Molecular structures and interactions of repetitive peptides based on wheat glutenin subunits depend on chain length

K. A. Feeney, N. Wellner, S. M. Gilbert, N. G. Halford, A. S. Tatham, P. R. Shewry, Peter Belton

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Abstract

Synthetic and recombinant peptide models of the central repetitive domain of the high molecular weight subunits of wheat glutenin with different numbers of the consensus repeat motifs PGQGQQ + GYYPTSLQQ (21, 45, 110, and 203 residues long) and a recombinant 58,000-Da relative molecular mass (Mr 58,000) repetitive peptide from a single subunit (1Dx5) are studied using Fourier transform IR spectroscopy. The spectra of the dry peptides are very similar; at low water contents (
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)123-131
Number of pages9
JournalBiopolymers
Volume72
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003

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