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  • Title: Nuclear magnetic resonance conformational studies on the chemotactic tripeptide formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine. A small beta sheet.
    Author: Becker EL, Bleich HE, Day AR, Freer RJ, Glasel JA, Visintainer J.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1979 Oct 16; 18(21):4656-68. PubMed ID: 497159.
    Abstract:
    Previous work by several groups has shown that the combination of spin--spin coupling constants and spectral density components (derived from spin--lattice relaxation and/or nuclear Overhauser measurements) may aid in the task of conformational determination of peptides in solution. Using the peptide formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine, which is a potent specific chemotactic agent for leucocytes, we show the following: (a) that 3JNHCH coupling constants are consistent with a high degree of rigidity in the peptide backbone in solution, (b) that 3H isotopic substitution in combination with relaxation data taken at different Larmor frequencies enables spectral density, and thence conformational, information to be obtained, (c) that side-chain conformations for this molecule mirror, in some aspects, those found in the solid state for other peptides containing the same residues, and (d) that temperature dependence of amide chemical shifts does not have direct implication concerning the existence of intramolecular hydrogen bonds in peptides. We are able to propose a family of conformations which appear to interchange rapidly on the NMR time scale and are characterized by a distribution of side-chain rotamers. The basic backbone conformation is, or closely approximates, a small beta antiparallel pleated sheet and as such suggests a possible mode of receptor--chemotactic peptide interaction.
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