title: The Solution Structure of a Copper(II) Compound of a New Cyclic Octapeptide by EPR Spectroscopy and Force Field Calculations.
abstract: A new cyclic octapeptide, cyclo(Ile-Ser-(Gly)Thz-Ile-Thr-(Gly)Thz) (PatN), related to patellamide A, has been synthesized and reacted with copper(II) and base to form mono- and dinuclear complexes. The coordination environments around copper(II) have been characterized by EPR spectroscopy. The solution structure of the thermodynamically most stable product, a purple dicopper(II) compound, has been examined by simulating weakly dipole-dipole coupled EPR spectra based upon structural parameters obtained from force field (MM and MD) calculations. The MM-EPR method produces a saddle-shaped structure for [Cu(2)(PatN)(OH(2))(6)] that is similar to the known solution structure of patellamide A and the known solid-state structure of [Cu(2)(AscidH(2))CO(3)(OH(2))(2)]. Compared with the latter, [Cu(2)(PatN)] has no carbonate bridge and a significantly flatter topology. The MM-EPR approach to solution-structure determination for paramagnetic metallopeptides may find wide applications to other metallopeptides and metalloproteins.
authors.affiliation: Anorganisch-Chemisches and Organisch-Chemisches Institut der Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany, and Department of Chemistry, Centre for Magnetic Resonance, and 3D Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072 Australia.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Comba
authors.forename: Rodney
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cusack
authors.forename: David P.
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Fairlie
authors.forename: Lawrence R.
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Gahan
authors.forename: Graeme R.
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: Uli
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authors.lastname: Kazmaier
authors.forename: Anne
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authors.lastname: Ramlow