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Molecular structure of RADA16-I designer self-assembling peptide nanofibers.

ABSTRACT: The designer self-assembling peptide RADA16-I forms nanofiber matrices which have shown great promise for regenerative medicine and three-dimensional cell culture. The RADA16-I amino acid sequence has a ?-strand-promoting alternating hydrophobic/charged motif, but arrangement of ?-strands into the nanofiber structure has not been previously determined. Here we present a structural model of RADA16-I nanofibers, based on solid-state NMR measurements on samples with different schemes for (13)C isotopic labeling. NMR peak positions and line widths indicate an ordered structure composed of ?-strands. The NMR data show that the nanofibers are composed of two stacked ?-sheets stabilized by a hydrophobic core formed by alanine side chains, consistent with previous proposals. However, the previously proposed antiparallel ?-sheet structure is ruled out by measured (13)C-(13)C dipolar couplings. Instead, neighboring ?-strands within ?-sheets are parallel, with a registry shift that allows cross-strand staggering of oppositely charged arginine and aspartate side chains. The resulting structural model is compared to nanofiber dimensions observed via images taken by transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. Multiple NMR peaks for each alanine side chain were observed and could be attributed to multiple configurations of side chain packing within a single scheme for intermolecular packing.

SUBMITTER: Cormier AR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3946435 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Molecular structure of RADA16-I designer self-assembling peptide nanofibers.

Cormier Ashley R AR Pang Xiaodong X Zimmerman Maxwell I MI Zhou Huan-Xiang HX Paravastu Anant K AK

ACS nano 20130905 9

The designer self-assembling peptide RADA16-I forms nanofiber matrices which have shown great promise for regenerative medicine and three-dimensional cell culture. The RADA16-I amino acid sequence has a β-strand-promoting alternating hydrophobic/charged motif, but arrangement of β-strands into the nanofiber structure has not been previously determined. Here we present a structural model of RADA16-I nanofibers, based on solid-state NMR measurements on samples with different schemes for (13)C isot ...[more]

PMID: 23977885

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Molecular structure of RADA16-I designer self-assembling peptide nanofibers.

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Molecular structure of RADA16-I designer self-assembling peptide nanofibers.

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