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A series of novel peptide N-caps was designed with an emphasis on ease of synthesis and an abundance of hydrogen bond acceptors. Different scaffolds based on sugars, cyclic hydrocarbons, and amino acids are developed with a variety of hydrogen bond acceptors including esters, carboxyls, amides and a sulfonic acid. The efficient use in solid-phase peptide synthesis was demonstrated by incorporating the N-caps to a resin-bound model peptide. Their differential helix nucleating power in aq. buffer was detd. by CD studies. Increases in peptide helicity to a significant extent are obsd., leading to a discussion of N-capping efficiency vs. ease of synthesis. The potential of the elaborated N-caps for the reversal of beta-sheet to alpha-helix conformations in the context of fibrillogenesis is discussed.
Jérôme Waser, Christine Alice Jacqueline Marty, Emmanuelle Madeline Dominique Allouche
Jérôme Waser, Eliott Hugo Joran Le Du, Marion Marie-Agnès Garreau