Title: STRUCTURAL AND DYNAMIC COMPLEXITY OF AN ELASTIN-RELATED PEPTIDE
Abstract:Emergent Nature, pp. 33-44 (2002) No AccessSTRUCTURAL AND DYNAMIC COMPLEXITY OF AN ELASTIN-RELATED PEPTIDEANTONIO BONELLI, LUCIANO D'ALESSIO, STEFANO RUFFO, and ANTONIO MARIO TAMBURROANTONIO BONELLICI...Emergent Nature, pp. 33-44 (2002) No AccessSTRUCTURAL AND DYNAMIC COMPLEXITY OF AN ELASTIN-RELATED PEPTIDEANTONIO BONELLI, LUCIANO D'ALESSIO, STEFANO RUFFO, and ANTONIO MARIO TAMBURROANTONIO BONELLICISIT, Universita' della Basilicata, via Nazario Sauro 85, 85100 Potenza, Italy, LUCIANO D'ALESSIODipartimento di Chimica, Universita' della Basilicata, via Nazario Sauro 85, 85100 Potenza, Italy, STEFANO RUFFODipartimento di Energetica, Universita' di Firenze, via Santa Marta 3, 50139 Firenze, Italy, and ANTONIO MARIO TAMBURRODipartimento di Chimica, Universita' della Basilicata, via Nazario Sauro 85, 85100 Potenza, Italyhttps://doi.org/10.1142/9789812777720_0003Cited by:1 PreviousNext AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsRecommend to Library ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Abstract: The supramolecular organization and the conformational properties of the elastin-related octapeptide ALGGGALG, and its polymer, are studied by electron microscopy and molecular dynamics simulations. Our results evidence the complex nature of the single molecule and its aggregates, both from the structural and the dynamic points of view, indicating that a low-level complex behaviour exists in the building blocks of the elastin molecule. In particular a remarkable molecular mobility is observed around a central hinge zone. This confirms the role of the phase transition fractal-to-Euclidean in the framework of the well-known entropic mechanism of elastin elasticity. FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited By 1Polyproline II structure in proteins: Identification by chiroptical spectroscopies, stability, and functionsBrigida Bochicchio and Antonio Mario Tamburro1 Jan 2002 | Chirality, Vol. 14, No. 10 Emergent NatureMetrics History PDF downloadRead More
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-02-01
Language: en
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