19 F NMR Chemical Shifts Induced by a Helical Peptide

Autor: Matthew A. Kubasik, Erin Daly, Adam Blom
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: ChemBioChem. 7:1056-1061
ISSN: 1439-7633
1439-4227
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200500541
Popis: (19)F NMR spectra of two neutral, organic-soluble helical peptide octamers, each labeled at its N terminus with either 4-fluorobenzamide or 4-trifluoromethylbenzamide, in solvents with widely varying dielectric constants have been observed. The peptides are oligomers of alpha-aminoisobutyric acid (Aib), which is a residue known to form stable 3(10) helices in organic solution. In relation to the (19)F NMR spectra of a control molecule, the peptide terminating in 4-fluorobenzamide shows a solvent-dependent downfield chemical shift of between approximately 1.5 and approximately 4 ppm, whilst the peptide terminating in 4-trifluoromethylbenzamide shows only an approximately 0.2 ppm chemical shift dependence on the solvent dielectric constant. The experimental observations were compared to calculated values of the electric field generated by the correlation of dipolar amide units through the peptide's helical conformation. We find the chemical-shift response of the 4-fluorobenzamide group to the peptide's calculated electric field is consistent with the magnitude of (19)F chemical shift dispersion observed in proteins.
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