... . The X-ray crystal structure 1 pi2 reveals that the /,w angles of most of the residues of the Bowman±Birk inhibitor aredistributed fairly evenly over the b- and PPII-regions of the Ramachandran ... elementsare similar and hence that the structures of the caseins,synucleins and tau may be envisaged as more open,hydrated, longer-chain (and nonglobular) versions of the structure of the Bowman±Birk ... orm of b strand [18]. The positive bands at » 1675 cm)1in the amide I r egion of the ROA spectra of b-andj-casein, which originate mainlyin the peptide C O stretch, are characteristic of...