Cyclic and hairpin peptide complexes of heme.
Cyclic and hairpin peptide complexes of heme.
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DOI：
10.1021/ja020912w
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发表时间：
2002-10
影响因子：
15
通讯作者：
M. Rosenblatt;D. Huffman;Xiaotang Wang;H. Remmer;K. Suslick
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作者：
M. Rosenblatt;D. Huffman;Xiaotang Wang;H. Remmer;K. Suslick
We have synthesized and characterized a new class of heme-peptide complexes using disulfide-linked hairpin-turn and cyclic peptides and compared these to their linear analogues. The binding affinities, helicities, and mechanism of binding of linear, hairpin, and cyclic peptides to [FeIII(coproporphyrin-I)]+ have been determined. In a minimalist approach, we utilize amphiphilic peptide sequences (15-mers), where a central histidine provides heme ligation, and the hydrophobic effect is used to optimize heme-peptide complex stability. We have incorporated disulfide bridges between amphiphilic peptides to make hairpin and even cyclic peptides that bind heme extremely well, roughly 5 x 106 times more strongly than histidine itself. CD studies show that the cyclic peptide heme complexes are completely alpha-helical. NMR spectra of paramagnetic complexes of the peptides show that the 15-mer peptides bind sequentially, with an observable monopeptide, high-spin intermediate. In contrast, the cyclic peptide complexes ligate both imidazoles cooperatively to the heme, producing only a low-spin complex. Electrochemical measurements of the E1/2 of the FeIII(coproporphyrin-I)+ complexes of these peptides are all at fairly low potentials, ranging from -215 to -252 mV versus NHE at pH 7.
