Significance of D- tryptophan in Contryphan-Ar1131 Conus peptide: Oxidative folding, trypsin binding, and photostabilization activity

Moi, S and Shekh, S and Dolle, A and Vijayasarathy, M and Gowd, KH (2022) Significance of D- tryptophan in Contryphan-Ar1131 Conus peptide: Oxidative folding, trypsin binding, and photostabilization activity. In: Peptides, 156 .

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Abstract

Distinct differences have been observed between L-tryptophan and D-tryptophan containing contryphan-Ar1131 in oxidative folding, trypsin binding, and photostabilization activity on avobenzone. W5 contryphan-Ar1131 and w5 contryphan-Ar1131 were chemically synthesized and characterized using RP-HPLC and mass spectrometry. Structural differences due to the change of configuration of tryptophan were evident from the optimized structures of contryphan-Ar1131 using density functional theory (DFT). The comparison of early events of oxidative folding has revealed the role of D-tryptophan in accelerating the formation of a disulfide bond. The optimized structures of the reduced form of peptides revealed the occurrence of aromatic-aromatic and aromatic-proline interactions in w5 contryphan-Ar1131 which may be critical in aiding the oxidative folding reaction. The presence of the Lys6-Pro7 peptide bond indicates that contryphan-Ar1131 is resistant but may bind to trypsin allowing to assign the binding affinity of peptides to the protein surface. Competitive binding studies and molecular docking along with molecular dynamic (MD) simulations have revealed that w5 contryphan-Ar1131 has more affinity for the active site of trypsin. Given tryptophan is a photostabilizer of FDA-approved chemical UV-A filter avobenzone, the report has compared the photostabilization activity of W5/ w5 contryphan-Ar1131 on avobenzone under natural sunlight. w5 contryphan-Ar1131 has better photostabilization activity than that of W5 contryphan-Ar1131 and also individual D-tryptophan and L-tryptophan amino acids. These biochemical studies have highlighted the significance of D-tryptophan in contryphan-Ar1131 and its photostabilization activity on avobenzone may find applications in cosmetics.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Peptides
Publisher:	Elsevier Inc.
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to the Elsevier Inc.
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit
Date Deposited:	27 Aug 2022 09:23
Last Modified:	27 Aug 2022 09:23
URI:	https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/76264

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