Nitrogen-14 SQUID NQR of L-Ala-L-His and of Serine

Abstract

14N nuclear quadrupole resonance spectroscopy, detected with a Superconducting Quantum Interference Device, makes possible the study of nitrogen environments in amino acids and small peptides. The present experiments characterize: 1) the effects of intermolecular interactions upon the amino nitrogen of serine upon cocrystallization of the stereoisomers in a range of concentrations; 2) the changes of the amino and imidazole nitrogen environments brought about by combining L-Alanine and L-Histidine into the dipeptide L-Ala-L-His. © - Verlag der Zeitschrift für Naturforschung