ISSN:
0020-7608
Keywords:
Chemistry
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Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Previous ab initio computations revealed that the conformational building unit of the right-handed helix (φ ≈ -54°, ψ ≈ -45°) is not an energy minimum on two-dimensional-type Ramachandran potential energy surfaces (E = E{φ, ψ}). Theoretical investigations were performed on several single-amino-acid diamides such as For-Gly-NH2, For-L-Ala-NH2, Ac-L-Ala-NHMe, and For-L-Val-NH2 containing amino acid residues (e.g., Ala) which can often be found in helices as shown by X-ray data analysis of globular proteins. The current ab initio [self-consistent field (SCF)] results (based on four different basis sets [3-21G, 4-21G, 4-21G*, and 6-31G*]) presented point toward an intrinsic (i.e., non-environmental-assisted) stability of the right-handed helical subconformation of a simple amino acid diamide if the residue contains a polar side chain. Such is the case for a serine derivative when its (SINGLE BOND)CH2OH side chain is favorably oriented. For the For-L-Ser-NH2 model compound two slightly different right-handed helical backbone conformations were determined. Depending on the relative orientation of the side chain, the conformational monomer of the 310 helix (a sharper helical structure with an [i, i + 3]-type H-bond network) as well as the building block of the “standard” α-helix (the regular helical structure with an [i, i + 4]-type H-bond network) were determined computationally by geometry optimization. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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