… peptide units. Over the last three decades, systematic investigations of the conformational
space of -peptides … to extend these studies to the conformation of -peptides. Until now only few …

… β-peptides require a gauche conformation about the θ torsion angle defined by the C 2 −C 3
bond. A trans rotamer leads to a fully extended conformation, … orientations and base pairing …

… We start by studying the basic local conformational features of β-peptides using … conformation
is required for helical structures, we propose that this is one of the reasons why β-peptides …

… The greater diversity of the basic conformer types in comparison with β-peptides comes
from the above-mentioned possibility of pyramidal alternatives of the two nitrogens. It is further …

… The conformer t-2 reflects one of the two turns of the mixed H10/12 … β-peptides. It should
also be noted that there are no relationships between the basic conformers of IIa and those of β-…

… β-peptides can be performed using known methods. Despite the increased number of possible
conformers, the β-peptides … hIL-8 is amphipathic (with basic and acidic polar side chains …

… of the basic helix types in α/β-hybrid peptides (Baldauf et al. … b One low-energy conformer
of peptide 2 (side chain atoms … the backbone conformation of the helical peptide. Data from …

… the α,β-hybrid peptides could be of great importance for a rational peptide and protein design…
To obtain a complete overview on all helix conformers in α,β-hybrid peptides, we followed a …

… conformer for the β-sheet conformation in peptides and proteins. The αL conformation is the
basic … Although it appears as a minimum conformation for 1, left-handed helices were not …

… chain adopted any preferred conformation in solution, which … not adopt any preferred
conformation over NMR timescales in … ] 53) is added as an additional base to accelerate the Fmoc-…