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Diamine-linked syn-α,β-dialkyl β-amino acid residues (see picture) have been shown to exhibit parallel sheet secondary structure. Adoption of the parallel hairpin folding pattern is less strongly influenced by linker stereochemistry than for similar parallel hairpins in analogous α-peptide systems.
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Langenhan et al. (2003) studied this question.
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