title: Development and conformational analysis of a pseudoproline-containing turn mimic.
abstract: The liquid-phase synthesis and the conformational analysis of a small library of fully protected tetramers containing L-pyroglutamic acid (L-pGlu), (4S,5R)-4-methyl-5-carboxybenzyloxazolidin-2-one (L-Oxd), or (4R,5S)-4-methyl-5-carboxybenzyloxazolidin-2-one (D-Oxd) as residue i + 1 are reported to test the tendency of these oligomers to assume a -hairpin conformation. The most promising molecule is Boc-L-Val-D-Oxd-Gly-L-Ala-OBn, which assumes a preferential -turn conformation in CDCl3, as shown by IR and 1H NMR analysis. These findings have been confirmed by DFT calculations, which provide an interpretation for the available experimental data and agree with the reported observations.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica G. Ciamician, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, I-40126 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianluigi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Luppi
authors.forename: Donato
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lanci
authors.forename: Valerio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Trigari
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garavelli
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garelli
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tomasini
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D018716:Molecular Mimicry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D011392:Proline / Q000737:chemistry*; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D011761:Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; D011392:Proline; D011761:Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid