ISSN:
0006-3525
Keywords:
x-ray diffraction
;
crystal structure
;
dehydrophenylalanine
;
constrained peptides
;
310-helix
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Chemistry
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Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
An Nα-protected model pentapeptide containing two consecutive ΔPhe residues, Boc-Leu-ΔPhe-ΔPhe-Ala-Phe-NHMe, has been synthesized by solution methods and fully characterized. 1H-nmr studies provided evidence for the occurrence of a significant population of a conformer having three consecutive, intramolecularly H-bonded β-bends in solution. The solid state structure has been determined by x-ray diffraction methods. The crystals grown from aqueous methanol are orthorhombic, space group P212121, a = 11.503(2), b = 16.554(2), c = 22.107(3) Å, V = 4209(1) Å,3 and Z = 4. The x-ray data were collected on a CAD4 diffractometer using CuKa radiation (λ = 1.5418 Å). The structure was determined using direct methods and refined by full-matrix least-squares procedure. The R factor is 5.3%. The molecule is characterized by a right handed 310-helical conformation (〈φ〉 = -68.2°, 〈ψ〉 = -26.3°), which is made up of two consecutive type III β-bends and one type I β-bend. In the solid state the helical molecules are aligned head-to-tail, thus forming long rod like structures. A comparison with other peptide structures containing consecutive ΔPhe residues is also provided. The present study confirms that the -ΔPhe-ΔPhe-sequence can be accommodated in helical structures. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 42: 373-382, 1997
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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