Dissecting the energetics of protein alpha-helix C-cap termination through chemical protein synthesis.
Bang, D., Gribenko, A.V., Tereshko, V., Kossiakoff, A.A., Kent, S.B., Makhatadze, G.I.(2006) Nat.Chem.Biol. 2: 139-143
- PubMed: 16446709 
- DOI: 10.1038/nchembio766
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- PubMed Abstract: 
The alpha-helix is a fundamental protein structural motif and is frequently terminated by a glycine residue. Explanations for the predominance of glycine at the C-cap terminal portions of alpha-helices have invoked uniquely favorable energetics of th ...