title: Peptides from chiral C alpha,alpha-disubstituted glycines. Synthesis and characterization, conformational energy computations and solution conformational analysis of C alpha-methyl, C alpha-isopropylglycine [(alpha Me)Val] derivatives and model peptides.
abstract: Conformational energy computations on Ac-L-(alpha Me)Val-NHMe indicate that turns and right-handed helical structures are particularly stable conformations for this chiral C alpha-methyl, C alpha-alkylglycyl residue. We have synthesized and characterized a variety of L-(alpha Me)Val derivatives and peptides (to the pentamer level). The results of the solution conformational analysis, performed using infrared absorption, 1H nuclear magnetic resonance, and circular dichroism, are in general agreement with those obtained from the theoretical investigation, in the sense that the L-(alpha Me)Val residue turns out to be a strong beta-turn and right-handed helix former. A comparison is also made with the conclusions extracted from published work on peptides rich in other C alpha-methyl, C alpha-alkylglycyl residues.
authors.affiliation: C.N.R., Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Toniolo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crisma
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Bonora
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Klajc
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lelj
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grimaldi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Polinelli
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Boesten
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Meijer
mesh_terms: D002942:Circular Dichroism; D005998:Glycine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D005998:Glycine