title: Conformation of alloHyp in the Y position in the host-guest peptide with the pro-pro-gly sequence: implication of the destabilization of (Pro-alloHyp-Gly)10.
abstract: The crystal structure of the host-guest peptide, (Pro-Pro-Gly)4-(Pro-alloHyp-Gly)-(Pro-Pro-Gly)4, was analyzed at high resolution. allohydroxyproline (alloHyp), 4S-hydroxyproline, was successfully characterized through the use of a host-guest peptide, while the previous study indicated the inability of a triple helical formation of (Pro-alloHyp-Gly)10. A detailed analysis of alloHyp conformation in collagen-like models sheds light on the role played by its puckering in the triple-helix stabilization and destabilization. That is, the alloHyp typically adopts down puckering. However, it adopted up puckering in the Y position in the Pro-alloHyp-Gly guest triplet, which was not preferable conformation for alloHyp. Therefore, the energetically unfavorable conformations seemed to play the key role in giving destabilization to the triple helix in (Pro-alloHyp-Gly)10. The intrinsic hydration pattern in (Pro-Pro-Gly)9 was conserved even in the surrounding alloHyp residues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan.
authors.forename: Nattha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jiravanichanun
authors.forename: Norikazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nishino
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okuyama
mesh_terms: D003094:Collagen / Q000737:chemistry; D006909:Hydroxyproline / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; D010455:Peptides; D014867:Water; C044555:prolyl-prolyl-glycine; D003094:Collagen; D006909:Hydroxyproline