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Handedness preference and switching of peptide helices. Part II: Helices based on noncoded α ‐amino acids
Author(s) -
Crisma Marco,
De Zotti Marta,
Formaggio Fernando,
Peggion Cristina,
Moretto Alessandro,
Toniolo Claudio
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of peptide science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1387
pISSN - 1075-2617
DOI - 10.1002/psc.2743
Subject(s) - amino acid , peptide , alkylation , stereochemistry , chemistry , helix (gastropod) , amino acid residue , preference , peptide sequence , biochemistry , biology , catalysis , mathematics , ecology , statistics , snail , gene
In this second part of our review article on the preferred screw sense and interconversion of peptide helices, we discuss the most significant computational and experimental data published on helices formed by the most extensively investigated categories of noncoded α ‐amino acids. They are as follows: (i) N ‐alkylated Gly residues (peptoids), (ii) C α ‐alkylated α ‐amino acids, (iii) C α , β ‐ sp 2 configurated α ‐amino acids, and (iv) combinations of residues of types (ii) and (iii). With confidence, the large body of interesting papers examined and classified in this editorial effort will stimulate the development of helical peptides in many diverse areas of biosciences and nanosciences. Copyright © 2015 European Peptide Society and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.