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Stable ß-Turns of Tripeptides in Water through Cation-π Interactions

Karl Gademann
2008
Journal Articles

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Taking a a turn. Short tripeptides that form stable ß turns in water are remarkably stable against chemical and thermal degradation. Terminal cation-π interactions lead to stabilization of these turns that are formed independently of sequence.

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Karl Gademann
2008
Journal Articles

Résumé

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/83c7644b-41c6-42d4-ba08-9de21e500cf4

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Concepts associés (6)

Cation–π interaction

Cation–π interaction is a noncovalent molecular interaction between the face of an electron-rich π system (e.g. benzene, ethylene, acetylene) and an adjacent cation (e.g. Li+, Na+). This interaction is an example of noncovalent bonding between a monopole (cation) and a quadrupole (π system). Bonding energies are significant, with solution-phase values falling within the same order of magnitude as hydrogen bonds and salt bridges.

Pi-interaction

In chemistry, π-effects or π-interactions are a type of non-covalent interaction that involves π systems. Just like in an electrostatic interaction where a region of negative charge interacts with a positive charge, the electron-rich π system can interact with a metal (cationic or neutral), an anion, another molecule and even another π system. Non-covalent interactions involving π systems are pivotal to biological events such as protein-ligand recognition.

Empilement Pi

droite|vignette| Trois conformations du dimère de benzène En chimie, l' empilement pi (également appelé empilement π – π ) fait référence à des interactions attractives et non-covalentes entre les cycles aromatiques, car ils contiennent des liaisons pi . Ces interactions sont importantes dans l'empilement de nucléobases dans les molécules d' ADN et d' ARN, le repliement des protéines, la synthèse dirigée par matrice, la science des matériaux et la reconnaissance moléculaire, bien que certaines recherches suggèrent que l'empilement pi peut ne pas être opérationnel dans certaines de ces applications.

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