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Exploring the relevance of gas-phase structures to biology: cold ion spectroscopy of the decapeptide neurokinin A

Pereverzev, Aleksandr  
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Boyarkin, O. V.  
2017
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Linking the intrinsic tertiary structures of biomolecules to their native geometries is a central prerequisite for making gas-phase studies directly relevant to biology. The isolation of molecules in the gas phase eliminates hydrophilic interactions with solvents, to some extent mimicking a hydrophobic environment. Intrinsic structures thereforemay resemble native ones for peptides that in vivo reside in a hydrophobic environment (e.g., binding pockets of receptors). In this study, we investigate doubly protonated neurokinin A (NKA) using IR-UV double resonance cold ion spectroscopy and find only five conformers of this decapeptide in the gas phase. In contrast, NMR data show that in aqueous solutions, NKA exhibits high conformational heterogeneity, which reduces to a few well-defined structures in hydrophobic micelles. Do the gas-phase structures of NKA resemble these native structures? The IR spectra reported here allow the validation of future structural calculations thatmay answer this question.

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DOI
10.1039/c6cp07953a
Web of Science ID

WOS:000395328100004

Author(s)
Pereverzev, Aleksandr  
Boyarkin, O. V.  
Date Issued

2017

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

Published in
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Volume

19

Issue

5

Start page

3468

End page

3472

Subjects

DOUBLE-RESONANCE

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BIOMOLECULAR IONS

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IR

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UV

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SPECTRA

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CONFORMATIONS

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POLYPEPTIDES

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April 11, 2017
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