title: Toward beta-amino acid proteins: design, synthesis, and characterization of a fifteen kilodalton beta-peptide tetramer.
abstract: A 28 residue "retro" beta-peptide has been designed to self-assemble as a tetramer, successfully recapitulating the octameric beta-peptide bundle complex Zwit-1F. Z28, the largest beta-peptide synthesized to date, was achieved in a linear, microwave-assisted synthesis in 19% isolated yield and high purity. Z28 forms the expected tetrameric complex and is more stable and cooperative in its folding than Zwit-1F. The successful design and synthesis of Z28 is an important step toward true beta-amino acid proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, USA.
authors.forename: E James
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Petersson
authors.forename: Alanna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schepartz
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D010455:Peptides; D011506:Proteins; C526606:Z28 peptide