Synthetic Peptides as Structural Maquettes of Angiotensin-I Converting Enzyme Catalytic Sites

The rational design of synthetic peptides is proposed as an efficient strategy for the structural investigation of crucial protein domains difficult to be produced. Only after half a century since the function of ACE was first reported, was its crystal structure solved. The main obstacle to be overc...

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Main Authors: Zinovia Spyranti, Athanassios S. Galanis, George Pairas, Georgios A. Spyroulias, Evy Manessi-Zoupa, Paul Cordopatis
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/820476
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description The rational design of synthetic peptides is proposed as an efficient strategy for the structural investigation of crucial protein domains difficult to be produced. Only after half a century since the function of ACE was first reported, was its crystal structure solved. The main obstacle to be overcome for the determination of the high resolution structure was the crystallization of the highly hydrophobic transmembrane domain. Following our previous work, synthetic peptides and Zinc(II) metal ions are used to build structural maquettes of the two Zn-catalytic active sites of the ACE somatic isoform. Structural investigations of the synthetic peptides, representing the two different somatic isoform active sites, through circular dichroism and NMR experiments are reported.
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spelling doaj-art-3e4cfa4849994a2bbb3ef6ab5d58848e2025-08-20T02:16:39ZengWileyBioinorganic Chemistry and Applications1565-36331687-479X2010-01-01201010.1155/2010/820476820476Synthetic Peptides as Structural Maquettes of Angiotensin-I Converting Enzyme Catalytic SitesZinovia Spyranti0Athanassios S. Galanis1George Pairas2Georgios A. Spyroulias3Evy Manessi-Zoupa4Paul Cordopatis5Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, GR-26504, Patras, GreeceDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Patras, GR-26504, Patras, GreeceDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Patras, GR-26504, Patras, GreeceDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Patras, GR-26504, Patras, GreeceDepartment of Chemistry, University of Patras, GR-26504, Patras, GreeceDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Patras, GR-26504, Patras, GreeceThe rational design of synthetic peptides is proposed as an efficient strategy for the structural investigation of crucial protein domains difficult to be produced. Only after half a century since the function of ACE was first reported, was its crystal structure solved. The main obstacle to be overcome for the determination of the high resolution structure was the crystallization of the highly hydrophobic transmembrane domain. Following our previous work, synthetic peptides and Zinc(II) metal ions are used to build structural maquettes of the two Zn-catalytic active sites of the ACE somatic isoform. Structural investigations of the synthetic peptides, representing the two different somatic isoform active sites, through circular dichroism and NMR experiments are reported.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/820476
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Synthetic Peptides as Structural Maquettes of Angiotensin-I Converting Enzyme Catalytic Sites
Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications
title Synthetic Peptides as Structural Maquettes of Angiotensin-I Converting Enzyme Catalytic Sites
title_full Synthetic Peptides as Structural Maquettes of Angiotensin-I Converting Enzyme Catalytic Sites
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title_short Synthetic Peptides as Structural Maquettes of Angiotensin-I Converting Enzyme Catalytic Sites
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