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Kuppanna Ananda1, Prema G Vasudev, Anindita Sengupta, K Muruga Poopathi Raja, Narayanaswamy Shamala, Padmanabhan Balaram.
Abstract
A new class of polypeptide helices in hybrid sequences containing alpha-, beta-, and gamma-residues is described. The molecular conformations in crystals determined for the synthetic peptides Boc-Leu-Phe-Val-Aib-betaPhe-Leu-Phe-Val-OMe 1 (betaPhe: (S)-beta3-homophenylalanine) and Boc-Aib-Gpn-Aib-Gpn-OMe 2(Gpn: 1-(aminomethyl)cyclohexaneacetic acid) reveal expanded helical turns in the hybrid sequences (alpha alphabeta)n and (alphagamma)n. In 1, a repetitive helical structure composed of C14 hydrogen-bonded units is observed, whereas 2 provides an example of a repetitive C12 hydrogen-bonded structure. Using experimentally determined backbone torsion angles for the hydrogen-bonded units formed by hybrid sequences, we have generated energetically favorable hybrid helices. Conformational parameters are provided for C11, C12, C13, C14, and C15 helices in hybrid sequences.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16305256 DOI: 10.1021/ja055799z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419