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ArticleBiomolecules2022

Structural Achievability of an NH-π Interaction between Gln and Phe in a Crystal Structure of a Collagen-like Peptide.

Ruixue Zhang, You Xu, Jun Lan, Shilong Fan, Jing Huang, Fei Xu

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Article in Biomolecules, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. De Novo Design of Specific Heterotrimeric Collagen-Like Peptides via Genetic Algorithm.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ruixue ZhangMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3654-3536
You XuKey Laboratory of Structural Biology of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310024, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6129-1492
Jun LanCenter for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Shilong FanCenter for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Jing HuangKey Laboratory of Structural Biology of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310024, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9639-2907
Fei XuMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1077-0431
Jiangnan University · CNTsinghua University · CNWestlake University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

NH-π interactions between polar and aromatic residues are well distributed in proteins whose stabilizing effects have been investigated in globular and fibrous proteins. In order to gain structural insights into side chain NH-π interactions, we solved a crystal structure of a collagen-like peptide containing Gln-Phe pairs. The Gln-Phe NH-π interactions were further characterized by quantum calculations, molecular simulations, and structural bioinformatics. The analyses indicated that the NH-π interactions are robust under various solvent conditions, can be distributed either on the protein surface or in its hydrophobic core and can form at a wide range of distances between residues. This study suggested that NH-π interactions can play a versatile role in protein design, including engineering hydrophobic cores, solvent accessible surfaces, and protein-protein interfaces.

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CollagenPeptidesHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsSolventsCollagenPeptidesSolventscircular dichroismcollagenmolecular dynamicsNH–π interactionsquantum chemistryside chain interactionsstructural bioinformaticsX-ray crystallography

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PMID36291642
PMCPMC9599227
OpenAlexW4303613731

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