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ArticleNature communications2025

Direct detection of an NH-π hydrogen bond in an intrinsically disordered peptide.

Luigi Russo, Dipendu Dhar, Robin Backer, Om Prakash, Fatima Matroodi, Kerstin Overkamp, Karin Giller, Stefan Becker, Christian Griesinger, Dieter Willbold and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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13 authors.

Luigi Russo *Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, University of Campania-Luigi Vanvitelli, Via Vivaldi 43, I-81100, Caserta, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1577-176X
Dipendu Dhar *Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, D-06120, Halle, Germany.
Robin BackerInstitute of Physical Biology, Heinrich Heine University (HHU) Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, D-40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-6446-4222
Om PrakashDepartment of Physics, University of Pavia, Via Bassi 6, I-27100, Pavia, Italy.
Fatima MatroodiElettra Sincrotrone Trieste, Strada Statale 14 km 163.5, Area Science Park, I-34149, Trieste, Italy.
Kerstin OverkampDepartment of NMR-based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Faßberg 11, D-37077, Göttingen, Germany.
Karin GillerDepartment of NMR-based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Faßberg 11, D-37077, Göttingen, Germany.
Stefan BeckerDepartment of NMR-based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Faßberg 11, D-37077, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2041-5740
Christian GriesingerDepartment of NMR-based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Faßberg 11, D-37077, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1266-4344
Dieter WillboldInstitute of Physical Biology, Heinrich Heine University (HHU) Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, D-40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Barbara RossiElettra Sincrotrone Trieste, Strada Statale 14 km 163.5, Area Science Park, I-34149, Trieste, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1357-8074
Mehdi D DavariDepartment of Bioorganic Chemistry, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, D-06120, Halle, Germany. Mehdi.Davari@ipb-halle.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0089-7156
Nasrollah Rezaei-GhalehInstitute of Physical Biology, Heinrich Heine University (HHU) Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, D-40225, Düsseldorf, Germany. Nasrollah.RezaieGhaleh@unipv.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6935-6564

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) RE 3655/2-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) RE 3655/2-3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydrogen bonds play crucial roles in functional biomolecular dynamics. It is suggested that non-conventional hydrogen bonds engaging π electrons are prevalent in proteins. The experimental support for their existence is however limited. Here, we provide direct NMR spectroscopic evidence for the existence of an NH-π interaction in an intrinsically disordered peptide (E22G-Aβ40). In particular, we demonstrate the correlation between the amide proton of a glycine residue (Gly22) and the aromatic carbons of its preceding Phe20 through π hydrogen bond-mediated scalar coupling between them, as predicted by density functional theory calculations. Our results present a proof-of-principle example of NH-π interactions in an intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) and suggest the potential prevalence of π hydrogen bonds on the surface of IDPs. Direct experimental verification of NH-π interactions in folded proteins remains for future studies.

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Amyloid beta-PeptidesIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsPeptidesGlycineHydrogen BondingMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularProtein FoldingAmyloid beta-PeptidesGlycineIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsPeptides

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PMID41266368
PMCPMC12635323

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