Dodson
NMR and CD Studies of Triple-Helical Peptides / 447
B. Brodsky, M.-H. Li, C. G. Long, J. Apigo, and J. Baum
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Characterization at Atomic Resolution of Peptide Helical Structures / 453
E. Benedetti, B. Di Blasio, V. Pavone, C. Pedone, C. Toniolo, and M. Crisma
Three-Dimensional Structure and Active Site of Three Hydrophobic Molecule-Binding
Proteins with Significant Amino Acid Sequence Similarity / 457
H. L. Monaco and G. Zanotti
Issue 5, May 1992
Critical Analysis of Objections Against the Biological Molecular Energy Machines / 467
A. Krémen
Plausible View on the Biological Molecular Energy Machines / 471
A. Krémen
Hydrophobic Interaction Between Globin Helices / 477
D. L. Weaver
Helix Formation in Methylated Copolymers of Lysine and Alanine / 491
J. Bello
Early Assembly Pathways of Type I Collagen / 497
D. G. Wallace
Fixation of Aldehydic Dextrans Onto Human Deoxyhemoglobin / 517
D. Klett, M. Grandgeorge, and E. Dellacherie
Langevin Dynamics of Peptides: The Frictional Dependence of Isomerization Rates of
N-Acetylalanyl-N’-Methylamide / 523
R. J. Loncharich, B. R. Brooks, and R. W. Pastor
Partial Molar Volumes of the Amino Acid Side-Chains of Proteins in Aqueous Solution: Some
Comments on Their Estimation Using Partial Molar Volumes of Amino Acids and Small
Peptides / 537
G. R. Hedwig
Theory of Delocalized Ionic Binding to Polynucleotides: Structural and Excluded-Volume
Effects / 541
J. Ray and G. S. Manning
Computer Modeling of Polysaccharide-Polysaccharide Interactions: An Approach to the
k-Carrageenan-Mannan Case / 551
I. Tvaroska, C. Rochas, F.-R. Taravel, and T. Turquois
Theoretical Determination of Conformational Paths in Citrate Synthase / 561
M. A. Ech-Cherif El-Kettani and J. Durup
Issue 6, June 1992
Perturbation of Peptide Conformations Induced in Anisotropic Environments / 575
K. Biittner, S. E. Blondelle, J. M. Ostresh, and R. A. Houghten
Heavy Metal Binding to Heparin Disaccharides. I. Iduronic Acid is the Main Binding
Site / 585
D. M. Whitfield, J. Choay, and B. Sarkar
Heavy Metal Binding to Heparin Disaccharides. II. First Evidence for Zinc Chelation / 597
D. M. Whitfield and B. Sarkar
A Molecular Mechanical Study of the Structure of Poly(a-Aminoisobutyric Acid) / 621
C. Aleman, J. A. Subirana, and J. J. Perez
A New Constraint Potential for the Structure Refinement of Biomolecules in Solution Using
Experimental Nuclear Overhauser Effect Intensity / 633
B. Stawarz, M. Genest, and D. Genest
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Crystal Structure of a Helical Oligopeptide Model of Polyglycine II and of Other Polyamides:
Acetyl-(glycyl-8-alanyl).-NH Propyl / 643
J. Tormo, J. Puiggali, J. Vives, I. Fita, J. Lloveras, J. Bella, J. Aymami, and J. A. Subirana
Solution Structures of Cyclic and Dicyclic Analogues of Growth Hormone Releasing Factor as
Determined by Two-Dimensional NMR and CD Spectroscopies and Constrained Molecular
Dynamics / 649
D. C. Fry, V. S. Madison, D. N. Greeley, A. M. Felix, E. P. Heimer, L. Frohman, R. M. Campbell,
T. F. Mowles, V. Toome, and B. B. Wegrzynski
Protein: Nucleic Acid Interactions. I. Electronic Structures of Cytosine, Indole, and Guanine
Complexes / 667
P. Ilich and F. G. Prendergast
The Nature of Folded States of Globular Proteins / 695
J. D. Honeycutt and D. Thirumalai
The Use of Flory-Huggins Theory in Interpreting Partitioning of Solutes Between Organic
Liquids and Water / 711
A. Holtzer
Issue 7, July 1992
Crystal and Molecular Structure of the Doubly Unsaturated Dehydropeptide Ac-APhe-Ala-
APhe-NH-Me / 717
M. R. Ciajolo, A. Tuzi, C. R. Pratesi, A. Fissi, and O. Pieroni
Hydration of DNA Bases: Analysis of Crystallographic Data / 725
B. Schneider, D. Cohen, and H. M. Berman
Kinetics of Folding of aa-Tropomyosin Subsequences / 751
J. Mo, M. E. Holtzer, and A. Holtzer
Molecular Structure of cyclo[-(D-Val-L-Hyi-L-Val-D-Hyi)2-] Revealed by X-Ray Analysis / 757
P. Grochulski, G. D. Smith, D. A. Langs, W. L. Duax, V. Z. Pletnev, and V. T. Ivanov
Vibrational CD Studies of Interchain Hydrogen-Bonded Tripodal Peptides / 765
M. G. Paterlini, T. B. Freedman, L. A. Nafie, Y. Tor, and A. Shanzer
Conformational States of a TT Mismatch from Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Duplex
d(CGCGATTCGCG) / 783
R. M. Venable, G. Widmalm, B. R. Brooks, W. Egan, and R. W. Pastor
Flow Linear Dichroism Spectra of Four Filamentous Bacteriophages: DNA and Coat Protein
Contributions / 795
B. A. Clack and D. M. Gray
Spectroscopic Study of the Interaction Between Poly-(9-Vinyladenine) and Single or
Multistrand RNA / 811
E. Yashima, T. Tajima, N. Miyauchi, and M. Akashi
Crystal and Molecular Structure of the Depsipeptide Ionophore Hexadecaisoleucinomycin,
cyclo-[-(D-Ile-L-Lac-L-Ile-D-Hyi)4-] (Cg9Hi36NgO024) / 819
V. Z. Pletnev, V. T. Ivanov, D. A. Langs, P. Strong, and W. L. Duax
Effects of Hydration on Scale Factors for ab initio Force Constants. IV. trans and cis
N-Methylacetamide / 829
R. W. Williams
Studies of DNA Dumbbells. I. Melting Curves of 17 DNA Dumbbells with Different Duplex
Stem Sequences Linked by T, Endloops: Evaluation of the Nearest-Neighbor Stacking
Interactions in DNA / 849
M. J. Doktycz, R. F. Goldstein, T. M. Paner, F. J. Gallo, and A. S. Benight
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Studies of DNA Dumbbells. II. Construction and Characterization of DNA Dumbbells with a 16
Base-Pair Duplex Stem and T,, End Loops (n = 2,3,4,6,8,10,14) / 865
M. Amaratunga, E. Snowden-Ifft, D. E. Wemmer, and A. S. Benight
Studies of DNA Dumbbells. III. Theoretical Analysis of Optical Melting Curves of Dumbbells
with a 16 Base-Pair Duplex Stem and T,, End Loops (n = 2,3,4,6,8,10,14) / 881
T. M. Paner, M. Amaratunga, and A. S. Benight
RESEARCH COMMUNICATION
A Semiempirical Expression for The Gel Electrophoretic Mobility of Supercoiled DNA / 893
A. Lahiri and S. Sen
Issue 8, August 1992
Electrostatic Forces in Two Lysozymes: Calculations and Measurements of Histidine pKA
Values / 897
T. Takahashi, H. Nakamura, and A. Wada
Elongational Flow Studies on DNA in Aqueous Solution and Stress-Induced Scission of the
Double Helix / 911
E. D. T. Atkins and M. A. Taylor
Origins and Consequences of Ligand-Induced Multiphasic Thermal Protein
Denaturation / 925
A. Shrake and P. D. Ross
Thermodynamic Substantiation of Water-Bridged Collagen Structure / 941
T. V. Burjanadze
Presence of a Thermostable Domain in the Helical Part of the Type I Collagen Molecule and
Its Role in the Mechanism of Triple Helix Folding / 951
T. V. Burjanadze and M. O. Bezhitadze
Morphiceptin and 6-Casomorphin-5 Analogues Containing a Reduced Peptide Bond: Selective
u-Receptor Agonists and a Novel » Antagonist, H-Tyr-Proy(CH.-NH)Phe-Pro-
Gly-OH / 957
N. G. J. Delaet, P. M. F. Verheyden, D. Tourwe, G. Van Binst, P. Davis, and T. F. Burks
Synthesis of New Hydrophilic Microspheres: Optimized Carriers for Microparticle-Enhanced
Nephelometric Immunoassays / 971
J. Marchand, P. Varcin, D. Riochet, P. Montagne, M. L. Cuilliere, J. Duheille, and B. Pau
Conformational Studies of Anionic Melittin Analogues: Effect of Peptide Concentration, pH,
Ionic Strength, and Temperature—Models for Protein Folding and Halophilic
Proteins / 981
K. Ramalingam, S. Aimoto, and J. Bello
Conformational and Ion Binding Properties of a Cyclic Octapeptide, cyclo(Ala-Leu-
Pro-Gly)2 / 993
D. S. Seetharama Jois, K. R. K. Easwaran, M. Bednarek, and E. R. Blout
Peptide Mechanics: A Force Field for Peptides and Proteins Working with Entire Residues as
Smallest Units / 1003
P. R. Gerber
Discontinuous Volume Transitions in Ionic Gels and Their Possible Involvement in the Nerve
Excitation Process / 1019
I. Tasaki and P. M. Byrne
Vibrational Studies of the Disulfide Group in Proteins. IV. General Correlations of SS and CS
Stretch Frequencies with Disulfide Bridge Geometry / 1025
W. Qian and S. Krimm
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A Molecular Dynamics Study of Conformationa] Changes and Hydration of Left-Handed
d(CGCGCGCGCGCG), in a Nonsalt Solution / 1035
M. A. L. Eriksson and A. Laaksonen
The Use of UV-Visible Spectroscopy for the Determination of Hydrophobic Interactions
Between Neuropeptides and Membrane Model Systems / 1061
J. K. Young, W. H. Graham, D. J. Beard, and R. P. Hicks
Differential Hydration of Homopurine Sequences Relative to Alternating Purine/Pyrimidine
Sequences / 1065
D. Rentzeperis, D. W. Kupke, and L. A. Marky
DNA Flexibility as a Function of Allomorphic Conformation and of Base Sequence / 1077
M. Poncin, D. Piazzola, and R. Lavery
Aggregates and Other Particles as the Origin of the “Extraordinary” Diffusional Phase in
Polyelectrolyte Solutions / 1105
S. Ghosh, R. M. Peitzsch, and W. F. Reed
RESEARCH COMMUNICATION
Salt-Dependent Stability of Poly(dG) - Poly(dC) with Potential of Mean Force Coulomb
Interactions / 1123
Y. Z. Chen, W. Zhuang, and E. W. Prohofsky
Issue 9, September 1992
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Poly(Spiropyran-L-Glutamate): Influence of Chromophore
Isomerization / 1129
R. Pachter, T. M. Cooper, L. V. Natarajan, K. A. Obermeier, R. L. Crane, and W. W. Adams
The Electrostatic Potential for the Phosphodiester Group Determined from X-Ray
Diffraction / 1141
W. T. Klooster and B. M. Craven
Conformation of Diastereomeric Peptide Sequences: Structural Analysis of Z-D-Val-Acgc-Gly-L-
Phe-OMe / 1155
B. Di Blasio, A. Lombardi, F. Nastri, M. Saviano, C. Pedone, T. Yamada, M. Nakao, S. Kuwata,
and V. Pavone
Conformations in Solution of Angiotensin II, and Its 1-7 and 1-6 Fragments / 1163
J. A. Cushman, P. K. Mishra, A. A. Bothner-By, and M. S. Khosla
a-Elastin Coacervate as a Protein Liquid Membrane: Effect of pH on Transmembrane
Potential Responses / 1173
K. Kaibara, K. Sakai, K. Okamoto, Y. Uemura, K. Miyakawa, and M. Kondo
Salt Bridge Induced Changes in the Secondary Structure of Ionic Polypeptides / 1181
A. A. Ismail and H. H. Mantsch
Determination of the Aromatic Lignin Content in Oak Wood by Quantitative Solid State
13C-NMR / 1187
G. D. Love, C. E. Snape, and M. C. Jarvis
The Contribution of Residue Ion Pairs to the Helical Stability of a Model Peptide / 1193
E. Stellwagen, S.-H. Park, W. Shalongo, and A. Jain
The CD of Ligand—DNA Systems. 2. Poly(dA-dT) B-DNA / 1201
R. Lyng, A. Rodger, and B. Nordén
Shape Distributions of Protein Topography / 1215
M. L. Connolly
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IR (Vibrational) CD of Peptide 8-Turns: A Theoretical and Experimental Study of cyclo-
(-Gly-Pro-Gly-D-Ala-Pro-) / 1237
H. R. Wyssbrod and M. Diem
Hydrophobicity Scale for Proteins Based on Inverse Temperature Transitions / 1243
D. W. Urry, D. C. Gowda, T. M. Parker, C.-H. Luan, M. C. Reid, C. M. Harris, A. Pattanaik,
and R. D. Harris
Hydrophobicity of Amino Acid Residues: Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Synthesis of
the Aromatic Analogues of the Polypentapeptide of Elastin / 1251
C.-H. Luan, T. M. Parker, D. C. Gowda, and D. W. Urry
Structural Investigation of Helices II, III, and IV of B. megaterium 5S Ribosomal RNA by
Molecular Dynamics Calculations / 1263
J. H. Kim and A. G. Marshall
Issue 10, October 1992
Design of Peptides: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Molecular Confirmation, and Conformational
Calculations of N-Boc-L-Phe-Dehydro-Ala-OCH; / 1271
B. Padmanabhan, S. Dey, B. Khandelwal, G. Subba Rao, and T. P. Singh
Combined Use of Homo- and Heteronuclear Coupling Constants as Restraints in Molecular
Dynamics Simulations / 1277
D. F. Mierke and H. Kessler
Molecular Dynamics Conformational Search of Six Cyclic Peptides Used in the Template
Assembled Synthetic Protein Approach for Protein De Novo Design / 1283
R. Floegel and M. Mutter
A Thermodynamic Analysis of Calcium-—Alginate Gel Formation in the Presence of Inert
Electrolyte / 1311
S. Nilsson
The Spectroscopic Properties of the Lipodepsipeptide, Syringomycin E / 1317
E. Vaillo, A. Ballio, P.-L. Luisi, and R. M. Thomas
Variable Ranges of Intercations in Polypeptide Conformations with a Method to Complement
Molecular Modeling / 1327
S. G. Jacchieri and R. L. Jernigan
Interpretation of *Mg Spin Relaxation in Mg-DNA Solutions: Temperature Variation and
Chemical Exchange Effects / 1339
E. Berggren, L. Nordenskiéld, and W. Braunlin
Stacking Interactions of ApA Analogues with Modified Backbones / 1351
H. Kang, P.-J. Chou, W. C. Johnson, Jr., D. Weller, S.-B. Huang, and J. E. Summerton
Excluded Volume Effects on the Partition of Single- and Double-Stranded
Oligodeoxynucleotides Between Two Liquid Phases / 1365
S. B. Zimmerman and L. D. Murphy
A Molecular Thermodynamic Approach to Predict the Secondary Structure of
Homopolypeptides in Aqueous Systems / 1375
C.-C. Chen, Y. Zhu, J. A. King, and L. B. Evans
Analyzing the Normal Mode Dynamics of Macromolecules by the Component Synthesis
Method / 1393
M.-H. Hao and S. C. Harvey
Dipeptide Backbone Conformation and Antibody Recognition of a Viral Octapeptide
Epitope / 1407
D. C. Feller and M. S. Collett
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RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Resolution of the Electronic Absorption Spectra of the Adenine and Thymine Residues in
Poly(dA)+Poly(dT) / 1417
S. Georghiou, G. R. Phillips, and G. Ge
Terbium(III)-Induced Fluorescence of Four-Stranded G4-DNA / 1421
N. Nagesh, P. Bhargava, and D. Chatterji
Issue 11, November 1992
Fourier Transform IR Study of Enzymatically Isolated Tomato Fruit Cuticular
Membrane / 1425
F. J. Ramirez, P. Luque, A. Heredia, and M. J. Bukovac
Analysis of the Effectiveness of Proline Substitutions and Glycine Replacements in Increasing
the Stability of Phage T4 Lysozyme / 1431
H. Nicholson, D. E. Tronrud, W. J. Becktel, and B. W. Matthews
Flexible-Geometry Conformational Energy Maps for the Amino Acid Residue Preceding a
Proline / 1443
J. H. Hurley, D. A. Mason, and B. W. Matthews
DNA Torsional Dynamics by Multifrequency Phase Fluorometry / 1447
M. Collini, G. Chirico, and G. Baldini
Facilitated Synthesis of Peptailbols: Alamethicin Via Enzymatic Segment Condensation / 1461
U. Slomczynska, J. Zabrocki, K. Kaczmarek, M. T. Leplawy, D. D. Beusen, and G. R. Marshall
Quasielastic Light Scattering Study of Thermal Excitations of F-Actin Solutions and of Growth
Kinetics of Actin Filaments / 1471
Th. Piekenbrock and E. Sackmann
Monte Carlo Calculations of Ion Distributions Surrounding the Oligonucleotide
d(ATATATATAT), in the B, A, and Wrinkled D Conformations / 1491
P. A. Mills, A. Rashid, and T. L. James
Conformations Dependence of the SH and CS Stretch Frequencies of the Cysteine
Residue / 1503
W. Qian and S. Krimm
The Utility of Side-Chain Cyclization in Determining the Receptor-Bound Conformation of
Peptides: Cyclic Tripeptides and Angiotensin II / 1519
T. Kataoka, D. D. Beusen, J. D. Clark, M. Yodo, G. R. Marshall
A Synthetic Analogue for the Active Site of Plant-Type Ferredoxin: Two Different
Coordination Isomers by a Four-Cys-Containing [20]-Peptide / 1535
N. Ueyama, S. Ueno, A. Nakamura, K. Wada, H. Matsubara, S.-I. Kumagai, S. Sakakibara, and
T. Tsukihara
Peptide Hormone—Membrane Interactions: The Aggregational and Conformational State of
Lipo-Gastrin Derivatives and Their Receptor Binding Affinity / 1545
R. Romano, H.-J. Musiol, E. Weyher, M. Dufresne, and L. Moroder
Conformational Perturbation of the Anticancer Nucleoside Arabinosylcytosine on Z-DNA:
Molecular Structure of (araC-dG)3 at 1.3 A Resolution / 1559
H. Zhang, G. A. Van der Marel, J. H. Van Boom, and A. H.-J. Wang
Solution Conformation of Maltose from Optical Rotation: A Procedure for Evaluating
Carbohydrate Force Fields / 1571
E. S. Stevens
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Kinetics of Folding and Unfolding of 88-Tropomyosin / 1581
J. Mo, M. Holtzer, and A. Holtzer
RESEARCH COMMUNICATION
a-Helix to Random Coil Transitions: Interpretation of the CD in the Region of Linear
Temperature Dependence / 1581
M. E. Holzer and A. Holtzer
Issue 12, December 1992
Model Building of DNA/RNA Triple Helix Containing L-Deoxyadenosine / 1593
N. Tomioka and A. Itai
Conformational Properties of Oxytocin in Dimethyl Sulfoxide Solution: NMR and Restrained
Molecular Dynamics Studies / 1599
R. Bhaskaran, L.-C. Chuang, and C. Yu
The Shapes of Backbones of Chain Molecules: Three-Dimensional Characterization by
Spherical Shape Maps / 1609
G. A. Arteca and P. G. Mezey
Amino Acid Side-Chain Populations in Aqueous and Saline Solution: Bis-Penicillamine
Enkephalin / 1623
P. E. Smith and B. M. Pettitt
A Study of the Quadrupolar NMR Splittings of 7Li*, 7*Na*, and '*°Cs* Counterions in
Macroscopically Oriented DNA Fibers / 1631
J. Schultz, L. Nordenskidld, and A. Rupprecht
Monte Carlo Simulation of the Hydration Shell of Double-Helical Amylose: A Left-Handed
Antiparallel Double Helix Fits Best into Liquid Water Structure / 1643
F. Eisenhaber and W. Schulz
Viscoelastic Behavior of Fractionated Ovine Submaxillary Mucins / 1665
C. M. McCullagh, L. M. Soby, A. M. Jamieson, and J. Blackwell
a-Helix to Random Coil Transitions: Determination of Peptide Concentration from the CD
at the Isodichroic Point / 1675
M. E. Holtzer and A. Holtzer
How Many Numbers Are Required to Specify Sequence-Dependent Properties of
Polynucleotides? / 1679
R. F. Goldstein and A. S. Benight
Helix Propagation in Trifluoroethanol Solutions / 1695
R. W. Storrs, D. Truckses, and D. E. Wemmer
Hexaamminecobalt(III) Binding Environments on Double-Helical DNA / 1703
W. H. Braunlin and Q. Xu
Solution Conformations of Two Flexible Cyclic Pentapeptides: cyclo(Gly-Pro-D-Phe-Gly-Ala)
and cyclo(Gly-Pro-D-Phe-Gly-Val) / 1713
A. N. Stroup, A. L. Rockwell, and L. M. Gierasch
Combined Use of Molecular Dynamics Simulations and NMR to Explore Peptide Bond
Isomerization and Multiple Intramolecular Hydrogen-Bonding Possibilities in a Cyclic
Pentapeptide, cyclo(Gly-Pro-D-Phe-Gly-Val) / 1727
Z.-P. Liu and L. M. Gierasch
Impact of a Micellar Environment on the Conformations of Two Cyclic Pentapeptides / 1741
M. D. Bruch, J. Rizo, and L. M. Gierasch