Centre for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500 007, India.
J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Nov 4;131(43):15590-1. doi: 10.1021/ja906796v.
Precise NMR structural determination of distinct hydrogen-bonded secondary folds in unnatural peptides is demonstrated by using residual dipolar couplings (RDCs), measured in organic solvent media. The results show that the conventional constraints, (3)J(HH) and NOE-derived distances alone do not allow the accurate structural elucidation even for rigid foldamers and emphasize the need of RDC-based structure validation and refinement for unnatural peptides in particular and small organic molecules in general.
本文通过在有机溶剂介质中测量残剩偶极耦合(RDC),展示了如何利用其对非天然肽中氢键二级结构的精确 NMR 结构测定。结果表明,即使对于刚性折叠体,仅使用(3)J(HH)和 NOE 衍生距离等常规约束条件也无法准确阐明结构,这强调了对于非天然肽特别是小分子有机化合物,基于 RDC 的结构验证和细化的必要性。