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Sep 2026
Peptides adopt stable omega-loop structures in concentrated sulfuric acid
Using NMR spectroscopy, it is shown that three peptides adopt stable, well-defined folded structures in concentrated sulfuric acid, an extreme solvent environment that has been long assumed to be incompatible with biomolecules.
Jia-Yi Zhang, A. Dregni, J. Petkowski et al.
· Proceedings of the National... · 0 citations