Solvation energies of amino acid side chains and backbone in a family of host-guest pentapeptides

Biochemistry
W C WimleyS H White

Abstract

Octanol-to-water solvation free energies of acetyl amino amides (Ac-X-amides) [Fauchère, J.L., & Pliska, V. (1983) Eur. J. Med. Chem. --Chim. Ther. 18,369] form the basis for computational comparisons of protein stabilities by means of the atomic solvation parameter formalism of Eisenberg and McLachlan [(1986) Nature 319, 199]. In order to explore this approach for more complex systems, we have determined by octanol-to-water partitioning the solvation energies of (1) the guest (X) side chains in the host-guest pentapeptides AcWL-X-LL, (2) the carboxy terminus of the pentapeptides, and (3) the peptide bonds of the homologous series of peptides AcWLm (m = 1-6). Solvation parameters were derived from the solvation energies using estimates of the solvent-accessible surface areas (ASA) obtained from hard-sphere Monte Carlo simulations. The measurements lead to a side chain solvation-energy scale for the pentapeptides and suggest the need for modifying the Asp, Glu, and Cys values of the "Fauchère-Pliska" solvation-energy scale fro the Ac-X-amides. We find that the unfavorable solvation energy of nonpolar residues can be calculated accurately by a solvation parameter of 22.8 +/- 0.8 cal/mol/A2, which agrees satisfactorily with the AC...Continue Reading

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