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Influence of cis-trans isomerisation on pentapeptide cyclisation

1999
Journal Articles

Abstract

Cyclisation reactions on pentapeptides containing the turn promoting residues Gly and Pro are investigated. Although the cyclisation reaction is fast, solvent-dependent mixtures of cyclic penta- and decapeptides are observed. NMR studies suggest a strong dependence of the monomer/dimer ratio on the cis-trans isomerisation found in linear and cyclic peptides. The critical influence on ring closure of a cis Xaa-Pro peptide bond conformation is demonstrated by using the cis peptide bond-inducing residue 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-thiazolidine-4 carboxylic acid (Dmt, pseudo-proline) as proline substitute. The results shed new light on the role of cis-trans isomerisation in pentapeptide cyclisation. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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1999
Journal Articles

Abstract

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/038c0a8d-1ba0-4c4f-b1f6-67e4a4a497e3

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Cyclic compound

A cyclic compound (or ring compound) is a term for a compound in the field of chemistry in which one or more series of atoms in the compound is connected to form a ring. Rings may vary in size from three to many atoms, and include examples where all the atoms are carbon (i.e., are carbocycles), none of the atoms are carbon (inorganic cyclic compounds), or where both carbon and non-carbon atoms are present (heterocyclic compounds with rings containing both carbon and non-carbon).

Proline

Proline (symbol Pro or P) is an organic acid classed as a proteinogenic amino acid (used in the biosynthesis of proteins), although it does not contain the amino group -NH2 but is rather a secondary amine. The secondary amine nitrogen is in the protonated form (NH2+) under biological conditions, while the carboxyl group is in the deprotonated −COO− form. The "side chain" from the α carbon connects to the nitrogen forming a pyrrolidine loop, classifying it as a aliphatic amino acid.

Peptide

Peptides are short chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds. A polypeptide is a longer, continuous, unbranched peptide chain. Polypeptides which have a molecular mass of 10,000 Da or more are called proteins. Chains of fewer than twenty amino acids are called oligopeptides, and include dipeptides, tripeptides, and tetrapeptides. Peptides fall under the broad chemical classes of biological polymers and oligomers, alongside nucleic acids, oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, and others.