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Gamma2-, gamma3-, and gamma(2,3,4)-amino acids, coupling to gamma-hexapeptides: CD spectra, NMR solution and X-ray crystal structures of gamma-peptides.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11855705     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
There are numerous possible gamma-amino acids with different degrees of substitution and with various constitutions and configurations. Of these the gamma4- and the like- and unlike-gamma(2,4)-amino acids have been previously used as building blocks in gamma-peptides. The synthesis of gamma2-, gamma3-, and gamma(2,3,4)-peptides is now described. The corresponding amino acids have been prepared by Michael addition of chiral N-acyl-oxazolidinone enolates to nitro-olefins, with subsequent reduction of the NO2 to NH2 groups. Such additions to E-2-methyl-nitropropene provide (2R,3R,4R)-2-alkyl-3-methyl-4-amino-pentanoic acid derivatives (9, 10, 11). Stepwise coupling and fragment coupling lead to gamma-di-, tri-, and hexapeptides (12-23), which were fully characterized. The crystal structures of one of the gamma-amino acids (2,3-dimethyl-4-amino-pentanoic acid x HCl, 9a), of a gamma(2,3,4)-di- and a gamma(2,3,4)-tetrapeptide (20, 22) are described, and the NMR solution structure in MeOH of a gamma(2,3,4)-hexapeptide (3) has been determined (using TOCSY, COSY, HSOC, HMBC and ROESY measurements and a molecular dynamics simulated-annealing protocol). A linear conformation (sheet-like), a novel (M) helix built of nine-membered hydrogen-bonded rings, and (M) 2.6(14) helices have thus been identified. NMR measurements at different temperatures (298-393 K) and H/D-exchange rates obtained for the gamma(2,3,4)-hexapeptide are interpreted as evidence for the stability of the 2.6(14) helix (no "melting") and for its non-cooperative folding mechanism. CD Spectra of the gamma-peptides have been measured in MeOH and CH3CN, indicating that only the protected and unprotected gamma(2,3,4)-hexapeptide is present as the 2.6(14) helix in solution. The structures of the gamma2- and gamma3-hexapeptides (1, 2) could not be determined.
Authors:
Dieter Seebach; Meinrad Brenner; Magnus Rueping; Bernhard Jaun
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)     Volume:  8     ISSN:  0947-6539     ISO Abbreviation:  Chemistry     Publication Date:  2002 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-02-21     Completed Date:  2002-11-04     Revised Date:  2009-08-04    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9513783     Medline TA:  Chemistry     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  573-84     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratorium für Organische Chemie der Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule Zürich, ETH Hönggerberg, Switzerland. seebach@org.chem.ethz.ch
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amino Acids / chemistry*
Circular Dichroism
Crystallography, X-Ray
Hydrogen Bonding
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
Oligopeptides / chemical synthesis*,  chemistry
Protein Structure, Secondary / drug effects
Solvents / pharmacology
gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / analogs & derivatives,  chemistry*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Amino Acids; 0/Oligopeptides; 0/Solvents; 56-12-2/gamma-Aminobutyric Acid

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