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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
卷 114, 期 32, 页码 10674-10683出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp105508g
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- EPSRC [EP/F048114/1, EP/G026203/1]
- MCYT
- FEDER [MAT2009-09138]
- Generalitat de Catalunya [2009 SGR 925, XRQTC]
- EPSRC [EP/F048114/1, EP/G026203/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/F048114/1, EP/G026203/1] Funding Source: researchfish
The self-assembly of a peptide based on a sequence from the amyloid beta peptide but incorporating the non-natural amino acid beta-2-thienylalanine (2-Thi) has been investigated in aqueous and methanol solutions. The peptide AAKLVFF was used as a design motif, replacing the phenylalanine residues (F) with 2-Thi units to yield (2-Thi)(2-Thi)VLKAA. The 2-Thi residues are expected to confer interesting electronic properties due to charge delocalization and pi-stacking. The peptide is shown to form beta-sheet-rich amyloid fibrils with a twisted morphology, in both water and methanol solutions at sufficiently high concentration. The formation of a self-assembling hydrogel is observed at high concentration. Detailed molecular modeling using molecular dynamics methods was performed using NOE constraints provided by 2D-NMR experiments. The conformational and charge properties of 2-Thi were modeled using quantum mechanical methods, and found to be similar to those previously reported for the beta-3-thienylalanine analogue. The molecular dynamics simulations reveal well-defined folded structures (turn-like) in dilute aqueous solution, driven by self-assembly of the hydrophobic aromatic units, with charged lysine groups exposed to water.
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