title: Hydration study of homopolypeptides by (2)H NMR.
abstract: Deuteron T(1) and T(2) was studied as a function of hydration in homopolyglycine (PG) and homopolyproline (PP). Water deuteron relaxation rates in PG conform to a hydration model involving two types of primary hydration sites where water is directly bonded to the polymer. Once these sites are filled, additional water only bonds to water molecules at the primary sites and in so doing affect their dynamics. PP exhibits an anomalous T(1) and T(2) hydration dependence which has been interpreted in terms of a cooperative water molecule-PP molecule helical conformational rearrangement which occurs once a certain hydration level is reached. The proposal of a water-PP structure is tested using molecular dynamics simulations.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1. peemoell@uwaterloo.ca
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peemoeller
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: MacMillan
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Weglarz
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Corbett
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hawton
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Holly
mesh_terms: D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular / Q000379:methods*; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D014867:Water; C011083:polyproline; C011080:polyglycine