title: Aromatic-aromatic and proline-aromatic interactions in endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2.
abstract: We investigated the aromatic-aromatic and proline-aromatic interactions in endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2, and different types of these interactions were observed. For all the interacting pairs, the preferred geometric orientations were identified. We examined these interactions in the preferred secondary structures, which are different types of beta-turns and gamma-turns. These results revealed that the majority of the turn structures contained one of the interacting aromatic-aromatic or proline-aromatic pairs. On the basis of our results, it can be assumed that these interactions may be important in the determination and stabilization of the structures of endomorphins. Furthermore, our observations suggest that a conformation stabilized by an aromatic-aromatic or proline-aromatic interaction can play an important role in the association with the receptor.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Temesvári krt. 62, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary. leitgeb@nucleus.szbk.u-szeged.hu
authors.forename: Balázs
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Leitgeb
authors.forename: Géza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tóth
mesh_terms: D024322:Amino Acids, Aromatic / Q000737:chemistry; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000737:chemistry; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D011392:Proline / Q000737:chemistry; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary
chemical_list: D024322:Amino Acids, Aromatic; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D009842:Oligopeptides; C105293:endomorphin 1; C105294:endomorphin 2; D011392:Proline