摘要:
We investigated the preferred conformations of two nonapeptides, Boc-(L-Leu-D-Leu-Aib)(3)-OMe (2) and its enantiomer Boc-(D-Leu-L-Leu-Aib)(3)-OMe (ent-2), four dodecapeptides, Boc-(L-Leu-o-Leu-Aib)(4)-OMe (3), Boc-(L-Leu-Aib-D-Leu)(4)-OMe (4), Boc-(Aib-L-Leu-D-Leu)(4)-OMe (5), and Boc-(L-Leu-Aib-o-Leu-Aib)(3)-OMe (6), and a decapeptide, Boc-L-Leu-(D-Leu-L-Leu-Aib)(3)-OMe (7), in solution and in the crystalline state. The nonapeptide 2 formed a right-handed (P) alpha-helix, and its enantiomer ent-2 formed a left-handed (M) alpha-helix. The dodecapeptides 3 and 5 were folded into (P) helices, and 4 formed an (M) helical structure. As for 6, roughly equivalent amounts of (P) and (M) helices were observed in solution, and two (M) alpha-helices were detected in the crystalline state. Furthermore, the decapeptide 7, which possesses four L-Leu residues and three o-Leu residues, was folded into an (M) alpha-helix.