Further studies of the helix dipole model: Effects of a free α‐NH3+or α‐COO−group on helix stability
作者:
Robert Fairman,
Kevin R. Shoemaker,
Eunice J. York,
Jhon M. Stewart,
Robert L. Baldwin,
期刊:
Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics
(WILEY Available online 1989)
卷期:
Volume 5,
issue 1
页码: 1-7
ISSN:0887-3585
年代: 1989
DOI:10.1002/prot.340050102
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: helix stabilization;helix dipole;charged group;pH titration;electrostatic interaction;hydrogen bonding
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractInteractions between the α‐helix peptide dipoles and charged groups close to the ends of the helix were found to be an important determinant of α‐helix stability in a previous study.1The charge on the N‐terminal residue of the C‐peptide from ribonuclease A was varied chiefly by changing the α‐NH2blocking group, and the correlation of helix stability with N‐terminal charge was demonstrated. An alternative explanation for some of those results is that the succinyl and acetyl blocking groups stabilize the helix by hydrogen bonding to an unsatisfied main‐chain NH group. The helix dipole model is tested here with peptides that contain either a free α‐NH 3+α‐COO−groups, and no other charged groups that would titrate with similar pKa's. This model predicts that α‐NH3α‐COO‐ groups are helix‐destabilizingand that the destabilizing interactions are electrostatic in origin. The hydrogen bonding model predicts that α‐NH3and α‐COO‐ groups are not themselves helix‐destabilizing, but that an acetyl or amide blocking group at the N‐ or C‐ terminus, respectively, stabilizes the helix by hydrogen bonding to an unsatisfied main‐chain NH or CO group.The results are as follows: (1) Removal of the charge from α‐NH3and α‐COO‐ groups by pH titration stabilizes an α‐helix. (2) The increase in helix stability on pH titration of these groups is close to the increase produced by adding an acetyl or amide blocking group. (3) The helix‐stabilizing effect of removing the charge from α‐NH3and α‐COO‐ groups by pH titration is screened by increasing the NaCl concentration, and therefore the effect is electrostatic in origin. (4) Replacing the C‐terminal amide blocking group with a methylester blocking group, w
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