title: Collagen-based structures containing the peptoid residue N-isobutylglycine (Nleu): conformational analysis of Gly-Nleu-Pro sequences by 1H-NMR and molecular modeling.
abstract: Molecular modeling and 1H-NMR were employed to study the structure and stability of collagen-like triple helices composed of Gly-Nleu-Pro repeats. The compounds studied include the acetyl analogs Ac-(Gly-Nleu-Pro)n-NH2 (where n = 1, 3, 6, and 10) and the KTA conjugates KTA-[Gly-(Gly-Nleu-Pro)n-NH2]3 (where n = 3 and 6 and KTA denotes the Kemp triacid). The presence of collagen-like assembled structures is supported by a consistent set of experimental observations, which include the appearance of a distinct set of resonances, low hydrogen-exchange rates for Gly NH, cooperative melting transition, and observation of several interchain NOEs. Using 1H-NMR, the triple helicity was monitored as a function of chain length, template, and temperature. These studies show that (Gly-Nleu-Pro)n sequences have a somewhat higher triple-helical propensity than (Gly-Pro-Nleu)n sequences. In addition, our investigations have shown that unlike the triple helices composed of Gly-Pro-Nleu repeats those composed of Gly-Nleu-Pro repeats can access conformations in which the Nleu side chains are arrayed between Pro residues belonging to different triple-helix cross sections. These structural features may serve as a basis for free energy computations and for the study of higher-order structures such as collagen-like fibrils containing peptoid moities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0343, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Melacini
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goodman
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003094:Collagen / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D034444:Peptoids; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D034444:Peptoids; D003094:Collagen