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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5142-5145 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 22 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 19 Nov 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |