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ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
Volume 15, Issue 32, Pages 6826-6836Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c7ob01617d
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- Ministero dell'Universita e della Ricerca (PRIN) [20157WW5EH]
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The conformational analysis of linear and cyclic peptides incorporating 2,3-methanopipecolic acids (or Cyclopropane Pipecolic Acids, CPAs) as conformationally constrained alpha-amino acids is reported. Compared to peptides containing proline or pipecolic acid, a striking increase of the cis isomer (42-92%) around the CPA amide bond is observed, both in water and organic solvents, when these unnatural amino acids are embodied in linear amino acid sequences. The rotational barrier around the same bond in water was calculated, giving results comparable to that for the prolyl cis/trans isomerization. In organic solvents, CPAs at the i + 2 position of a peptide induce the formation of a type VIa beta-turn secondary structure. When incorporated into a cyclic peptide, the cis geometry around the 2,3-methanopipecolic amide bond still prevails and, in the example studied herein ( a cyclic RGD-containing ligand of alpha(V)beta(3) integrin mimicking Cilengitide), conservation of the backbone geometry and side chain spatial orientation of the native peptide is also found. Given the importance of the proline cis/trans isomerism in many biological processes, CPAs could be useful as proline mimetics for probing protein-ligand interactions and generating novel bioactive compounds.
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