Left-handed and ambidextrous helices in the gas phase |
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Authors: | Sudha Rajagopalan Jarrold Martin F |
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Institution: | Chemistry Department, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7102, USA. |
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Abstract: | We have used ion mobility mass spectrometry to study the effect of d-residues on helix formation in unsolvated alanine-based peptides. The right-handed helix of AC-A15K + H+ is significantly disrupted when five or more of the natural L-residues are randomly replaced with D-residues. On the other hand, when a block of L-residues is replaced with D-residues, an unusual ambidextrous structure with helical segments of opposite chirality is formed. A peptide with all D-residues forms a left-handed helix. |
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