Volume 53, Issue 48 pp. 13131-13135
Communication

Unprecedented Chain-Length-Dependent Conformational Conversion Between 11/9 and 18/16 Helix in α/β-Hybrid Peptides

Dr. Baptiste Legrand

Dr. Baptiste Legrand

IBMM, UMR 5247 CNRS, Universités Montpellier 1 et 2, 15 avenue Charles Flahault, 34000 Montpellier (France) http://www.ibmm.univ-montp1.fr

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Dr. Christophe André

Dr. Christophe André

IBMM, UMR 5247 CNRS, Universités Montpellier 1 et 2, 15 avenue Charles Flahault, 34000 Montpellier (France) http://www.ibmm.univ-montp1.fr

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Laure Moulat

Laure Moulat

IBMM, UMR 5247 CNRS, Universités Montpellier 1 et 2, 15 avenue Charles Flahault, 34000 Montpellier (France) http://www.ibmm.univ-montp1.fr

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Emmanuel Wenger

Emmanuel Wenger

CRM2, UMR 7036 CNRS Université de Lorraine, Boulevard des Aiguilletes, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex (France)

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Dr. Claude Didierjean

Dr. Claude Didierjean

CRM2, UMR 7036 CNRS Université de Lorraine, Boulevard des Aiguilletes, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex (France)

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Dr. Emmanuel Aubert

Dr. Emmanuel Aubert

CRM2, UMR 7036 CNRS Université de Lorraine, Boulevard des Aiguilletes, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex (France)

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Dr. Marie Christine Averlant-Petit

Dr. Marie Christine Averlant-Petit

LCPM—UMR 7568 CNRS Université de Lorraine, 1 rue Grandville, 54001 Nancy Cedex 1 (France)

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Prof. Jean Martinez

Prof. Jean Martinez

IBMM, UMR 5247 CNRS, Universités Montpellier 1 et 2, 15 avenue Charles Flahault, 34000 Montpellier (France) http://www.ibmm.univ-montp1.fr

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Dr. Monique Calmes

Corresponding Author

Dr. Monique Calmes

IBMM, UMR 5247 CNRS, Universités Montpellier 1 et 2, 15 avenue Charles Flahault, 34000 Montpellier (France) http://www.ibmm.univ-montp1.fr

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Dr. Muriel Amblard

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Dr. Muriel Amblard

IBMM, UMR 5247 CNRS, Universités Montpellier 1 et 2, 15 avenue Charles Flahault, 34000 Montpellier (France) http://www.ibmm.univ-montp1.fr

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First published: 26 September 2014
Citations: 26

We thank the CNRS, MESR, ANR (ANR-08-BLAN-0066-01), and the LabEx CheMISyst for financial support, the SCBIM and Université de Lorraine for NMR and XRD facilities. GENCI-CINES is also thanked for providing access to computing facilities.

Graphical Abstract

The chain length of α,β-hybrid oligomers containing the highly constrained (S)-1-aminobicyclo[2.2.2]octane-2-carboxylic acid residue determines if either the 11/9 or the 18/16 helix is favored. The transition between these two helices involves a single ϕ angle rotation of the α residues.

Abstract

α,β-Hybrid oligomers of varying lengths with alternating proteogenic α-amino acid and the rigid β2,3,3-trisubstituted bicyclic amino acid ABOC residues were studied using both X-ray crystal and NMR solution structures. While only an 11/9 helix was obtained in the solid state regardless of the length of the oligomers, conformational polymorphism as a chain-length-dependent phenomenon was observed in solution. Consistent with DFT calculations, we established that short oligomers adopted an 11/9 helix, whereas an 18/16 helix was favored for longer oligomers in solution. A rapid interconversion between the 11/9 helix and the 18/16 helix occurred for oligomers of intermediate length.

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