Conformation of an oligopeptide in phospholipid vesicles.
AUTOR(ES)
Wallace, B A
RESUMO
To demonstrate a method by which the conformation of membrane proteins may be determined spectroscopically in model membranes, we determined the structure of a hydrophobic oligopeptide, t-butyloxycarbonylprolylleucylvalylmethyl ester, in phospholipid vesicles by nuclear magnetic resonance, circular dichroism, and infrared spectroscopy. 13C nuclear magnetic resonance and circular dichroism techniques demonstrated that the conformation of this peptide in linear hydrocarbon solutions was essentially identical to its conformation in lipid vesicles. 1H nuclear magnetic resonance and infrared spectroscopy of the peptide in hydrocarbon solution then provided additional high-resolution information concerning the structure of the peptide as found in the hydrophobic portion of the lipid bilayer. The conformation of this peptide in hydrophobic media a differs from its structure in hydrophilic solvents, not only in bond angles and the proportion of cis/trans isomers about the X-proline bond, but also in its intermolecular associations.
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