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Hydrogen bonding in peptide helices - Analysis of two independent helices in the crystal structure of a peptide Boc-Val-Ala-Leu-Aib-Val-Ala-Phe-OMe

Datta, S and Shamala, N and Banerjee, A and Balaram, P (1997) Hydrogen bonding in peptide helices - Analysis of two independent helices in the crystal structure of a peptide Boc-Val-Ala-Leu-Aib-Val-Ala-Phe-OMe. In: Journal Of Peptide Research, 49 (6). pp. 604-611.

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Abstract

The crystal structure determination of the heptapeptide Boc-Val-Ala-Leu-Aib-Val-Ala-Phe-OMe reveals two peptide helices in the asymmetric unit, Crystal parameters are: space group P2(1), a = 10.356(2) Angstrom, b = 19.488(5) Angstrom, c = 23.756(6) Angstrom, beta = 102.25(2)degrees), V = 4685.4 Angstrom(3), Z = 4 and R = 5.7% for 7615 reflections [I>3 sigma(I)]. Both molecules adopt largely alpha-helical conformations with variations at the C-terminus, Helix type Is determined by analysing both 4-->1 and 5-->1 hydrogen-bond interactions and comparison with the results of analysis of protein structures. The presence of two 4-->1 hydrogen-bond interactions, besides four 5-->1 interact ions in both the conformations provides an opportunity to characterize bifurcated hydrogen bonds at high resolution, Comparison of the two helical conformations with related peptide structures suggests that distortions at the C-terminus are more facile than at the N-terminus.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: Journal Of Peptide Research
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
Additional Information: Copyright of this article belongs to Blackwell Publishing.
Keywords: Hydrogen bonding;peptide helices.
Department/Centre: Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit
Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited: 12 Aug 2009 10:07
Last Modified: 12 Aug 2009 10:07
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/19376

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