Tissue Expression and Actin Binding of a Novel N-Terminal Utrophin Isoform

Table 4

Circular dichroism parameters of UT12 and DYS12 in the presence and the absence of EGTA each with an excess of 0.5 mM CaCl₂ (spectrum analysis from 190 to 260 nm, for details see the Method section).

	UT12	UT12/EGTA	DYS12	DYS12/EGTA
Alpha helix	60.0	50.9	62.4	51.1
Beta Sheet	0.3	0	0	0
Turn	12.7	19.2	14.0	23.2
Random	26.4	29.9	23.6	25.7
Total	100	100	100	100
RMS*	7.406	19.824	10.238	16.711

*RMS: root mean square for performance quality.