Evaluation of peptide-peptide interactions using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. |
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Authors: | S E Blondelle K Büttner R A Houghten |
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Institution: | Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, San Diego, CA 92121. |
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Abstract: | The separation of peptides during RP-HPLC depends mainly upon differential hydrophobic interactions of the individual peptides being separated with the C18 group of the stationary phase. We have examined the behavior of dimeric disulfide-linked model peptides during RP-HPLC in order to study self-induced conformational effects. A set of 18 analogues of the amphipathic alpha-helical sequence Ac-LKLLKKLLKKLKKLLKKL-NH2 was used for this study. These analogues differed only by the successive replacement of each position with a cysteine. Strong peptide-peptide interactions, occurring through interchain hydrophobic forces, resulted in a presenting face to the C18 group, consisting primarily of lysine residues and, in turn, in early retention times. Three homo-dimers were also found to be strongly alpha-helical in water as determined by circular dichroism spectroscopy. |
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