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Peggion C, Panetta V, Lastella L, Formaggio F, Ricci A, Oancea S, Hilma G, Biondi B. Relevance of amphiphilicity and helicity on the antibacterial action of a histatin 5-derived peptide. J Pept Sci 2024:e3609. [PMID: 38676397 DOI: 10.1002/psc.3609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 04/09/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
Abstract
Peptide dhvar4, derived from the active domain of our salivary peptide histatin 5, bears a Phe residue in the middle of its hydrophilic face when folded into an α-helix. We then synthesized an analog with this Phe replaced by Lys and two analogs preserving Phe but bearing two and three α-aminoisobutyric acid (Aib) residues to stabilize the helical structure. The aim of this design was to verify which of the two features is more favorable to the biological activity. We performed a conformational study by means of circular dichroism and nuclear magnetic resonance, made antibacterial tests, and assessed the stability of the peptides in human serum. We observed that amphiphilicity is more important than helix stability, provided a peptide can adopt a helical conformation in a membrane-mimetic environment.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Padova Unit, CNR, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences and Food Engineering, "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania
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- Public Health Directorate, Sibiu, Romania
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- Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Padova Unit, CNR, Padova, Italy
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Rohmer M, Freudenberg J, Binder WH. Secondary Structures in Synthetic Poly(Amino Acids): Homo- and Copolymers of Poly(Aib), Poly(Glu), and Poly(Asp). Macromol Biosci 2022; 23:e2200344. [PMID: 36377468 DOI: 10.1002/mabi.202200344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The secondary structure of poly(amino acids) is an excellent tool for controlling and understanding the functionality and properties of proteins. In this perspective article the secondary structures of the homopolymers of oligo- and poly-glutamic acid (Glu), aspartic acid (Asp), and α-aminoisobutyric acid (Aib) are discussed. Information on external and internal factors, such as the nature of side groups, interactions with solvents and interactions between chains is reviewed. A special focus is directed on the folding in hybrid-polymers consisting of oligo(amino acids) and synthetic polymers. Being part of the SFB TRR 102 "Polymers under multiple constraints: restricted and controlled molecular order and mobility" this overview is embedded into the cross section of protein fibrillation and supramolecular polymers. As polymer- and amino acid folding is an important step for the utilization and design of future biomolecules these principles guide to a deeper understanding of amyloid fibrillation.
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- Matthias Rohmer
- Macromolecular Chemistry, Von-Danckelmann-Platz 4, 06120, Halle, Germany
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- Macromolecular Chemistry, Von-Danckelmann-Platz 4, 06120, Halle, Germany
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Hikawa H, Takahashi A, Kikkawa S, Suzuki A, Takahashi Y, Sato N, Okayasu M, Azumaya I. Homochiral and heterochiral associations observed in crystals of ArSO 2-(Aib) 5-OMe. CrystEngComm 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ce01267j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We demonstrated two remarkably different types of network structures that consist of homochiral and heterochiral 1D chains of enantiomeric 310-helices in the crystals of ArSO2-(Aib)5-OMe.
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- Hidemasa Hikawa
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Toho University
- Funabashi
- Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Toho University
- Funabashi
- Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Toho University
- Funabashi
- Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Toho University
- Funabashi
- Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Toho University
- Funabashi
- Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Toho University
- Funabashi
- Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Toho University
- Funabashi
- Japan
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Castro TG, Micaêlo NM, Melle-Franco M. Modeling the secondary structures of the peptaibols antiamoebin I and zervamicin II modified with D-amino acids and proline analogues. J Mol Model 2017; 23:313. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-017-3479-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Crisma M, De Zotti M, Formaggio F, Peggion C, Moretto A, Toniolo C. Handedness preference and switching of peptide helices. Part II: Helices based on noncodedα-amino acids. J Pept Sci 2015; 21:148-77. [DOI: 10.1002/psc.2743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2014] [Revised: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Padova; Padova Italy
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- ICB; Padova Unit; CNR Padova Italy
- Department of Chemistry; University of Padova; Padova Italy
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- ICB; Padova Unit; CNR Padova Italy
- Department of Chemistry; University of Padova; Padova Italy
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- ICB; Padova Unit; CNR Padova Italy
- Department of Chemistry; University of Padova; Padova Italy
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Pike SJ, Boddaert T, Raftery J, Webb SJ, Clayden J. Participation of non-aminoisobutyric acid (Aib) residues in the 310 helical conformation of Aib-rich foldamers: a solid state study. NEW J CHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4nj01547a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
310 helical conformations that extend over 21 Å result when selected non-Aib terminal and central residues are incorporated into Aib-rich foldamers.
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- Sarah J. Pike
- School of Chemistry
- University of Manchester
- Manchester
- UK
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- School of Chemistry
- University of Manchester
- Manchester
- UK
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- School of Chemistry
- University of Manchester
- Manchester
- UK
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
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Zotti MD, Formaggio F, Crisma M, Peggion C, Moretto A, Toniolo C. Handedness preference and switching of peptide helices. Part I: Helices based on protein amino acids. J Pept Sci 2014; 20:307-22. [DOI: 10.1002/psc.2638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Revised: 03/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Marta De Zotti
- Department of Chemistry; University of Padua; Padua Italy
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Padua; Padua Italy
- ICB, Padua Unit; CNR; Italy
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Sheet T, Supakar S, Banerjee R. Conformational preference of 'CαNN' short peptide motif towards recognition of anions. PLoS One 2013; 8:e57366. [PMID: 23516403 PMCID: PMC3596363 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2012] [Accepted: 01/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Among several ‘anion binding motifs’, the recently described ‘CαNN’ motif occurring in the loop regions preceding a helix, is conserved through evolution both in sequence and its conformation. To establish the significance of the conserved sequence and their intrinsic affinity for anions, a series of peptides containing the naturally occurring ‘CαNN’ motif at the N-terminus of a designed helix, have been modeled and studied in a context free system using computational techniques. Appearance of a single interacting site with negative binding free-energy for both the sulfate and phosphate ions, as evidenced in docking experiments, establishes that the ‘CαNN’ segment has an intrinsic affinity for anions. Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation studies reveal that interaction with anion triggers a conformational switch from non-helical to helical state at the ‘CαNN’ segment, which extends the length of the anchoring-helix by one turn at the N-terminus. Computational experiments substantiate the significance of sequence/structural context and justify the conserved nature of the ‘CαNN’ sequence for anion recognition through “local” interaction.
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- Tridip Sheet
- Department of Bioinformatics, West Bengal University of Technology, Salt Lake, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Bioinformatics, West Bengal University of Technology, Salt Lake, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Bioinformatics, West Bengal University of Technology, Salt Lake, Kolkata, India
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Lettieri R, Bischetti M, Gatto E, Palleschi A, Ricci E, Formaggio F, Crisma M, Toniolo C, Venanzi M. Looking for the peptide 2.05-helix: A solvent- and main-chain length-dependent conformational switch probed by electron transfer across cα,α-diethylglycine homo-oligomers. Biopolymers 2013; 100:51-63. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.22190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2012] [Revised: 11/09/2012] [Accepted: 11/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Brown RA, Marcelli T, De Poli M, Solà J, Clayden J. Induction of Unexpected Left-Handed Helicity by an N-Terminal L-Amino Acid in an Otherwise Achiral Peptide Chain. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201107583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Brown RA, Marcelli T, De Poli M, Solà J, Clayden J. Induction of unexpected left-handed helicity by an N-terminal L-amino acid in an otherwise achiral peptide chain. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:1395-9. [PMID: 22294355 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201107583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Robert A Brown
- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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Formaggio F, Crisma M, Ballano G, Peggion C, Venanzi M, Toniolo C. Novel peptide foldameric motifs: a step forward in our understanding of the fully-extended conformation/310-helix coexistence. Org Biomol Chem 2012; 10:2413-21. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ob06863j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Konar AD. mABA inserted supramolecular triple helix formation in the solid state in synthetic tripeptides containing β-cyanoalanine and Aib as corner residues. CrystEngComm 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ce25527h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Formaggio F, Crisma M, Peggion C, Moretto A, Venanzi M, Toniolo C. Looking for a Robust, Synthetic, Fully-Extended (2.05-Helical) Peptide Structure - Effect of Terminal Groups. European J Org Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201101273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Demizu Y, Doi M, Kurihara M, Okuda H, Nagano M, Suemune H, Tanaka M. Conformational studies on peptides containing α,α-disubstituted α-amino acids: chiral cyclic α,α-disubstituted α-amino acid as an α-helical inducer. Org Biomol Chem 2011; 9:3303-12. [DOI: 10.1039/c0ob01146k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Maekawa H, Ballano G, Toniolo C, Ge NH. Linear and Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopic Study of the Amide I and II Modes in Fully Extended Peptide Chains. J Phys Chem B 2010; 115:5168-82. [DOI: 10.1021/jp105527n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Hiroaki Maekawa
- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California, 92697-2025
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- Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, CNR, Padova Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, CNR, Padova Unit, Department of Chemistry, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California, 92697-2025
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Dutta A, Drew MG, Pramanik A. Design of a turn-linker-turn foldamer by incorporating meta-amino benzoic acid in the middle of a helix forming hexapeptide sequence: A helix breaking approach. J Mol Struct 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2009.04.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Dutt A, Drew MG, Pramanik A. Conformational and self-assembly studies of helix forming hexapeptides containing two α-amino isobutyric acids. Tetrahedron 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2007.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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