Absolute configuration for peptidomimetic residues in bioactive peptides

A modern method is reported for the assignment of absolute configuration for peptidomimetics in bioactive peptides by use of 1H-NMR parameters in solution. Four peptide systems incorporating either retro-inverso modifications or 2-aminocyclopentanecarboxylic acid (2-Ac5c) as a peptidomimetic for proline are discussed. (1) Two 14-membered cyclic dermorphin analogs Tyr-c[D-A2bu-Phe-gPhe-(S and R)-mLeu] with a reverse amide bond between gPhe and mLeu residues where gPhe denotes a gem-diamino analog of Phe and mLeu refers to a malonyl analog of Leu. (2) Two cyclic hexapeptides related to somatostatin, c[gSar6-(S and R)-mPhe7-D-Trp8-Lys9-Thr10-Phe11], with a reverse amide bond between the gSar and mPhe residues where the gSar and mPhe denote the gemdiamino and malonyl analogs of the Sar and Phe residues, respectively. The superscript numbers refer to positions in native somatostatin. (3) Cyclic hexapeptide somatostatin analogs containing 2-Ac5c [trans-(1S,2S)-2-Ac5c, trans-(1R,2R)-2-Ac5c,cis-(1R,2S)-2-Ac5c, and cis-(1S,2R)-2-Ac5c] in place of proline c[(2-Ac5c)6-Phe7-D-Trp8-Lys9-Thr10-Phe11]. (4) Morphiceptin related analogs incorporating a cis-2-Ac5c residue as shown in Tyr-cis-2-Ac5c-Phe-Val-NH2. The methodology described in this investigation could be applied to a wide variety of peptide systems.