Vacuum ultraviolet absorption spectra of 13 model sugar compounds
were measured in the energy range of 50 to 80 kK. The model
sugars included three simple alcohols, four simple ethers, four cyclic
alcohol-ether compounds, and two dioxanes. All spectra show
transition bands in the energy region 50 to 65 kK....
The circular dichroism spectra of amylose, the maltose
oligomers, cellobiose, and the cycloamyloses are measured in
aqueous solution to 1640 A. Two bands are found in this region. The
long wavelength band is assigned to the ether chromophores; the short
wavelength band is assigned to the hydroxyls and further ether...
Independent systems theory has been used to interpret the
circular dichroism (CD) spectra in the vacuum uv of three cyclic
dimers of amino acids. First, the theory for rotational strengths is
developed in terms of degenerate and nondegenerate group functions.
All terms to first order in perturbation theory are kept....
The association of hyaluronic acid (HA) into a double stranded
structure has been investigated by circular dichroism (CD)
spectroscopy into the vacuum ultraviolet region. The CD of HA changes
dramatically, monitoring a cooperative transition as the dielectric
constant of an aqueous solution is reduced by adding organic solvents.
This structural...
Work is presented which explores the properties and nature of
the P-form of DNA. Initially the P-form represented an unknown
state of DNA which occurred when this molecule was in a solvent of
47.5% methanol, 5% water, and 47.5% ethanol, and which showed properties
of both native and denatured conformations....
A simple matrix method for the analysis of protein circular dichroism (CD) spectra is presented and used to compute the secondary structure of globular proteins in their native and denatured states. The method uses singular value decomposition and generalized inverse algorithms, and a basis set of CD spectra for proteins...