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  • Title: A linear endothelin-1 analogue: solution structure of ET-1[Aib1,3,11,15, Nle7] by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and molecular modelling.
    Author: Hewage CM, Jiang L, Parkinson JA, Ramage R, Sadler IH.
    Journal: Neurochem Int; 1999 Jul; 35(1):35-45. PubMed ID: 10403428.
    Abstract:
    Two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance techniques and a combination of distance geometry and molecular dynamics calculations were utilised to determine the three dimensional solution structure of an ET-1 analogue, ET-1[Aib1,3,11,15, Nle7], in a methanol-d3/water co-solvent. The modelled structure shows that the peptide folds into a consistent alpha-helical conformation between residues Ser4-His16 while the C-terminus prefers no fixed conformation. Our studies confirm that the disulphide links which are normally associated with the endothelin family of neuropeptides are not important for the formation of a helical conformation in solution. This full length, modified, synthetic linear ET-1 analogue plays a vital role towards designing endothelin receptor agonists. Structure activity relationships are discussed in terms of the conformational features of the calculated structure.
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