Un haz de hélice alfa/beta-péptido con un núcleo de ácido beta3-amino puro y una estructura cuaternaria distintiva

Michael W Giuliano1, W Seth Horne, Samuel H Gellman

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.

Resumen

Los investigadores revelan la estructura cristalina de un nuevo foldamer alfa/beta-péptido que forma un haz de hélice tetramérico. Esta estructura proteica única presenta un núcleo de beta-aminoácidos y distintas interacciones helicoidales, que difieren de los típicos pliegues de las proteínas.

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