Lisowski M, Siemion I Z, Sobczyk K
Int J Pept Protein Res. 1983 Mar;21(3):301-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1983.tb03108.x.
CD spectra of model alanine and prolyl-alanine tetrapeptides were measured at different pH values. An analysis of the spectra shows that proline in position 2 or 4 of a tetrapeptide favours folding of the peptide chain, and unfolding when it is in position 3. Changes in CD spectra evidence growing amounts of the beta-turn conformation upon increasing pH, independent of proline position in the peptide chain.