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Isolated ?-turn and incipient ?-helix.

ABSTRACT: The unique abilities of homo-oligo-adamantyl peptides to adopt ?- and ?-turn conformations are demonstrated by X-ray diffraction, and NMR and FT-IR absorption spectroscopies. Assembled by an Ugi multiple component reaction strategy, N ^?-formyl-adamantyl tripeptide iso-propyl and tert-butyl amides are respectively found to adopt an isolated ?-turn and an incipient ?-helix conformation by X-ray diffraction crystallography. The shortest example of a single ?-turn with ideal geometry is observed in the crystalline state. In solution both peptides predominantly assume ?-helical structures.

SUBMITTER: Mir FM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6640192 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Isolated α-turn and incipient γ-helix.

Mir Fatemeh M FM Crisma Marco M Toniolo Claudio C Lubell William D WD

Chemical science 20190610 28

The unique abilities of homo-oligo-adamantyl peptides to adopt α- and γ-turn conformations are demonstrated by X-ray diffraction, and NMR and FT-IR absorption spectroscopies. Assembled by an Ugi multiple component reaction strategy, N α-formyl-adamantyl tripeptide iso-propyl and tert-butyl amides are respectively found to adopt an isolated α-turn and an incipient γ-helix conformation by X-ray diffraction crystallography. The shortest example of a single α-turn with ideal ...[more]

PMID: 31391913

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Isolated ?-turn and incipient ?-helix.

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Isolated α-turn and incipient γ-helix.

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