Ester vs. amide on folding: a case study with a 2-residue synthetic peptide
作者:Kuruppanthara N. Vijayadas、Roshna V. Nair、Rupesh L. Gawade、Amol S. Kotmale、Panchami Prabhakaran、Rajesh G. Gonnade、Vedavadi G. Puranik、Pattuparambil R. Rajamohanan、Gangadhar J. Sanjayan
DOI:10.1039/c3ob41967c
日期:——
Although known for their inferiority as hydrogen-bonding acceptors when compared to amides, esters are often found at the C-terminus of peptides and synthetic oligomers (foldamers), presumably due to the synthetic readiness with which they are obtained using protected peptide coupling, deploying amino acid esters at the C-terminus. When the H-bonding interactions deviate from regularity at the termini, peptide chains tend to “fray apart”. However, the individual contributions of C-terminal esters in causing peptide chain end-fraying goes often unnoticed, particularly due to diverse competing effects emanating from large peptide chains. Herein, we describe a striking case of a comparison of the individual contributions of C-terminal ester vs. amide carbonyl as a H-bonding acceptor in the folding of a peptide. A simple two-residue peptide fold has been used as a testing case to demonstrate that amide carbonyl is far superior to ester carbonyl in promoting peptide folding, alienating end-fraying. This finding would have a bearing on the fundamental understanding of the individual contributions of stabilizing/destabilizing non-covalent interactions in peptide folding.
尽管在作为氢键受体方面与酰胺相比被认为质量较差,酯类却常常出现在肽链和合成寡聚体(折叠体)的C末端,这很可能是因为它们在使用保护性肽耦合反应、在C末端部署氨基酸酯时易于合成。当末端的氢键相互作用偏离规则时,肽链往往会“散开”。然而,C末端酯对肽链末端散开的单独贡献常常被忽视,特别是因为大型肽链存在多种竞争效应。在此,我们描述了一个引人注目的案例,比较了C末端酯与酰胺羰基在促进肽折叠中作为氢键受体的个别贡献。我们使用了一个简单的两残基肽折叠作为测试案例,证明酰胺羰基在促进肽折叠、防止末端散开方面远胜于酯羰基。这一发现将对理解稳定/不稳定非共价相互作用在肽折叠中个别贡献的基本理解产生影响。