Entropic Stabilization of Isolated β-Sheets.

Temperature-dependent electric deflection measurements have been performed for a series of unsolvated alanine-based peptides (Ac-WA-NH, where Ac = acetyl, W = tryptophan, A = alanine, and n = 3, 5, 10, 13, and 15). The measurements are interpreted using Monte Carlo simulations performed with a paral...

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Published in:Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 127; no. 13; pp. 4675 - 4680
Main Authors: Dugourd, Philippe, Antoine, Rodolphe, Breaux, Gary, Broyer, Michel, Jarrold, Martin F.
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Published: American Chemical Society 4/6/2005
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          Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Ionique et Moléculaire, UMR No. 5579, CNRS et Université Lyon 1, 43 bd du 11 novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
          Chemistry Department, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7102.
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        Alanine
        Peptides
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        Temperature
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        Amino acids
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      ab: Temperature-dependent electric deflection measurements have been performed for a series of unsolvated alanine-based peptides (Ac-WA-NH, where Ac = acetyl, W = tryptophan, A = alanine, and n = 3, 5, 10, 13, and 15). The measurements are interpreted using Monte Carlo simulations performed with a parallel tempering algorithm. Despite alanine's high helix propensity in solution, the results suggest that unsolvated Ac-WA-NH peptides with n>10 adopt β-sheet conformations at room temperature. Previous studies have shown that protonated alanine-based peptides adopt helical or globular conformations in the gas phase, depending on the location of the charge. Thus, the charge more than anything else controls the structure.
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