CC BY 4.0 · Synlett 2025; 36(06): 724-728
DOI: 10.1055/a-2238-5394
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Chemical Tools for Peptide Modifications

Aromatic Residue Positioning Influences Helical Peptoid Structure in Aqueous Solution

Jwwad M. Javed
,
Katherine Scukas
,
Michelle T. Nguyen
,
National Science Foundation (CHE-1904991), Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation (Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award to A.A.F.), Richard Bastiani (undergraduate research award to J.M.J.).


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.

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Publication History

Received: 06 October 2023

Accepted after revision: 29 December 2023

Accepted Manuscript online:
04 January 2024

Article published online:
30 January 2024

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