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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
Volume 115, Issue 1, Pages 50-56Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp108496f
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- European Community [226716]
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Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction measurements were performed on monolayer films of three amphiphilic and acidic beta-sheet peptides having the general sequence Pro-Y-(Z-Y)(5)-Pro, with Y = Asp or Glu and Z = Phe or Leu denoted, P(FD)-5, P(LE)-5, P(LD)-5, and the 1:1 molar ratio mixture of P(LD)-5 and P(LE)-5. The crystalline domains of these peptides exhibited compressibility and elasticity of the crystalline unit cell indicated by changes in diffraction patterns on compression. Higher compressibility values appeared to be associated with more favorable cross-strand interactions between peptides with the larger side chains, whereas P(LD)-5, decorated by the smaller side chain amino acids, exhibited the lowest crystalline compressibility. Diffraction patterns provided evidence for a new subunit cell generated by the pleated beta-strand motif in an apparently favorable mode of cross-strand intermolecular packing in beta-sheets. The study contributes to the understanding of beta-sheet flexibility at interfaces with relevance to natural proteins and designed biomaterials composed of beta-sheet peptides.
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