Protein Secondary Structure II
Principles of Protein Structure
Using the Internet
• Useful online resource:
http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/PPS2/
Peptide Torsion Angles
Rammachandran plot for L amino acids
Sidechain torsion rotamers
• named chi1, chi2, chi3,
etc
.
chi1 angle is restricted
• Due to steric hindrance between the gamma side chain atom(s) and the main chain
• The different conformations referred to as gauche(+), trans
and gauche(-)
Regular Secondary Structure
Pauling and Corey
Helices
A repeating spiral, right handed (clockwise twist)
helix
pitch = p
Number of repeating units per turn = n
d = p/n = Rise per repeating unit
Fingers of a right hand.
Several types
, 2.2
7ribbon, 3
10,
helicies, or
The N
mnomenclature for helices
N = the number of repeating units per turn
The 2.2
7Ribbon
•
Atom (1) -O- hydrogen bonds to the 7th atom in the
chain with an N = 2.2 (2.2 residues per turn)
3.0
10helix
•
Atom (1) -O- hydrogen bonds to the 10th residue in
the chain with an N= 3.
•
Pitch = 6.0 Å occasionally observed but torsion
angles are slightly forbidden. Seen as a single
turn at the end of an
helix.
The
helix
The most favorable and angles with little steric
hindrance.
Forms repeated hydrogen bonds.
N = 3.6 residues per turn
P = 5.4 Å ( What is the d for an helix?)
The C=O of the nth residue points towards the N-H of the
(N+4)th residue.
The
N H O
hydrogen bond is 2.8 Å and the atoms are 180o in plane. This is almost optimal withProperties of the
helix
• 3.6 amino acids per turn • Pitch of 5.4 Å
• O(i) to N(i+4) hydrogen bonding • Helix dipole
• Negative and angles,
Distortions of alpha-helices
• The packing of buried helices against other
secondary structure elements in the core of the
protein.
• Proline residues induce distortions of around 20
degrees in the direction of the helix axis. (causes
two H-bonds in the helix to be broken)
• Solvent. Exposed helices are often bent away from
the solvent region. This is because the exposed
3
10
helix
• Three residues per turn
• O(i) to N(i+3) hydrogen bonding
Proline helix
Left handed helix
3.0 residues per turn
pitch = 9.4 Å
No hydrogen bonding in the backbone but helix
still forms.
Poly glycine also forms this type of helix
Peptide helicity prediction
• AGADIR
http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/Services/serrano/agadir/agadir-start.html
Agadir predicts the helical behaviour of
monomeric peptides
Beta sheets
•Hydrogen bonding between adjacent peptide chains.
•Almost fully extended but have a buckle or a pleat.
Much like a Ruffles potato chip
Two types
Parallel
Antiparallel
N N C C N N C C7.0 Å between pleats on the sheet
beta () sheet
• Extended zig-zag conformation