Solution structure of a defensin-like peptide from platypus venom
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Solution structure of a defensin-like peptide from platypus venom.
Three defensin-like peptides (DLPs) were isolated from platypus venom and sequenced. One of these peptides, DLP-1, was synthesized chemically and its three-dimensional structure was determined using NMR spectroscopy. The main structural elements of this 42-residue peptide were an anti-parallel beta-sheet comprising residues 15-18 and 37-40 and a small 3(10) helix spanning residues 10-12. The ov...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemical Journal
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0264-6021
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3410785