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Niels H Andersen1, Katherine A Olsen, R Matthew Fesinmeyer

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. andersen@chem.washington.edu

概括

最小化的β毛刺与Trp-Trp相互作用在短中提供了显著的折叠稳定性. 这些结构揭示了常见的转几何学,边对面包装和阴离子-pi相互作用,这对于折叠和稳定性至关重要.

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