Conformation and hydrogen bonding of N-formylmethionyl peptides. Parallel beta-sheet in the crystal structure of N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-valine.
A Chatterjee, R Parthasarathy
Index: Int. J. Pept. Protein Res. 24(5) , 447-52, (1984)
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Abstract
Crystals of N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-valine (C11H20N2O)4S, M.W. = 276.3) are orthorhombic, space group )2(1)2(1)2(1) with cell constants at 294K of a = 4.851 (1), b = 14.925 (1), c = 19.745 (3) A, V = 1429.8 (1) A3, Z = 4 and observed (Dm) and calculated (Dx) of 1.49 and 1.488 g x cm-3, respectively. The crystal structure was solved using automatic diffractometer data (1260 reflections larger than or equal to 3 sigma) and refined to a final R-value of 0.035. This structure contains a short (2.626 (3) A) intermolecular hydrogen bond between the carboxyl OH and the N-acyl oxygen, a feature common to most N-acylamino acids and N-acylpeptides. The peptide is nearly planar (omega = 174.6 (5)); the values of psi 1, phi 2, psi 1T and psi 2T are, respectively, 131.8 (4) degrees, -139.9 (5) degrees, -39.3 (4) degrees and 142.1 (4) degrees. The methionine side chain is not zig-zag transplanar; the side chain torsion angles are: chi 1(1) = -60.0 (4) degrees, chi 2(1) = 176.0 (4) degrees and chi 3(1) = 71.8 (4) degrees. The two C gamma's for valine have psi 1-values of -64.4 (5) degrees and 173.7 (5) degrees. The formation of the parallel rather than antiparallel beta-sheet structure, the participation of the N-formyl group in the parallel beta-sheet and the use of C-H ... O hydrogen bonds to stabilize the beta-sheet are novel features found in this structure.
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