title: Cyclic peptide helices: a hybrid beta-hairpin/beta-helical supersecondary structure.
abstract: This communication describes the design and characterization of a new peptide motif that is a hybrid of beta-hairpin and beta-helical structures. This motif was supported by CD and IR spectrocopies in nonpolar organic solvents and was confirmed by NMR spectroscopy and structure calculations using NMR-derived restraints. The beta-hairpin/beta-helical motif represents a potentially attractive new structural template for a variety of possible applications in biomolecular design, such as ligands for macromolecular targets and building blocks for new protein architectures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Mallika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sastry
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: Thomas D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D008958:Models, Molecular; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation
chemical_list: D010456:Peptides, Cyclic