THE OPTICAL ROTATORY DISPERSION OF SIMPLE POLYPEPTIDES. I

Circular dichroism and optical rotatory dispersion of proteins and polypeptides.

Quantum optical rotatory dispersion

The phenomenon of molecular optical activity manifests itself as the rotation of the plane of linear polarization when light passes through chiral media. Measurements of optical activity and its wavelength dependence, that is, optical rotatory dispersion, can reveal information about intricate properties of molecules, such as the three-dimensional arrangement of atoms comprising a molecule. Giv...

Optical Rotatory Dispersion of Catalase.

It is well recognized that the measurements of optical rotatory dispersion of proteins with strong absorption bands are extremely difficult because of the diminishing intensity of the emergent light. Until very recently, these studies were made possible only by improving the light source and also frequently by a wide opening of the slit width on the monochromator at the expense of spectral puri...

An Analysis of the Optical Rotatory Dispersion of Polypeptides and Proteins. Ii.

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Optical rotatory dispersion of nonhelical proteins.

The optical rotatory dispersion of a group of proteins having the Moffitt constant bo near zero was studied in the far ultraviolet spectral zone. Sodium poly-c+L-glutamate, myoglobin, and serum albumin were used as reference substances. It was found that, in addition to the normal type of rotatory dispersion, as displayed, for example, by myoglobin, four other types of curves could be demonstra...