title: Solution conformation of endothelin-1 by 1H NMR, CD, and molecular modeling.
abstract: The solution conformation of Endothelin-1, a recently discovered bicyclic, 21 amino acid peptide, has been examined by 1H NMR in deuterated dimethylsulphoxide and circular dichroism in aqueous and organic solvents. A total of 158 NOEs were detected, which were used as distance constraints in the distance geometry program DISGEO. Two families of structures were obtained, both characterized by a helix-like region extending from Lys9 to Cys15, but with opposite "handedness". Circular dichroism studies of the peptide in both aqueous and trifluoroethanol solutions show a negative shoulder at 224 nm, characteristic of right-handed helices. Molecular dynamics and energy minimization yielded a solution structure for this new peptide compatible with all experimental observations.
authors.affiliation: Merrell Dow Research Institute, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Saudek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoflack
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Pelton
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D016232:Endothelins / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins