作者:José Luis Baeza、Guillermo Gerona-Navarro、Ma Jesús Pérez de Vega、Ma Teresa García-López、Rosario González-Muñiz、Mercedes Martín-Martínez
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.03.126
日期:2007.5
To investigate the ability of 2-alkyl-2-carboxy-azetidines (Azx) to induce reverse turns when incorporated into peptides, RCO-Azx-L-A1a-NHMe dipeptide derivatives were selected as simplified tetrapeptide models, in which the azetidine residue is incorporated at the i + 1 position. Molecular modelling, H-1 NMR and FTIR studies showed the high tendency of the model tetrapeptides to adopt gamma-turn conformations, indicating that these azetidine-containing amino acids could serve as general gamma-turn promoters. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.