2483-49-0Relevant articles and documents
The urea-dipeptides show stronger H-bonding propensity to nucleate β-sheetlike assembly than natural sequence
Ke, Damei,Zhan, Chuanlang,Li, Xiao,Li, Alexander D.Q.,Yao, Jiannian
experimental part, p. 8269 - 8276 (2009/12/26)
In this article, we report the distinct solution behavior of a set of urea-dipeptides to that of natural sequence. The urea-dipeptides adopt β-folding conformations and form into β-sheetlike assembly in chloroform. Most surprisedly, the urea-dipeptides tend to form interpeptide H-bonding interactions even at a concentration of as low as 0.1 mM, while the natural sequence shows H-bonding propensity at a concentration of about 7 mM, indicating that the urea-dipeptides show much stronger H-bonding propensity to nucleate formation of β-sheetlike assembly than the natural sequence. CD spectra reveal that the investigated urea-dipeptides have two negative CD bands, respectively, around 217 nm and 224 nm, supporting the β-folding conformations and in turn formation of β-sheetlike assembly. The β-sheetlike assembly is also confirmed by the XRD reflections, which give two typical d-spacings of 12.7 and 4.8 A?, respectively, corresponding to stacking periodicity of the β-sheets and the spacing between peptide backbones running orthogonal to the β-sheet axis.
Enzymatic peptide synthesis with p-guanidinophenyl and p- (guanidinomethyl)phenyl esters as acyl donors
Sekizaki, Haruo,Itoh, Kunihiko,Toyota, Eiko,Tanizawa, Kazutaka
, p. 846 - 849 (2007/10/03)
Two series of 'inverse substrates', N-Boc-amino acid p-guanidinophenyl and p-(guanidinomethyl)phenyl esters, were prepared as acyl donor components for enzymatic peptide synthesis. The kinetic behavior of these esters toward bovine and Streptomyces griseus (SG) trypsin was analyzed. The spatial requirement of the active site of these enzymes for catalytic efficiency is discussed based on the steric characteristics of the substrates. These substrates were found to couple readily with amino acid p-nitroanilides to produce peptides. SG trypsin was the most efficient catalyst among the enzymes tested (bovine, porcine, and SG trypsin).
KINETICS OF ACYL TRANSFER IN PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS. I. ROLE OF IMIDAZOLE IN TRANSFER REACTIONS OF AN AMINOACYL GROUP FROM p-NITROPHENYL ESTERS OF N-PROTECTED AMINOACIDS TO AMINO ACID ESTERS
Girin, S. K.,Shvachkin, Yu. P.
, p. 1871 - 1880 (2007/10/02)
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