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| Content Provider | World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus |
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| Author | Kulp, John L. Clark, Thomas D. |
| Description | Author Affiliation: Kulp JL ( Division of Chemistry, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375-5342, USA.) |
| Abstract | β Helices—helices formed by alternating d,l-peptides and stabilized by β-sheet hydrogen bonding—are found naturally in only a handful of highly hydrophobic peptides. This paper explores the scope of β-helical structure by presenting the first design and biophysical characterization of a hydrophilic d,l-peptide, 1, that forms a β helix in methanol. The design of 1 is based on the β-hairpin/β helix—a new supersecondary that had been characterized previously only for hydrophobic peptides in nonpolar solvents. Incorporating polar residues in 1 provided solubility in methanol, in which the peptide adopts the expected β-hairpin/β-helical structure, as evidenced by CD, analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC), NMR spectroscopy, and NMR-based structure calculations. Upon titration with water (at constant peptide concentration), the structure in methanol (1 m) transitions cooperatively to an extended conformation (1 w) resembling a cyclic β-hairpin; observation of an isodichroic point in the solvent-dependent CD spectra indicates that this transition is a two-state process. In contrast, neither 1 m nor 1 w show cooperative thermal melting; instead, their structures appear intact at temperatures as high as 65 °C; this observation suggests that steric constraint is dominant in stabilizing these structures. Finally, the $^{1}H NMR$ CαH spectroscopic resonances of 1 m are downfield-shifted with respect to random-coil values, a hitherto unreported property for β helices that appears to be a general feature of these structures. These results show for the first time that an appropriately designed β-helical peptide can fold stably in a polar solvent; furthermore, the structural and spectroscopic data reported should prove useful in the future design and characterization of water-soluble β helices. |
| ISSN | 09476539 |
| e-ISSN | 15213765 |
| Journal | Chemistry - A European Journal |
| Issue Number | 44 |
| Volume Number | 15 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wiley-VCH;ChemPubSoc Europe |
| Publisher Date | 2009-11-09 |
| Publisher Place | Germany |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Drug Design Peptides Chemistry Protein Folding Amino Acid Sequence Circular Dichroism Hydrophobic And Hydrophilic Interactions Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Models, Molecular Protein Structure, Secondary Solvents Temperature Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Organic Chemistry Catalysis |
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