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    Hydrophobic Effects on Tyrosyl Ring 1H Chemical Shifts in Peptides
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2016-04-08) Liantu, Rosy S.; Ray, Bruce D.; Petrache, Horia I.
    Hydrophobic environmental effects on tyrosine are measurable by 1H NMR spectroscopy and can allow us to detect interactions between peptides and lipid membranes. We first investigated the effects of hydrophobic environments on the 1H chemical shifts of tyrosine ring protons by using varying concentrations of isopropanol to mimic and calibrate the effects of hydrophobicity. Compared with this calibration, we then measured the interaction of tyrosine-containing peptides with sonicated unilamellar vesicles of phosholipids such as phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylserine that are commonly found in biological membranes.