Issue 2, 2012

Self-association-driven transition of the β-peptidic H12 helix to the H18 helix

Abstract

Various patterns of foldameric oligomers formed by trans-ABHC ((1S,2S,3S,5S)-2-amino-6,6-dimethylbicyclo[3.3.1]heptane-3-carboxylic acid) and β3-hSer residues were studied. NMR, ECD and molecular modelling demonstrated that octameric and nonameric sequences with multiple i–i+3 ABHC pair repulsions attain the β-H18 helix in CD3OH. As a close relative of the α-helix, this helix type is stabilized by i–i+4 backbone H-bond interactions. The formation of the β-H18 helix was found to be solvent- and concentration-dependent. Upon dilution, the β-H18β-H12 helix transition was revealed by concentration-dependent ECD, DOSY-NMR and TEM measurements.

Graphical abstract: Self-association-driven transition of the β-peptidic H12 helix to the H18 helix

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 Sep 2011
Accepted
26 Oct 2011
First published
26 Oct 2011

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012,10, 255-259

Self-association-driven transition of the β-peptidic H12 helix to the H18 helix

É. Szolnoki, A. Hetényi, T. A. Martinek, Z. Szakonyi and F. Fülöp, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 255 DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06627G

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