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Published on: August 1, 2018
Multiple glycosylation of de novo designed alpha-helical coiled coil peptides
Jessica A Falenski1, Ulla I M Gerling, Beate Koksch
1Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of multiple O-glycosylation in alpha-helical coiled coil peptides on the folding and stability. For this purpose we systematically incorporated one to six beta-galactose residues into the solvent exposed positions of a 26 amino acid long coiled coil helix. Surprisingly, circular dichroism spectroscopy showed no unfolding of the coiled coil structure for all glycopeptides. Thermally induced denaturations reveal a successive but relative low destabilization of the coiled coil structure upon introduction of beta-galactose residues. These first results indicate that O-glycosylation of the glycosylated variants is easily tolerated by this structural motif and pave the way for further functional studies.
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