Folding and Design Laboratory Members John Osterhout Sunita Kulkarni Research alpha-t-alpha Peptide Dissection HX Group Alumni Youcef Fezoui Marcela Oslin Tanya Knubovets Diane Schaak Wujing Xian
	The primary interest of our group is the study of protein folding as a means to uderstanding the relationships among sequence, structure, stability and folding kinetics and as a way to further our ability to accomplish de novo protein design. Our approach has been to design, de novo, a helical hairpin peptide, alpha-t-alpha, to use as a model system for folding intermediates at the level of secondary structure association and as a test bed for de novo protein design. Most of the reseach in our group focuses on studying the physical properties of our model system, on redesigning alpha-t-alpha to investigate specific questions related to protien design or on cloning and expression of the molecule. Research interests: Design, structure and stability of alpha-t-alpha. Stabilization of helices by association. Hydrogen exchange as a tool to examine stability and conformation in peptides and proteins, particularly in strange environments.
	alpha-t-alpha Peptide Dissection H/D Exchange

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