Polypeptide helices in hybrid peptide sequences |
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Authors: | Ananda Kuppanna Vasudev Prema G Sengupta Anindita Raja K Muruga Poopathi Shamala Narayanaswamy Balaram Padmanabhan |
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Institution: | Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India. |
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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. |
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