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Overlapping Double Turn Conformations Adopted by Tetrapeptides Containing Non-Coded alpha-Amino Isobutyric Acid (AIB) and Formation of Tape-Like Structures Through Supramolecular Helix Mediated Self-Assembly
SUDESHNA KAR, ARPITA DUTTA, M G B DREW, PRADYOT KOLEY,
Published in BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD
2009
Volume: 16
   
Issue: 9
Pages: 1063 - 1073
Abstract
Single crystal X-ray diffraction studies and solvent dependent H-1 NMR titrations reveal that a set of four tetrapeptides with general formula Boc-Xx(1)-Aib(2)-Yy(3)-Zz(4)-OMe, where Xx, Yy and Zz are coded L- amino acids, adopt equivalent conformations that can be described as overlapping double turn conformations stabilized by two 4 -> 1 intramolecular hydrogen bonds between Yy(3)-NH and Boc C=O and Zz(4)-NH and Xx(1)C=O. In the crystalline state, the double turn structures are packed in head-to-tail fashion through intermolecular hydrogen bonds to create supramolecular helical structures. Field emission scanning electron microscopic (FE-SEM) images of the tetrapeptides in the solid state reveal that they can form flat tape-like structures. The results establish that synthetic Aib containing supramolecular helices can form highly ordered self-aggregated amyloid plaque like human amylin.
About the journal
JournalProtein and Peptide Letters
PublisherBENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD
ISSN0929-8665