Acta Crystallographica, Section C: Crystal Structure Communications 2000-12-01

An NH3+...phenyl interaction in L-phenylalanyl-L-valine.

C H Görbitz

Index: Acta Crystallogr. C 56 , 1496-1498, (2000)

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Abstract

One of the amino H atoms of L-phenylalanyl-L-valine, C(14)H(20)N(2)O(3), participates in a rare secondary interaction in being accepted by the aromatic ring of the phenylalanine side chain. The phenyl group is also a donor in a weak hydrogen bond to the peptide carbonyl group.