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Just D, Palivec V, Bártová K, Bednárová L, Pazderková M, Císařová I, Martinez-Seara H, Jahn U. Foldamers controlled by functional triamino acids: structural investigation of α/γ-hybrid oligopeptides. Commun Chem 2024; 7:114. [PMID: 38796536 PMCID: PMC11128005 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-024-01201-7] [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: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/14/2024] [Indexed: 05/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Peptide-like foldamers controlled by normal amide backbone hydrogen bonding have been extensively studied, and their folding patterns largely rely on configurational and conformational constraints induced by the steric properties of backbone substituents at appropriate positions. In contrast, opportunities to influence peptide secondary structure by functional groups forming individual hydrogen bond networks have not received much attention. Here, peptide-like foldamers consisting of alternating α,β,γ-triamino acids 3-amino-4-(aminomethyl)-2-methylpyrrolidine-3-carboxylate (AAMP) and natural amino acids glycine and alanine are reported, which were obtained by solution phase peptide synthesis. They form ordered secondary structures, which are dominated by a three-dimensional bridged triazaspiranoid-like hydrogen bond network involving the non-backbone amino groups, the backbone amide hydrogen bonds, and the relative configuration of the α,β,γ-triamino and α-amino acid building blocks. This additional stabilization leads to folding in both nonpolar organic as well as in aqueous environments. The three-dimensional arrangement of the individual foldamers is supported by X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, chiroptical methods, and molecular dynamics simulations.
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- David Just
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo náměstí 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo náměstí 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo náměstí 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo náměstí 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo náměstí 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 2030/8, 12843, Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo náměstí 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo náměstí 2, 16610, Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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Chernykh AV, Kudryk OV, Olifir OS, Dobrydnev AV, Rusanov E, Moskvina VS, Volochnyuk DM, Grygorenko OO. Expanding the Chemical Space of 1,2-Difunctionalized Cyclobutanes. J Org Chem 2023. [PMID: 36780233 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c02892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
Abstract
An efficient approach to the synthesis of previously unavailable or hardly accessible 1,2-difunctionalized cyclobutanes (mostly with NH2/NHBoc, OH, SH, or SO2F groups attached to the carbocycle either directly or via a CH2 unit) relying on the divergent strategy is described. This class of compounds provides sp3-enriched and conformationally restricted building blocks that are of special demand for medicinal chemistry. The target compounds were prepared not only as pure racemic (±)-cis- and (±)-trans-diastereomers but in some cases also as single enantiomers. The developed procedures are readily scaled up and allow obtaining the target compounds on an up to hundred-gram scale. On the basis of the results of 20 X-ray diffraction experiments, structural characterization of the 1,2-difunctionalized cyclobutane core was performed using the extended Cremer-Pople puckering parameters and exit vector (EVP) plots.
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- Anton V Chernykh
- Enamine Ltd. (www.enamine.net), Chervonotkatska Street 78, Kyïv 02094, Ukraine.,Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska Street 60, Kyïv 01601, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd. (www.enamine.net), Chervonotkatska Street 78, Kyïv 02094, Ukraine.,Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska Street 60, Kyïv 01601, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd. (www.enamine.net), Chervonotkatska Street 78, Kyïv 02094, Ukraine.,V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry at National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Akademik Kukhar Street 1, Kyïv 02094, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd. (www.enamine.net), Chervonotkatska Street 78, Kyïv 02094, Ukraine.,Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska Street 60, Kyïv 01601, Ukraine
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry at National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Akademik Kukhar Street 5, Kyïv 02094, Ukraine.,Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska Street 60, Kyïv 01601, Ukraine.,V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry at National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Akademik Kukhar Street 1, Kyïv 02094, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd. (www.enamine.net), Chervonotkatska Street 78, Kyïv 02094, Ukraine.,Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska Street 60, Kyïv 01601, Ukraine.,Institute of Organic Chemistry at National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Akademik Kukhar Street 5, Kyïv 02094, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd. (www.enamine.net), Chervonotkatska Street 78, Kyïv 02094, Ukraine.,Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska Street 60, Kyïv 01601, Ukraine
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Park HS, Kang YK. Impact of aza-substitutions on the preference of helix handedness for β-peptide oligomers: a DFT study. RSC Adv 2023; 13:3079-3082. [PMID: 36756412 PMCID: PMC9850699 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra07575j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
Abstract
We studied the helix preference of the heterochiral pentamers of cis-2-aminocyclohexanecarboxylic acid (c-ACHC) and cis-2-aminocyclopentanecarboxylic acid (c-ACPC) with alternating backbone configurations by replacing Cβ-aza- or Cα-aza-peptide residues using DFT methods in solution. The helix-handedness preferences of two pentamers were strongly affected by the replacement positions (i.e., chiralities) but not depending on the solvent polarity.
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- Hae Sook Park
- Department of Nursing, Cheju Halla UniversityCheju 63092Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Chungbuk National University Cheongju Chungbuk 28644 Republic of Korea
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Jeong S, Zhang L, Kim J, Gong J, Choi J, Ok KM, Lee Y, Kwon S, Lee H. Conformational Adaptation of β‐Peptide Foldamers for the Formation of Metal–Peptide Frameworks. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202108364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Seoneun Jeong
- Center for Multiscale Chiral Architectures Department of Chemistry KAIST 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34141 Korea
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- Center for Multiscale Chiral Architectures Department of Chemistry KAIST 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34141 Korea
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- Center for Multiscale Chiral Architectures Department of Chemistry KAIST 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34141 Korea
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- Center for Multiscale Chiral Architectures Department of Chemistry KAIST 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34141 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Seoul National University 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu Seoul 08826 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Sogang University 35 Baekbeom-ro, Mapo-gu Seoul 04107 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Seoul National University 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu Seoul 08826 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Chung-Ang University 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu Seoul 06974 Korea
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- Center for Multiscale Chiral Architectures Department of Chemistry KAIST 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34141 Korea
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Jeong S, Zhang L, Kim J, Gong J, Choi J, Ok KM, Lee Y, Kwon S, Lee HS. Conformational Adaptation of β-Peptide Foldamers for the Formation of Metal-Peptide Frameworks. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202108364. [PMID: 34469030 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202108364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 08/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Metal-coordinated frameworks derived from small peptidic ligands have received much attention thanks to peptides' vast structural and functional diversity. Various peptides with partial conformational preferences have been used to build metal-peptide frameworks, however, the use of conformationally constrained β-peptide foldamers has not been explored yet. Herein we report the first metal-coordination-mediated assembly of β-peptide foldamers with 12-helical folding propensity. The coordination of Ag+ to the terminal pyridyl moieties afforded a set of metal-peptide frameworks with unique entangled topologies. Interestingly, formation of the network structures was accompanied by notable conformational distortions of the foldamer ligands. As the first demonstration of new metal-peptide frameworks built from modular β-peptide foldamers, we anticipate that this work will be an important benchmark for further structural evolution and mechanistic investigation.
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- Seoneun Jeong
- Center for Multiscale Chiral Architectures, Department of Chemistry, KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Korea
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- Center for Multiscale Chiral Architectures, Department of Chemistry, KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Korea
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- Center for Multiscale Chiral Architectures, Department of Chemistry, KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Korea
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- Center for Multiscale Chiral Architectures, Department of Chemistry, KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, 35 Baekbeom-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, 04107, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 06974, Korea
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- Center for Multiscale Chiral Architectures, Department of Chemistry, KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Korea
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Park HS, Kang YK. Conformational Preferences of Cyclopentane-Based Oligo-δ-peptides in the Gas Phase and in Solution. Chempluschem 2021; 86:533-539. [PMID: 33540490 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
The conformational preferences of oligomers of δ-amino acid (δAc5 a) with a cyclopentyl constraint in the Cβ -Cγ bond of the backbone were investigated by using DFT methods in the gas phase and in solution. The folded structures with C10 H-bonded pseudocycles were most preferred for dimer and tetramer of δAc5 a residues both in chloroform and water. However, for the hexameric Ac-(δAc5 a)6 -NHMe, the mixed H16/14 helical structure was found to be most preferred in chloroform (populated at 68 %), whereas the H14 helical structure was the most dominant conformation in water (populated at 60 %). The stability of the former was ascribed to the intrinsic conformational energy, whereas the solvation free energy was crucial to stabilize the latter. Pyrrolidine-substituted analogues of the hexameric Ac-(δAc5 a)6 -NHMe, with adjacent amine diads that are almost exactly one turn apart with two nitrogen atoms separated by ca. 5.5 Å, adopted helical structures. They are potential catalysts in nonpolar and polar solvents as they have similar structures to a helical 1 : 2 α:β-heptapeptide that exhibited good catalytic performance in the crossed aldol condensation.
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- Hae Sook Park
- Department of Nursing, Cheju Halla University, Cheju, 63092, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, 28644, Republic of Korea
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