H. Matter et H. Kessler, STRUCTURES, DYNAMICS, AND BIOLOGICAL-ACTIVITIES OF 15 CYCLIC HEXAPEPTIDE ANALOGS OF THE ALPHA-AMYLASE INHIBITOR TENDAMISTAT (HOE-467) IN SOLUTION, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 117(12), 1995, pp. 3347-3359
The design, synthesis, and conformational analysis of a series of 15 c
yclic hexapeptides as analogs of the active sequence of the alpha-amyl
ase inhibitor protein Tendamistat (HOE 467) Ser(17)-Trp(18)-Arg(19)-Ty
r(20) are described. A template-oriented peptide design strategy was u
sed to expose this tetrapeptide motif to different conformational envi
ronments. Conformational analysis was carried out for each peptide in
DMSO-d(6) solution by means of MMR spectroscopy. For structure determi
nation, restrained molecular dynamics (MD) simulations in vacuo and in
DMSO based on experimentally derived distance and torsion constraints
were performed. For eight peptides, experimental data were found to b
e inconsistent unless multiple fast interconverting backbone conformer
s were taken into account. For these peptides the NMR observables can
only be described by averaging over conformational ensembles containin
g at least two major backbone conformations. All other compounds can b
e described by a single backbone conformation. Some general rules for
rigidification of peptide backbone conformations can be verified by an
alyzing different peptide structures. It could further be shown that t
he use of backbone templates forces the tetrapeptide sequence to adopt
its native conformation, as found in solution and crystal structures
of Tendamistat. Significant biological activity as a-amylase inhibitor
s could be measured for these peptides. However, the suggested active
tetrapeptide sequence alone is not responsible for the strong binding
between Tendamistat and cl-amylase, which is supported by the inspecti
on of the preliminary solid-state structure of the Tendamistat/alpha-a
mylase complex.