Aromatic Residue Positioning Influences Helical Peptoid Structure in Aqueous Solution

Abstract

Water-soluble peptidomimetics, including peptoids, are promising functional surrogates for biologically relevant, amphiphilic, helical peptides. Twenty amphiphilic peptoid hexamers with predicted helical structures were designed, prepared, and studied using circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. The site-specific contributions of aromatic and charged residues to the helical structure of peptoid hexamers in aqueous solution was evaluated, revealing that aromatic residue positioning most significantly impacts structure.

Key words

peptoid - peptidomimetic - helical structures - circular dichroism spectroscopy - solid-phase synthesis

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