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Plegamiento y ensamblaje de péptidos híbridos α, β y γ cortos: variaciones menores en la secuencia y diferencias

Yukun Zhang^1,2, Yulong Zhong³, Alan L Connor³

¹Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Chengdu 610041 , China.

Journal of the American Chemical Society

|August 6, 2019

Resumen

Siete péptidos cortos se plegaron inesperadamente en nuevas estructuras, incluidos los giros beta expandidos y las doble hélices, en lugar de los emparejamientos esperados. Esto revela prototipos únicos de plegado para foldamers sintéticos.

Área de la Ciencia:

Química supramolecular
Química de los péptidos
Biología estructural

Sus antecedentes:

El plegamiento de proteínas requiere típicamente polipéptidos largos.
Los péptidos cortos a menudo carecen de estructuras definidas.
Los péptidos híbridos que incorporan aminoácidos α y β ofrecen nuevas posibilidades estructurales.

Objetivo del estudio:

Para investigar el plegamiento y el ensamblaje de péptidos híbridos cortos.
Para explorar el impacto de la secuencia dipeptídica central en el pliegue.
Identificar nuevos prototipos de plegado para los plegadores sintéticos.

Principales métodos:

Espectroscopia de resonancia magnética nuclear (RMN)
Espectrometría de masas
Estudios computacionales
Inferencia sistemática

Principales resultados:

El oligómero 1 formó un giro beta expandido con una secuencia de aminoácidos híbridos.
Los péptidos 2a y 2b adoptaron conformaciones helicoidales extendidas y se dimerizaron en dobles hélices.
La secuencia dipeptídica central (αβ vs. βα) dictó un enlace y plegamiento de hidrógeno intramolecular distintos.
Los derivados demostraron un comportamiento general de plegado con mayor estabilidad y sentido helicoidal definido.

Conclusiones:

Los péptidos híbridos cortos pueden formar estructuras únicas y no canónicas como giros beta expandidos y hélices dobles.
Los foldamers sintéticos ofrecen nuevos prototipos de plegado con propiedades ajustables.
Este trabajo amplía la comprensión del plegamiento y autoensamblaje de péptidos.

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