Conformational analysis by molecular mechanics energy minimizations of the tetrapeptide Boc-Gly-Leu-Gly-Gly–NMe, a recurring sequence of elastin

Autor:	Vincenzo Villani, Antonio M. Tamburro
Rok vydání:	1993
Předmět:	chemistry.chemical_classification animal structures integumentary system Tetrapeptide biology Hydrogen bond Stereochemistry Molecular mechanics Amino acid chemistry embryonic structures biology.protein Molecule Elasticity (economics) Elastin Conformational isomerism
Zdroj:	J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2. :1951-1961
ISSN:	1364-5471 0300-9580
DOI:	10.1039/p29930001951
Popis:	The amino acid sequences Gly-X-Gly-Gly (X = Ala, Val, Leu, lle) frequently recur in elastin and might play a role in the molecular mechanism of protein elasticity. In this paper we report on a theoretical conformational analysis by molecular mechanics energy minimizations of the tetrapeptide Boc-Gly-Leu-Gly-Gly–NMe, using a strategy based on the build-up method for searching exhaustively the conformational space. The set of 3785 conformers has been determined and a statistical analysis has been carried out. The conformers' energy, end-to-end distance, torsions and CO ⋯ HN interaction distance distributions are discussed. The stability of type II β-turn Gly-1-CO ⋯ HNGIy-4, within the conformer family (experimentally observed), and C7 HNLeu-2, C7 HNMe and C10 HNMe hydrogen bonds (hypothesized according to experimental results), have been theoretically verified. The possible role of librational motions and sliding β-turns for the entropic elasticity mechanism of elastin is discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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