Zhang Suode, Prabpai Samran, Kongsaeree Palangpon, Arvidsson Per I
Department of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Uppsala University, S-75124, Uppsala, Sweden.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2006 Feb 7(5):497-9. doi: 10.1039/b513277k. Epub 2005 Dec 20.
The first high resolution X-ray structure determination of poly-N-methylated alpha-peptides, a class of peptides widely used in biomedical research, is described; it shows that these molecules adopt a beta-strand conformation.