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Computational design of a self-assembling β-peptide oligomer

  • Ivan V. Korendovych
  • , Yong Ho Kim
  • , Andrew H. Ryan
  • , James D. Lear
  • , William F. Degrado
  • , Scott J. Shandler
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Longevity Biotech

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Abstract

The first computationally designed self-assembling oligomer consisting of exclusively β-amino acids (βAAs) is presented. The packing of a β-314 helix into coiled-coils of varying stoichiometries as a function of amino acid sequence is examined. β-Peptides with hVal repeating every third residue in the sequence appeared to have a strong propensity to pack into hexameric bundles. The designed sequence was synthesized and characterized with CD spectroscopy, NMR, and analytical ultracentrifugation, suggesting that the peptide adopts a well-folded hexameric structure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5142-5145
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume12
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Nov 2010
Externally publishedYes

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