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Synthesis, Ion Complexation Study, and 3D-Structural Analysis of Peptides Based on Crown-Carrier, Cα-Methyl-L-DOPA Amino Acids

✍ Scribed by Karen Wright; Rachid Anddad; Jean-François Lohier; Vincent Steinmetz; Michel Wakselman; Jean-Paul Mazaleyrat; Fernando Formaggio; Cristina Peggion; Marta De Zotti; Timothy A. Keiderling; Rong Huang; Claudio Toniolo


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
783 KB
Volume
2008
Category
Article
ISSN
1434-193X

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Abstract

Selected series of terminally protected model peptides to the hexamer level, based on four novel, crown‐ether containing C^α^‐methyl‐L‐DOPA (L‐Mdp) amino acid residues, namely L‐Mdp[15‐C‐5], L‐Mdp[18‐C‐6], L‐Mdp[benzo‐24‐C‐8] and L‐Mdp[(S)‐Binol‐20‐C‐6], combined with either L‐Ala or L‐Ala/Aib or Gly/Aib, were synthesized by solution methods. An ESI‐MS analysis of their alkali metal cation complexation ability was carried out. Their FTIR absorption, ^1^H NMR, ECD, and VCD spectroscopic properties suggest that all of these crowned amino acids are strong inducers of (left‐handed) β‐turns and 3~10~‐helical structures.(© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2008)