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The primary structure of a peptide is its ammo acid sequence We also speak of the secondary structure of a peptide that is the conformational relationship of nearest neighbor ammo acids with respect to each other On the basis of X ray crystallographic studies and careful examination of molecular models Linus Pauling and Robert B Corey of the California Institute of Technology showed that certain peptide conformations were more stable than others Two arrangements the a helix and the (5 sheet, stand out as... 

In filled thermometers the thermal expansion of a gas or a liquid is transmitted through a thin capillary tube to a bellows or helix, where the deformation indicates the temperature. The temperature range of filled thermometers is very wide, approximately -200 to +700 °C. They are extremely robust but are not very high in accuracy. The application is mainly for process instrumentation and as stand-alone control devices. 

PCR uses natural enzymes to copy DNA molecules. Cells replicate their DNA when they divide, so that each daughter cell will have its own copies. The enzyme, called DNA polymerase, works by attaching to a single strand of DNA and then catalyzing the reactions that synthesize the complementary strand, which joins the other stand to make a double-stranded helix. 

Experimentally, fN is determined as a function of temperature T, solvent composition x, and degree of polymerization N fN = F xp(T, x, N) here Fexp stands for the experimentally obtained functional form. On the other hand, statistical-mechanical formulations allow fN to be expressed in terms of s, a, and N fN = Flhcor(s, a, N), where Fth denotes a theoretical function. Then it should be possible from a comparison of F p and Flheor to determine s and a as functions of T and x. How can this be achieved Since the pioneering work of Zimm et al. (17) in 1959 various methods have been proposed. Typical approaches are outlined below for the experimental situation in which a thermally induced helix-coil transition is observed. For most of the proposed methods such transition curves must be available for a series of samples of different N. Preferably, these samples ought to be sharp in molecular weight distribution and cover as wide a range of N as possible. 

Figure 8. a) Lowest energy conformation of the extended diamine axle 13 that threads into the helix shaped intermediate 14. b) Side view of the intermediate complex the ends that will react are in close vicinity of each other, c) The inner part of the intermediate can not stand any bulkiness that is created by using bulkier isophthaloyl chlorides. 

Figure 2.15. Conformational plot showing location of a helix, (3 sheet, and collagen triple helix. The plot shows the locahzation of the predominant chain structures found in proteins, including the a helix (a), (3 sheet ((3), and collagen triple helix (C).The it stands for a helix that does not occur in nature.

Fig. 6. Rearrangement of the transplatin (- -) (G1,G3)-intrastrand cross-link into an interstrand cross-link within a double helix. N and N stand for nucleotide residues.

The bases contained in DNA are quite complex units which are built into the double inter-linked helix molecule of DNA. There are four main types of base, A, T, C and G, standing for adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine, (see also Chapter 5), but they can also be protonated, i.e. pick up an H+, by reacting with an acid. 

Fig. 21 Helical aggregates of PMPSnPEOm found in a water/THF mixture of 90/10 (v/v). (a) TEM image (unstained, bar represents 250 nm) of a right-handed helix and (b) SEM image (uncoated, bar represents 250 nm) of a left-handed helix, (c) Schematic representation of the formation of a superhelix from the coihng of two helical stands. Reproduced with permission from [79], Sommerdijk et al. (2000) Macromolecules 33 8289.

Figure 31.24. Coactivator Structure. The pi60 family of coactivators includes a number of domains that can be recognized at the amino acid sequence level, including a basic helix-loop-helix domain that takes part in DNA binding, a PAS domain that participates in protein-protein interactions, a central domain that contacts the ligandbinding domain of the nuclear hormone receptors, and a domain that interacts with additional coactivators such as p300 and CREB-binding protein (CBP). (CREB stands for cyclic AMP-response element binding protein.) The nuclear hormone receptor interaction domain includes three Leu-X-X-Leu-Leu sequences.

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