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Dupont J, Hartwig B, Le Barbu-Debus K, Lepere V, Guillot R, Suhm MA, Zehnacker A. Homochiral vs. heterochiral preference in chiral self-recognition of cyclic diols. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:10610-10621. [PMID: 38506638 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00351a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
Abstract
The structure and clustering propensity of a chiral derivative of cis-1,2-cyclohexanediol, namely, 1-phenyl-cis-1,2-cyclohexanediol (cis-PCD), has been studied under supersonic expansion conditions by combining laser spectroscopy with quantum chemistry calculations. The presence of the phenyl substituent induces conformational locking relative to cis-1,2-cyclohexanediol (cis-CD), and only one conformer of the bare molecule is observed by both Raman and IR-UV double resonance spectroscopy. The homochiral preference inferred for the dimer formation at low enough temperature is in line with the formation of a conglomerate in the solid state. The change in clustering propensity in cis-PCD relative to trans-1,2-cyclohexanediol (trans-CD), which shows heterochiral preference, is explained by the presence of the phenyl substituent rather than the effect of cis-trans isomerism. Indeed the transiently chiral cis-CD also forms preferentially heterodimers, whose structure is very close to that of the corresponding trans-CD dimer.
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- Jennifer Dupont
- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO), CNRS, rue André Rivière, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France.
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstr. 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO), CNRS, rue André Rivière, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France.
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO), CNRS, rue André Rivière, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France.
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), 17 Av. des Sciences Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstr. 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO), CNRS, rue André Rivière, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France.
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Debnath S, Rajalakshmi VS, Kumar D, Das B, Vasudev PG, Satpati P, Chatterjee S. Ambidexterity and Left-Handedness Induced by Geminally Disubstituted γ Amino Acid Residues in Chiral 3 10 Helices. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:36370-36385. [PMID: 37810672 PMCID: PMC10552473 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c05124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
Abstract
Chirality is an omnipresent feature in nature's architecture starting from simple molecules like amino acids to complex higher-order structures viz. proteins, DNA, and RNA. The L configuration of proteinogenic amino acids gives rise to right-handed helices. Ambidexterity is as rare in organisms as in molecules. There are only a few reports of ambidexterity in single-peptide molecules composed of either mixed L and D or achiral residues. Here, we report, for the first time, the ambidextrous and left-handed helical conformations in the chiral nonapeptides P1-P3 (Boc-LUVUγx,xULUV-OMe where U = Aib, x,x = 2,2/3,3/4,4), containing chiral L α amino acid residues, in addition to the usually observed right-handed helical conformation. The centrally located achiral γ residue, capable of adopting both left and right-handed helical conformations, induces its handedness on the neighboring chiral and achiral residues, leading to the observation of both left and right-handed helices in P2 and P3. The presence of a single water molecule proximal to the γ residue induces the reversal of helix handedness by forming distinct and stable water-mediated hydrogen bonds. This gives rise to ambidextrous helices as major conformers in P1 and P2. The absence of the observation of ambidexterity in P3 might be due to the inability of γ4,4 in the recruitment of a water molecule. Experiments (NMR, X-ray, and CD) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations suggest that the position of geminal disubstitution is crucial for determining the population of the amenable helical conformations (ambidextrous, left and right-handed) in these chiral peptides.
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- Swapna Debnath
- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology,
Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India
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- Plant
Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Central Institute
of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226015, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology,
Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India
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- Plant
Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Central Institute
of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226015, India
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- Biosciences
and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of
Technology, Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology,
Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India
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Pérez-Mellor A, Zehnacker A. Vibrational circular dichroism of a 2,5-diketopiperazine (DKP) peptide: Evidence for dimer formation in cyclo LL or LD diphenylalanine in the solid state. Chirality 2017; 29:89-96. [DOI: 10.1002/chir.22674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2016] [Revised: 11/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Ariel Pérez-Mellor
- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO); CNRS and Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay; Orsay France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO); CNRS and Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay; Orsay France
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Akashi S, Downard KM. Effect of charge on the conformation of highly basic peptides including the tail regions of histone proteins by ion mobility mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2016; 408:6637-48. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-9777-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2016] [Revised: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Gotanda R, Yamamoto K, Kadokawa JI. Amylose Stereoselectively Includes Poly(d-alanine) to Form Inclusion Complex in Vine-Twining Polymerization: A Novel Saccharide-Peptide Supramolecular Conjugate. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201500498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Ryuya Gotanda
- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Chemical Engineering; Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Kagoshima University; 1-21-40 Korimoto Kagoshima 890-0065 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Chemical Engineering; Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Kagoshima University; 1-21-40 Korimoto Kagoshima 890-0065 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Chemical Engineering; Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Kagoshima University; 1-21-40 Korimoto Kagoshima 890-0065 Japan
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Lepere V, Le Barbu-Debus K, Clavaguéra C, Scuderi D, Piani G, Simon AL, Chirot F, MacAleese L, Dugourd P, Zehnacker A. Chirality-dependent structuration of protonated or sodiated polyphenylalanines: IRMPD and ion mobility studies. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 18:1807-17. [PMID: 26679547 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp06768e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ion mobility experiments are combined with Infra-Red Multiple Photon Dissociation (IRMPD) spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations for assessing the role of chirality in the structure of protonated and sodiated di- or tetra-peptides. Sodiated systems show a strong chirality dependence of the competition between Na(+)O and Na(+)π interactions. Chirality effects are more subtle in protonated systems and manifest themselves by differences in the secondary interactions such hydrogen bonds between neutral groups or those involving the aromatic rings.
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- Valeria Lepere
- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO), CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France.
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Chaudret R, de Courcy B, Contreras-García J, Gloaguen E, Zehnacker-Rentien A, Mons M, Piquemal JP. Unraveling non-covalent interactions within flexible biomolecules: from electron density topology to gas phase spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 16:9876-91. [PMID: 24419903 DOI: 10.1039/c3cp52774c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The NCI (Non-Covalent Interactions) method, a recently-developed theoretical strategy to visualize weak non-covalent interactions from the topological analysis of the electron density and of its reduced gradient, is applied in the present paper to document intra- and inter-molecular interactions in flexible molecules and systems of biological interest in combination with IR spectroscopy. We first describe the conditions of application of the NCI method to the specific case of intramolecular interactions. Then we apply it to a series of stable conformations of isolated molecules as an interpretative technique to decipher the different physical interactions at play in these systems. Examples are chosen among neutral molecular systems exhibiting a large diversity of interactions, for which an extensive spectroscopic characterization under gas-phase isolation conditions has been obtained using state-of-the-art conformer-specific experimental techniques. The interactions presently documented range from weak intra-molecular H-bonds in simple amino-alcohols, to more complex patterns, with interactions of various strengths in model peptides, as well as in chiral bimolecular systems, where invaluable hints for the understanding of chiral recognition are revealed. We also provide a detailed technical appendix, which discusses the choices of cut-offs as well as the applicability of the NCI analysis to specific constrained systems, where local effects require attention. Finally, the NCI technique provides IR spectroscopists with an elegant visualization of the interactions that potentially impact their vibrational probes, namely the OH and NH stretching motions. This contribution illustrates the power and the conditions of use of the NCI technique, with the aim of providing an easy tool for all chemists, experimentalists and theoreticians, for the visualization and characterization of the interactions shaping complex molecular systems.
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- R Chaudret
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique and CNRS, UMR 7616, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, Paris, France.
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Tia M, Cunha de Miranda B, Daly S, Gaie-Levrel F, Garcia GA, Nahon L, Powis I. VUV photodynamics and chiral asymmetry in the photoionization of gas phase alanine enantiomers. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:2765-79. [PMID: 24654892 DOI: 10.1021/jp5016142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The valence shell photoionization of the simplest proteinaceous chiral amino acid, alanine, is investigated over the vacuum ultraviolet region from its ionization threshold up to 18 eV. Tunable and variable polarization synchrotron radiation was coupled to a double imaging photoelectron/photoion coincidence (i(2)PEPICO) spectrometer to produce mass-selected threshold photoelectron spectra and derive the state-selected fragmentation channels. The photoelectron circular dichroism (PECD), an orbital-sensitive, conformer-dependent chiroptical effect, was also recorded at various photon energies and compared to continuum multiple scattering calculations. Two complementary vaporization methods-aerosol thermodesorption and a resistively heated sample oven coupled to an adiabatic expansion-were applied to promote pure enantiomers of alanine into the gas phase, yielding neutral alanine with different internal energy distributions. A comparison of the photoelectron spectroscopy, fragmentation, and dichroism measured for each of the vaporization methods was rationalized in terms of internal energy and conformer populations and supported by theoretical calculations. The analytical potential of the so-called PECD-PICO detection technique-where the electron spectroscopy and circular dichroism can be obtained as a function of mass and ion translational energy-is underlined and applied to characterize the origin of the various species found in the experimental mass spectra. Finally, the PECD findings are discussed within an astrochemical context, and possible implications regarding the origin of biomolecular asymmetry are identified.
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- Maurice Tia
- Synchrotron SOLEIL, l'Orme des Merisiers, Saint Aubin BP 48, 91192 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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Hoang HN, Abbenante G, Hill TA, Ruiz-Gómez G, Fairlie DP. Folding pentapeptides into left and right handed alpha helices. Tetrahedron 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.10.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Enders JR, McLean JA. Chiral and structural analysis of biomolecules using mass spectrometry and ion mobility-mass spectrometry. Chirality 2010; 21 Suppl 1:E253-64. [PMID: 19927374 DOI: 10.1002/chir.20806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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This report describes the strategies for gas-phase chiral and structural characterization of biomolecules using mass spectrometry (MS) and ion mobility-MS (IM-MS) techniques. Because both MS and IM-MS do not directly provide chiral selectivity, methodologies for adding a chiral selector are discussed in the context of (i) host-guest (H-G) associations, (ii) diastereomeric collision-induced dissociation (CID) methods, (iii) ion-molecule reactions, and (iv) the kinetic method. MS techniques for the analysis of proteins and protein complexes are briefly described. New advances in performing rapid 2D gas-phase separations on the basis of IM-MS are reviewed with a particular emphasis on the different forms of IM instrumentation and how they are used for chiral and/or structural biomolecular studies. This report is not intended to be a comprehensive review of the field, but rather to underscore the contemporary techniques that are commonly or increasingly being used to complement measurements performed by chiroptical methodologies.
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- Jeffrey R Enders
- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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