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Micelle‐Triggered β‐Hairpin to α‐Helix Transition in a 14‐Residue Peptide from a Choline‐Binding Repeat of the Pneumococcal Autolysin LytA 下载免费PDF全文
Héctor Zamora‐Carreras Dr. Beatriz Maestro Dr. Erik Strandberg Prof. Anne S. Ulrich Dr. Jesús M. Sanz Dr. M. Ángeles Jiménez 《Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2015,21(22):8076-8089
Choline‐binding modules (CBMs) have a ββ‐solenoid structure composed of choline‐binding repeats (CBR), which consist of a β‐hairpin followed by a short linker. To find minimal peptides that are able to maintain the CBR native structure and to evaluate their remaining choline‐binding ability, we have analysed the third β‐hairpin of the CBM from the pneumococcal LytA autolysin. Circular dichroism and NMR data reveal that this peptide forms a highly stable native‐like β‐hairpin both in aqueous solution and in the presence of trifluoroethanol, but, strikingly, the peptide structure is a stable amphipathic α‐helix in both zwitterionic (dodecylphosphocholine) and anionic (sodium dodecylsulfate) detergent micelles, as well as in small unilamellar vesicles. This β‐hairpin to α‐helix conversion is reversible. Given that the β‐hairpin and α‐helix differ greatly in the distribution of hydrophobic and hydrophilic side chains, we propose that the amphipathicity is a requirement for a peptide structure to interact and to be stable in micelles or lipid vesicles. To our knowledge, this “chameleonic” behaviour is the only described case of a micelle‐induced structural transition between two ordered peptide structures. 相似文献
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Atsushi Suenaga Dr. Tetsu Narumi Dr. Noriyuki Futatsugi Dr. Ryoko Yanai Yousuke Ohno Dr. Noriaki Okimoto Dr. Makoto Taiji Dr. 《化学:亚洲杂志》2007,2(5):591-598
Short peptides that fold into β‐hairpins are ideal model systems for investigating the mechanism of protein folding because their folding process shows dynamics typical of proteins. We performed folding, unfolding, and refolding molecular dynamics simulations (total of 2.7 μs) of the 10‐residue β‐hairpin peptide chignolin, which is the smallest β‐hairpin structure known to be stable in solution. Our results revealed the folding mechanism of chignolin, which comprises three steps. First, the folding begins with hydrophobic assembly. It brings the main chain together; subsequently, a nascent turn structure is formed. The second step is the conversion of the nascent turn into a tight turn structure along with interconversion of the hydrophobic packing and interstrand hydrogen bonds. Finally, the formation of the hydrogen‐bond network and the complete hydrophobic core as well as the arrangement of side‐chain–side‐chain interactions occur at approximately the same time. This three‐step mechanism appropriately interprets the folding process as involving a combination of previous inconsistent explanations of the folding mechanism of the β‐hairpin, that the first event of the folding is formation of hydrogen bonds and the second is that of the hydrophobic core, or vice versa. 相似文献
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Dr. Ewa A. Mirecka Hamed Shaykhalishahi Aziz Gauhar Şerife Akgül Dr. Justin Lecher Prof. Dr. Dieter Willbold Dr. Matthias Stoldt Dr. Wolfgang Hoyer 《Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)》2014,53(16):4227-4230
The misfolding and aggregation of the protein α‐synuclein (α‐syn), which results in the formation of amyloid fibrils, is involved in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease and other synucleinopathies. The emergence of amyloid toxicity is associated with the formation of partially folded aggregation intermediates. Here, we engineered a class of binding proteins termed β‐wrapins (β‐wrap proteins) with affinity for α‐synuclein (α‐syn). The NMR structure of an α‐syn:β‐wrapin complex reveals a β‐hairpin of α‐syn comprising the sequence region α‐syn(37–54). The β‐wrapin inhibits α‐syn aggregation and toxicity at substoichiometric concentrations, demonstrating that it interferes with the nucleation of aggregation. 相似文献
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Yong‐beom Lim Dr. Kyung‐Soo Moon Myongsoo Lee Prof. 《Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)》2009,48(9):1601-1605
Protein roll call : Peptide‐based building blocks, in which both an α‐helix‐forming segment and a β‐sheet segment are located within a single macrocyclic structure, self‐assemble into α‐helix‐decorated artificial proteins. This approach provides a starting point for developing artificial proteins that can modulate α‐helix‐mediated interactions occurring in a multivalent fashion.
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Dr. Sara Pellegrino Dr. Alessandro Contini Prof. Francesca Clerici Dr. Alessandro Gori Donatella Nava Prof. Maria Luisa Gelmi 《Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2012,18(28):8705-8715
A very efficient synthesis of orthogonally protected 1H‐azepine‐4‐amino‐4‐carboxylic acid, abbreviated as Azn, a conformationally restricted analogue of ornithine, was realized. It was obtained on a gram scale in good overall yield in five steps, three of which did not require isolation of the intermediates, starting from the readily available 1‐amino‐4‐oxo‐cyclohexane‐4‐carboxylic acid. Both enantiomers were used for the preparation of pentapeptide models containing Ala, Aib, and Azn. Conformational studies using both spectroscopic techniques (NMR, CD) and molecular dynamics on model 5‐mer peptides showed that the (R)‐Azn isomer possesses a marked helicogenic effect. 相似文献
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Induced Folding of Protein‐Sized Foldameric β‐Sandwich Models with Core β‐Amino Acid Residues 下载免费PDF全文
Gábor Olajos Dr. Anasztázia Hetényi Dr. Edit Wéber Lukács J. Németh Dr. Zsolt Szakonyi Prof. Dr. Ferenc Fülöp Prof. Dr. Tamás A. Martinek 《Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2015,21(16):6173-6180
The mimicry of protein‐sized β‐sheet structures with unnatural peptidic sequences (foldamers) is a considerable challenge. In this work, the de novo designed betabellin‐14 β‐sheet has been used as a template, and α→β residue mutations were carried out in the hydrophobic core (positions 12 and 19). β‐Residues with diverse structural properties were utilized: Homologous β3‐amino acids, (1R,2S)‐2‐aminocyclopentanecarboxylic acid (ACPC), (1R,2S)‐2‐aminocyclohexanecarboxylic acid (ACHC), (1R,2S)‐2‐aminocyclohex‐3‐enecarboxylic acid (ACEC), and (1S,2S,3R,5S)‐2‐amino‐6,6‐dimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]heptane‐3‐carboxylic acid (ABHC). Six α/β‐peptidic chains were constructed in both monomeric and disulfide‐linked dimeric forms. Structural studies based on circular dichroism spectroscopy, the analysis of NMR chemical shifts, and molecular dynamics simulations revealed that dimerization induced β‐sheet formation in the 64‐residue foldameric systems. Core replacement with (1R,2S)‐ACHC was found to be unique among the β‐amino acid building blocks studied because it was simultaneously able to maintain the interstrand hydrogen‐bonding network and to fit sterically into the hydrophobic interior of the β‐sandwich. The novel β‐sandwich model containing 25 % unnatural building blocks afforded protein‐like thermal denaturation behavior. 相似文献
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Andreas A. Deeg Michael S. Rampp Alexander Popp Bert M. Pilles Dr. Tobias E. Schrader Prof. Dr. Luis Moroder Prof. Dr. Karin Hauser Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zinth 《Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2014,20(3):694-703
Conformational changes in proteins and peptides can be initiated by diverse processes. This raises the question how the variation of initiation mechanisms is connected to differences in folding or unfolding processes. In this work structural dynamics of a photoswitchable β‐hairpin model peptide were initiated by two different mechanisms: temperature jump (T‐jump) and isomerization of a backbone element. In both experiments the structural changes were followed by time‐resolved IR spectroscopy in the nanosecond to microsecond range. When the photoisomerization of the azobenzene backbone switch initiated the folding reaction, pronounced absorption changes related to folding into the hairpin structure were found with a time constant of about 16 μs. In the T‐jump experiment kinetics with the same time constant were observed. For both initiation processes the reaction dynamics revealed the same strong dependence of the reaction time on temperature. The highly similar transients in the microsecond range show that the peptide dynamics induced by T‐jump and isomerization are both determined by the same mechanism and exclude a downhill‐folding process. Furthermore, the combination of the two techniques allows a detailed model for folding and unfolding to be presented: The isomerization‐induced folding process ends in a transition‐state reaction scheme, in which a high energetic barrier of 48 kJ mol?1 separates unfolded and folded structures. 相似文献
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Back Cover: Induced Folding of Protein‐Sized Foldameric β‐Sandwich Models with Core β‐Amino Acid Residues (Chem. Eur. J. 16/2015) 下载免费PDF全文
Gábor Olajos Dr. Anasztázia Hetényi Dr. Edit Wéber Lukács J. Németh Dr. Zsolt Szakonyi Prof. Dr. Ferenc Fülöp Prof. Dr. Tamás A. Martinek 《Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2015,21(16):6304-6304
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12/14/14‐Helix Formation in 2:1 α/β‐Hybrid Peptides Containing Bicyclo[2.2.2]octane Ring Constraints 下载免费PDF全文
Dr. Baptiste Legrand Dr. Christophe André Laure Moulat Dr. Claude Didierjean Dr. Patrick Hermet Prof. Jean‐Louis Bantignies Prof. Jean Martinez Dr. Muriel Amblard Dr. Monique Calmès 《Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2016,22(34):11986-11990
The highly constrained β‐amino acid ABOC induces different types of helices in β urea and 1:1 α/β amide oligomers. The latter can adopt 11/9‐ and 18/16‐helical folds depending on the chain length in solution. Short peptides alternating proteinogenic α‐amino acids and ABOC in a 2:1 α/β repeat pattern adopted an unprecedented and stable 12/14/14‐helix. The structure was established through extensive NMR, molecular dynamics, and IR studies. While the 1:1 α‐AA/ABOC helices diverged from the canonical α‐helix, the helix formed by the 9‐mer 2:1 α/β‐peptide allowed the projection of the α‐amino acid side chains in a spatial arrangement according to the α‐helix. Such a finding constitutes an important step toward the conception of functional tools that use the ABOC residue as a potent helix inducer for biological applications. 相似文献
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Fine Tuning of β‐Peptide Foldamers: a Single Atom Replacement Holds Back the Switch from an 8‐Helix to a 12‐Helix 下载免费PDF全文
Dr. Amandine Altmayer‐Henzien Dr. Valérie Declerck Dr. Jonathan Farjon Prof. Dr. Denis Merlet Dr. Régis Guillot Prof. Dr. David J. Aitken 《Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)》2015,54(37):10807-10810
Cyclic homologated amino acids are important building blocks for the construction of helical foldamers. N‐aminoazetidine‐2‐carboxylic acid (AAzC), an aza analogue of trans‐2‐aminocyclobutanecarboxylic acid (tACBC), displays a strong hydrazino turn conformational feature, which is proposed to act as an 8‐helix primer. tACBC oligomers bearing a single N‐terminal AAzC residue were studied to evaluate the ability of AAzC to induce and support an 8‐helix along the oligopeptide length. While tACBC homooligomers assume a dominant 12‐helix conformation, the aza‐primed oligomers preferentially adopt a stabilized 8‐helix conformation for an oligomer length up to 6 residues. The (formal) single‐atom exchange at the N terminus of a tACBC oligomer thus contributes to the sustainability of the 8‐helix, which resists the switch to a 12‐helix. This effect illustrates atomic‐level programmable design for fine tuning of peptide foldamer architectures. 相似文献
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Rajesh Sonti Dr. Hosahudya N. Gopi Dr. Umashankara Muddegowda Dr. Srinivasarao Ragothama Prof. Padmanabhan Balaram 《Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2013,19(19):5955-5965
The incorporation of β‐amino acid residues into the antiparallel β‐strand segments of a multi‐stranded β‐sheet peptide is demonstrated for a 19‐residue peptide, Boc‐LVβFVDPGLβFVVLDPGLVLβFVV‐OMe (BBH19). Two centrally positioned DPro–Gly segments facilitate formation of a stable three‐stranded β‐sheet, in which β‐phenylalanine (βPhe) residues occur at facing positions 3, 8 and 17. Structure determination in methanol solution is accomplished by using NMR‐derived restraints obtained from NOEs, temperature dependence of amide NH chemical shifts, rates of H/D exchange of amide protons and vicinal coupling constants. The data are consistent with a conformationally well‐defined three‐stranded β‐sheet structure in solution. Cross‐strand interactions between βPhe3/βPhe17 and βPhe3/Val15 residues define orientations of these side‐chains. The observation of close contact distances between the side‐chains on the N‐ and C‐terminal strands of the three‐stranded β‐sheet provides strong support for the designed structure. Evidence is presented for multiple side‐chain conformations from an analysis of NOE data. An unusual observation of the disappearance of the Gly NH resonances upon prolonged storage in methanol is rationalised on the basis of a slow aggregation step, resulting in stacking of three‐stranded β‐sheet structures, which in turn influences the conformational interconversion between type I′ and type II′ β‐turns at the two DPro–Gly segments. Experimental evidence for these processes is presented. The decapeptide fragment Boc‐LVβFVDPGLβFVV‐OMe (BBH10), which has been previously characterized as a type I′ β‐turn nucleated hairpin, is shown to favour a type II′ β‐turn conformation in solution, supporting the occurrence of conformational interconversion at the turn segments in these hairpin and sheet structures. 相似文献
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Dr. Gangavaram V. M. Sharma Thota Anupama Yadav Kanakaraju Marumudi Prashanth Thodupunuri Pothula Purushotham Reddy Dr. Ajit C. Kunwar 《化学:亚洲杂志》2014,9(11):3153-3162
A new three‐residue turn in β peptides nucleated by a 12/10‐mixed helix is presented. In this design, β peptides were derived from the 1:1 alternation of C‐linked carbo‐β‐amino acid ester [BocNH‐(R)‐β‐Caa(r)‐OMe] (Boc=tert‐butyloxycarbonyl), which consisted of a D ‐ribo furanoside side chain, and β‐hGly residues. The hexapeptide with (R)‐β‐Caa(r) at the N terminus showed the ‘turn’ stabilized by a 14‐membered NH(4) ??? CO(6) hydrogen bond at the C terminus nucleated by a robust 12/10‐mixed helix, thus providing a ‘helix‐turn’ (HT) motif. The turn and the helix were additionally stabilized by intraresidue electrostatic interaction between the furan oxygen in the carbohydrate side chain and NH in the backbone. However, the hexapeptide with a β‐hGly residue at the N terminus demonstrated the presence of a 10/12 helix through its entire length, which again showed the intraresidue interaction between NH and furan oxygen. The intraresidue NH ??? O? Me electrostatic interactions observed in the monomer, however, were absent in the peptides. 相似文献
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Dr. Hamed Shaykhalishahi Dr. Aziz Gauhar Michael M. Wördehoff Dr. Clara S. R. Grüning Antonia N. Klein Dr. Oliver Bannach Dr. Matthias Stoldt Prof. Dr. Dieter Willbold Prof. Dr. Torleif Härd Dr. Wolfgang Hoyer 《Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)》2015,54(30):8837-8840
Conversion of the intrinsically disordered protein α‐synuclein (α‐syn) into amyloid aggregates is a key process in Parkinson’s disease. The sequence region 35–59 contains β‐strand segments β1 and β2 of α‐syn amyloid fibril models and most disease‐related mutations. β1 and β2 frequently engage in transient interactions in monomeric α‐syn. The consequences of β1–β2 contacts are evaluated by disulfide engineering, biophysical techniques, and cell viability assays. The double‐cysteine mutant α‐synCC, with a disulfide linking β1 and β2, is aggregation‐incompetent and inhibits aggregation and toxicity of wild‐type α‐syn. We show that α‐syn delays the aggregation of amyloid‐β peptide and islet amyloid polypeptide involved in Alzheimer’s disease and type 2 diabetes, an effect enhanced in the α‐synCC mutant. Tertiary interactions in the β1–β2 region of α‐syn interfere with the nucleation of amyloid formation, suggesting promotion of such interactions as a potential therapeutic approach. 相似文献
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Dr. Hannah Lingard Jeongmin T. Han Dr. Amber L. Thompson Dr. Ivanhoe K. H. Leung Dr. Richard T. W. Scott Dr. Sam Thompson Prof. Andrew D. Hamilton 《Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)》2014,53(14):3650-3653
In the search for synthetic mimics of protein secondary structures relevant to the mediation of protein–protein interactions, we have synthesized a series of tetrasubstituted diphenylacetylenes that display β‐sheet structures in two directions. Extensive X‐ray crystallographic and NMR solution phase studies are consistent with these proteomimetics adopting sheet structures, displaying both hydrophobic and hydrophilic amino acid side chains. 相似文献