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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 133, Issue 11, Pages 3931-3942Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja108643p
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- French National Research Agency (ANR) [ANR-08-BLAN-0158-01]
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The formation of monohydrates of capped phenylalanine model peptides, CH3-CO-Phe-NH2 and CH3-CO-Phe-NH-CH3, in a supersonic: expansion has been investigated using laser spectroscopy and quantum chemistry methods. Conformational distributions of the monohydrates have been revealed by IR/UV double-resonance spectroscopy and their structures assigned by comparison with DFT-D calculations. A careful analysis of the final hydrate distribution together with a detailed theoretical investigation of the potential energy surface of the monohydrates demonstrates that solvation occurs from the conformational distribution of the isolated peptide monomers. The distribution of the monohydrates appears to be strongly dependent on both the initial monomer conformation (extended or folded backbone) and the solvation site initially occupied by the water molecule. The solvation processes taking place during the cooling can be categorized as follows: (a) solvation without significant structural changes of the peptide, (b) solvation inducing significant distortions of the backbone but retaining the secondary structure, and (c) solvation triggering backbone isomerizations, leading to a modification of the peptide secondary structure. It is observed that solvation by a single water molecule can fold a beta-strand into a gamma-turn structure (type c) or induce a significant opening of a gamma-turn characterized by an elongated C-7 hydrogen bond (type b). These structural changes can be considered as a first step toward the polyproline II condensed-phase structure, illustrating the role played by the very first water
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