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Xe NMR lineshapes in channels of peptide molecular crystals.

ABSTRACT: To further an understanding of the nature of information available from Xe chemical shifts in cavities in biological systems, it would be advantageous to start with Xe in regular nanochannels that have well known ordered structures built from amino acid units. In this paper, we report the experimental observation of Xe NMR lineshapes in peptide channels, specifically the self-assembled nanochannels of the dipeptide L-Val-L-Ala and its retroanalog L-Ala-L-Val in the crystalline state. We carry out grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations of Xe in these channels to provide a physical understanding of the observed Xe lineshapes in these two systems.

SUBMITTER: Moudrakovski I

PROVIDER: S-EPMC539750 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Xe NMR lineshapes in channels of peptide molecular crystals.

Moudrakovski Igor I Soldatov Dmitriy V DV Ripmeester John A JA Sears Devin N DN Jameson Cynthia J CJ

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20041213 52

To further an understanding of the nature of information available from Xe chemical shifts in cavities in biological systems, it would be advantageous to start with Xe in regular nanochannels that have well known ordered structures built from amino acid units. In this paper, we report the experimental observation of Xe NMR lineshapes in peptide channels, specifically the self-assembled nanochannels of the dipeptide L-Val-L-Ala and its retroanalog L-Ala-L-Val in the crystalline state. We carry ou ...[more]

PMID: 15596727

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