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More helix than peptide? The helical polypeptides have distinctive circular dichroism (CD) spectra, as shown in the graphic. The recent experimental observation of a peptide with an intense CD spectrum, which suggests a helical content of greater than 100 % is therefore highly anomalous. We present calculations from first principles which could explain this unusual observation.
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Dang et al. (2001) studied this question.
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