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Conformational mobility of the O=C−N−H fragments in isolated dipeptides of L-amino acids

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Ab initio MP2 and semiempirical PM3 quantum-chemical calculations are used to discuss the bistability of the nonplanar O=C−N−H fragment in simple amides and dipeptides. The side group is shown to influence the structural polymorphism of the peptide group.

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Samchenko, A.V. Kabanov, V.M. Komarov, 2007, published in Biofizika, 2007, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 209–215.

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Samchenko, A.A., Kabanov, A.V. & Komarov, V.M. Conformational mobility of the O=C−N−H fragments in isolated dipeptides of L-amino acids. BIOPHYSICS 52, 156–161 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006350907020029

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