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Protein Secondary Structure
Lecture 2/19/2003

Three Dimensional Protein Structures
Confirmation: Spatial arrangement of atoms that
depend on bonds and bond rotations.
Proteins can change conformation, however, most
proteins have a stable “native” conformation.
The native protein is folded through weak
interactions:
a) hydrophobic interaction
b) Hydrogen bonds
c) Ionic bonds
d) Van der Waals attractions

A Denatured protein is unfolded, random dangling, and
often precipitated (cooking egg whites).
The Native conformation is dictated by its amino acid
sequence.
primary structure is everything.
A one dimensional strand of DNA contains four dimensional data:

height
width
depth
life span!!

The Amide bond
Linus Pauling and Corey determined the structure of the peptide
bond by X-ray.
O
OC
N
C
+
N
H

40% double bond character. The amide bond or peptide bond
C-N bond is 0.13A shorter than C-N bond. The carbonyl
bond is .02 A longer then those for ketones and aldehydes
Resonance gives 85 kJ•mole-1 stability when bond is planar!!


Peptide bonds are planar

Resonance energy depends on bond angle: 180 is max angle cis or
trans peptide bond.
Most peptide bonds are trans, 10% that follow proline may be cis
Note: differences between bond angles and bond lengths comparing
cis and trans forms.

Torsion angles
Rotation or dihedral angles
C-N
C-C




phi
psi


When a peptide chain is fully extended the angles are defined as
180 or -180.
At 180 one gets a staggered conformation. (all trans) i.e. ethane

Note: alternating C=O pointing in opposite directions.

When viewed down the N
to C terminus axis, rotation
to the right or clock wise
increases the angle of
rotation.
Must start with the fully
extended form which is
defined as 180o or -180o

Note: this picture and the one in the book is not
correct!! The  angle should go the the other
direction

Start with fully extended

protein structure

NH

Rotate counter
clockwise start at +180o
and decrease angle

C
Rotate
clockwise start
at -180o and
increase angle

R

H

This is C-carbonyl bond or psi angle, 


Ethane can exist as staggered or eclipsed conformation

Staggered

eclipsed

There is a 12 kJ•mole-1 penalty in energy for an eclipsed
geometry
Bulky amino acid side chains have a much higher energy penalty.
There are a few favored geometries which the protein backbone can fold

If all  +  angles are defined
then the backbone structure of a
protein will be known!! These
angles allow a method to
describe the protein’s structure
and all backbone atoms can be
placed in a 3d grid with an x, y, z
coordinate.


Ramachandran plot
If you plot  on the y axis and  on the x axis, you
will plot all possible combinations of , .

This plot shows which angles are allowed or which angles are
sterically hindered for poly-l-alanine

Secondary structure can be defined by and
 angles




-57

-47

-119

113


  sheet

-139

135

310 helix

-49

-26

collagen

-51

153

 helix rt handed

 sheet

Repeating local protein structure
determined by hydrogen bonding
12 proteins except for Gly and Pro
helices and pleated sheets.

Steric hindrance between the amide
nitrogen and the carbonyl

 = -60o and = 30o