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Table 1 Proportions of different components of secondary structure for B-YL peptide in surfactant lipid formulations based on FTIR spectroscopic analysis

From: Structural and functional stability of the sulfur-free surfactant protein B peptide mimic B-YL in synthetic surfactant lipids

Sample*

% Conformation

α-Helix

Loop-Turn

ß-Sheet

Disordered

B-YL (2 days)

42.5

23.2

13.6

20.4

B-YL (3 years)

41.9

24.5

14.7

18.9

  1. *Peptides in synthetic surfactant dried films hydrated with D2O were analyzed for secondary conformation based on secondary structural analysis using spectral deconvolution of the ATR-FTIR spectra of the peptide amide I band (see Methods)
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine

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