title: Helix packing of leucine-rich peptides: a parallel leucine ladder in the structure of Boc-Aib-Leu-Aib-Aib-Leu-Leu-Leu-Aib-Leu-Aib-OMe.
abstract: The packing of peptide helices in crystals of the leucine-rich decapeptide Boc-Aib-Leu-Aib-Aib-Leu-Leu-Leu-Aib-Leu-Aib-OMe provides an example of ladder-like leucylleucyl interactions between neighboring molecules. The peptide molecule forms a helix with five 5----1 hydrogen bonds and two 4----1 hydrogen bonds near the C terminus. Three head-to-tail NH ... O = C hydrogen bonds between helices form continuous columns of helices in the crystal. The helicial columns associate in an antiparallel fashion, except for the association of Leu ... Leu side chains, which occurs along the diagonal of the cell where the peptide helices are parallel. The peptide, with formula C56H102N10O13, crystallizes in space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) with Z = 4 and cell parameters a = 16.774(3) A, b = 20.032(3) A and c = 20.117(3) A; overall agreement factor R = 10.7% for 2014 data with magnitude of F(obs) greater than 3 sigma (F); resolution 1.0 A.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for the Structure of Matter, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375-5000.
authors.forename: I L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Karle
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Flippen-Anderson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sukumar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Balaram
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D007930:Leucine / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; D007930:Leucine