Crystal structure of deltakephalin: a γ‐selective opioid peptide with a novel β‐bend‐like conformation
- 1 August 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Peptide and Protein Research
- Vol. 44 (2) , 97-104
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3011.1994.tb00563.x
Abstract
The solid-state structure of deltakephalin (Tyr-DThr-Gly-Phe-Leu-Thr) has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Deltakephalin (DTLET) is a synthetic opioid peptide which differs from enkephalin in that a D-Thr has been substituted for Gly2 and a sixth residue, L-Thr, has been added. Clear colorless plates obtained using vapor diffusion and macro-seeding crystallization techniques were monoclinic; space group C2 with a = 27.389(5), b = 9.205(2), c = 16.788(2) A, beta = 98.87(2) degrees and V = 4181.4(14) A3. The asymmetric unit contained one molecule of DTLET and six molecules of water, giving a calculated density of 1.28 g cm-3. The crystal structure revealed that DTLET has a pseudo type I' beta-bend which is stabilized by an intramolecular side-chain to backbone hydrogen bond. This is the first reported observation of a pseudo beta-bend conformation in a solid-state structure of an enkephalin analog.Keywords
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