Chiral interaction in peptide molecules: effects of chiral peptide species on helix-sense induction in an N-terminal-free achiral peptide |
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Authors: | Inai Yoshihito Ousaka Naoki Ookouchi Yasuhiro |
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Institution: | Department of Environmental Technology and Urban Planning, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan. inai@mse.nitech.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | Noncovalent chiral domino effect (NCDE) has been proposed as terminal-specific interaction upon a 3(10)-helical peptide chain, of which the helix sense is manipulated by an external chiral stimulus (mainly amino acid derivatives) operating on the N-terminus (Inai, Y., et al. J Am Chem Soc 2000, 122, 11731-11732; ibid., 2002, 124, 2466-2473; ibid., 2003, 125, 8151-8162). We have investigated here a helix-sense induction in an optically inactive N-terminal-free nonapeptide (1) through the screening of several peptide species that differ in chiral sequence, chain length, and C-terminal group. Helix-sense induction in peptide 1 depends largely on both the C-terminal chirality and carboxyl group in the external peptide, in which N-carbonyl-blocked amino acids, "monopeptide acids," should be the minimum requirement for effective induction. N-Protected mono- to tetrapeptides of L-Leu residue commonly induce a right-handed helix. NMR study and theoretical computation reveal that the N-terminal segment of peptide 1 binds the N-protected dipeptide molecule through multipoint coordination to induce a right-handed helix preferentially. The present findings not only will improve our understanding of the chiral roles in peptide or protein helical termini, but also might demonstrate potential applications to chirality-responsive materials based on peptide helical fragments. |
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Keywords: | chiral induction chiral interaction helix sense chiral peptide 310‐helix CD spectroscopy |
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