title: X-ray studies on crystalline complexes involving amino acids and peptides. XXXV. Invariance and variability in amino acid aggregation in the complexes of maleic acid with L-histidine and L-lysine.
abstract: The crystal structures of complexes of maleic acid with L-histidine and L-lysine have been determined. The two crystallographically independent amino acid molecules in the L-histidine complex have different closed conformations, while the lysine molecule in its complex has the most favourable conformation sterically with an all-trans sidechain trans to the alpha-carboxylate group. The maleic acid molecules exist as semi-maleate ions of similar conformation and contain a symmetric O...H...O hydrogen bond. Amino acid cations and semi-maleate anions aggregate into alternate layers in both the structures. The arrangement of molecules in the histidine layer in L-histidine semi-maleate is closer to that in the crystals of the free amino acid than in other L-histidine complexes. On the other hand, the arrangement of lysine molecules in its semi-maleate complex is different from any observed so far. However, the well established characteristic interaction patterns involving amino and carboxylate groups still play a major role in holding the molecules together in the crystal of the complex.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560-012, India.
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Pratap
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ravishankar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vijayan
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006639:Histidine / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008239:Lysine / Q000737:chemistry*; D008298:Maleates / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D008298:Maleates; D010455:Peptides; D006639:Histidine; C030272:maleic acid; D008239:Lysine