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Synthesis and conformation of a polyoxyethylene‐bound undecapeptide of the alamethicin helix and (2‐methylalanyl‐ L ‐alanine) 1–7

Synthesis and conformation of a polyoxyethylene‐bound undecapeptide of the alamethicin helix and... The stepwise synthesis and conformational studies of the N‐terminal helical partial sequence of the membrane‐modifying polypeptide antibiotic alamethicin are described. The polyoxyethylen esters of the fragments N‐t‐Boc‐L‐Pro‐Aib‐Ala‐Gln‐Aib‐Val‐Aib‐Gly‐OH and N‐Ac‐Aib‐L‐Pro‐Aib‐Ala‐Aib‐Ala‐Gln‐Aib‐Val‐Aib‐Gly‐OH are synthesized using polyoxyethylene (molecular mass 10,000) as solubilizing support. CD spectra of each intermediate in ethanol show α‐helix formation of the N‐protected peptide polymers beginning with the nonapeptide and of the N‐protonated sequences beginning with the decapeptide. Compared to the helix of alamethicin, temperature‐ and solvent‐dependent CD measurements indicate analogous conformational behavior. The results suggest that in lipophilic media the alamethicin helix can extend the full length of the partial sequence between the two proline residues and that aqueous media favor an increase of random‐coil conformation. For model studies of the particular lipid interaction of alamethicin, the stepwise synthesis of peptides with the alternating (Aib‐L‐Ala)n sequence (n = 1–7) was carried out on a polyoxyethylene support (molecular mass 6000). CD and ORD studies in ethanol showed a change from the random coil to a right‐handed α‐helix with increasing peptide length. This change is observed for the N‐protected peptides at a chain length of 8 residues and for the N‐protonated peptides at a length of 9 residues. The comparison of the CD data of free and polyoxyethylene‐bound peptides revealed that the solubilizing polymeric support cannot induce conformational changes. The intensities of the CD bands of t‐Boc‐(Aib‐L‐Ala)n‐OPOE (n ≥ 6) are higher than those of alamethicin, and these model peptides show similar temperature and solvent inducible changes of their helix contents. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biopolymers Wiley

Synthesis and conformation of a polyoxyethylene‐bound undecapeptide of the alamethicin helix and (2‐methylalanyl‐ L ‐alanine) 1–7

Biopolymers , Volume 18 (2) – Feb 1, 1979

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Wiley
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Copyright © 1979 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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0006-3525
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1097-0282
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10.1002/bip.1979.360180217
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Abstract

The stepwise synthesis and conformational studies of the N‐terminal helical partial sequence of the membrane‐modifying polypeptide antibiotic alamethicin are described. The polyoxyethylen esters of the fragments N‐t‐Boc‐L‐Pro‐Aib‐Ala‐Gln‐Aib‐Val‐Aib‐Gly‐OH and N‐Ac‐Aib‐L‐Pro‐Aib‐Ala‐Aib‐Ala‐Gln‐Aib‐Val‐Aib‐Gly‐OH are synthesized using polyoxyethylene (molecular mass 10,000) as solubilizing support. CD spectra of each intermediate in ethanol show α‐helix formation of the N‐protected peptide polymers beginning with the nonapeptide and of the N‐protonated sequences beginning with the decapeptide. Compared to the helix of alamethicin, temperature‐ and solvent‐dependent CD measurements indicate analogous conformational behavior. The results suggest that in lipophilic media the alamethicin helix can extend the full length of the partial sequence between the two proline residues and that aqueous media favor an increase of random‐coil conformation. For model studies of the particular lipid interaction of alamethicin, the stepwise synthesis of peptides with the alternating (Aib‐L‐Ala)n sequence (n = 1–7) was carried out on a polyoxyethylene support (molecular mass 6000). CD and ORD studies in ethanol showed a change from the random coil to a right‐handed α‐helix with increasing peptide length. This change is observed for the N‐protected peptides at a chain length of 8 residues and for the N‐protonated peptides at a length of 9 residues. The comparison of the CD data of free and polyoxyethylene‐bound peptides revealed that the solubilizing polymeric support cannot induce conformational changes. The intensities of the CD bands of t‐Boc‐(Aib‐L‐Ala)n‐OPOE (n ≥ 6) are higher than those of alamethicin, and these model peptides show similar temperature and solvent inducible changes of their helix contents.

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BiopolymersWiley

Published: Feb 1, 1979

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