[Formation of a hydrate structure in the collagen-like triple helix upon hydration]

By the IR-spectroscopy method successive stages of hydrate envelope formation of the collagen-like triple-helical structure of the monodisperse synthetic polytripeptide Z-(Gly-Pro-Pro)8-OMe were studied. The multistep-type process is followed by isomorphic transitions of the triple-helical structure and by the increasing of hydrogen bond strength.