Las vueltas helicoidales alfa de mano izquierda y derecha en andamios helicoidales homo y heteroquirales
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A Micropatterning Assay for Measuring Cell Chirality
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Nicholas E Shepherd1, Huy N Hoang, Giovanni Abbenante
1Division of Chemistry and Structural Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|October 8, 2009
Resumen
Los investigadores crearon las más pequeñas hélices alfa estables de derecha (alfa (((R)) y izquierda (alfa (((L)) utilizando péptidos cíclicos. Estas nuevas estructuras helicoidales ofrecen andamios únicos para materiales avanzados.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
- Química del péptido Química del péptido
- Ciencia de los materiales Ciencia de los materiales.
Sus antecedentes:
- Las proteínas presentan predominantemente hélices alfa de derecha; las hélices de izquierda son raras en la naturaleza.
- Los péptidos cortos (≤20 aminoácidos) suelen carecer de estructuras helicoidales alfa estables en soluciones acuosas fuera de los contextos de proteínas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Sintetizar y caracterizar las hélices alfa más pequeñas termodinámicamente estables de derecha (alfa (((R)) y izquierda (alfa (((L)).
- Investigar la estabilidad estructural y los cambios conformacionales de nuevos péptidos helicoidales en diversos entornos.
Principales métodos:
- Estabilización de las hélices alfa (R) y alfa (L) dentro de las unidades cíclicas pentapeptídicas compuestas por ácidos amino L o D, respectivamente.
- Síntesis de los decapéptidos homoquiral (alfa), alfa y heteroquiral (alfa), alfa y alfa.
- Análisis de las estructuras y la estabilidad de los péptidos en soluciones acuosas y en presencia de aditivos como TFE, ácido y base.
Principales resultados:
- Las hélices alfa (R) y alfa (L) estables en agua más pequeñas conocidas fueron sintetizadas con éxito.
- Los decapéptidos homoquirales exhibieron una estabilidad excepcional contra los denaturantes, las proteasas y el suero.
- Los decapéptidos heteroquirales demostraron cambios conformacionales que responden al medio ambiente, cambiando entre estructuras helicoidales extendidas y dobladas, particularmente en respuesta al TFE.
Conclusiones:
- Los nuevos péptidos cíclicos proporcionan modelos estables a pequeña escala para las hélices alfa de derecha e izquierda.
- El cambio estructural inducido por el medio ambiente observado en los péptidos heteroquirales sugiere aplicaciones potenciales en el diseño de materiales inteligentes receptivos.
- La proyección espacial distinta de las cadenas laterales en estos nuevos andamios helicoidales ofrece oportunidades únicas para el diseño molecular.
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