title: Effect of side chains on turns and helices in peptides of beta3-aminoxy acids.
abstract: We have investigated, using NMR, IR, and CD spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography, the conformational properties of peptides 1-10 of beta(3)-aminoxy acids (NH(2)OCHRCH(2)COOH) having different side chains on the beta carbon atom (e.g., R = Me, Et, COOBn, CH(2)CH(2)CH=CH(2), i-Bu, i-Pr). The beta N-O turns and beta N-O helices that involve a nine-membered-ring intramolecular hydrogen bond between NH(i)(+2) and CO(i), which have been found previously in peptides of beta(2,2)-aminoxy acids (NH(2)OCH(2)CMe(2)COOH), are also present in those beta(3)-aminoxy peptides. X-ray crystal structures and NMR spectral analysis reveal that, in the beta N-O turns and beta N-O helices induced by beta(3)-aminoxy acids, the N-O bond could be either anti or gauche to the C(alpha)-C(beta) bond depending on the size of the side chain; in contrast, only the anti conformation was found in beta(2,2)-aminoxy peptides. Both diamide 1 and triamide 9 exist in different conformations in solution and in the solid state: parallel sheet structures in the solid state and predominantly beta N-O turn and beta N-O helix conformations in nonpolar solvents. Theoretical studies on a series of model diamides rationalize very well the experimentally observed conformational features of these beta(3)-aminoxy peptides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China. yangdan@hku.hk
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yu-Hui
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Dan-Wei
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jenny Chun-Yu
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Nian-Yong
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Shi-Wei
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Yun-Dong
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000143:Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D000586:Amination; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D010455:Peptides