Exploring Helical Folding in Oligomers of Cyclopentane‐Based ϵ‐Amino Acids: A Computational Study

Abstract Invited for this month's cover picture is the group of Young Kee Kang at Chungbuk National University (Republic of Korea). The cover picture shows the preferred conformation of the hexamer of ϵ‐amino acid Amc5a with a cyclopentane substituent in the backbone investigated using DFT meth...

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Main Authors: Prof. Dr. Hae Sook Park, Prof. em. Young Kee Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley-VCH 2022-03-01
Series:ChemistryOpen
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/open.202200035
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Summary:Abstract Invited for this month's cover picture is the group of Young Kee Kang at Chungbuk National University (Republic of Korea). The cover picture shows the preferred conformation of the hexamer of ϵ‐amino acid Amc5a with a cyclopentane substituent in the backbone investigated using DFT methods in chloroform and water. The Amc5a hexamer adopted a stable left‐handed conformation with a rise of 4.8 Å per turn both in chloroform and water. However, the hexamer of Ampa (an analogue of Amc5a with replacing cyclopentane by pyrrolidine) adopted different conformations in chloroform and in water. Read the full text of their Research Article at 10.1002/open.202100253.
ISSN:2191-1363