Hydrogen Bonding Directed Reversal of 13C NMR Chemical Shielding

S Jena, C Routray, J Dutta, HS Biswal - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The deshielding or downfield 13C NMR chemical shift of amide carbonyl carbon upon H‐
bonding is a widely observed phenomenon. This downfield shift is commonly used as a …

N–H⋯ X interactions stabilize intra-residue C5 hydrogen bonded conformations in heterocyclic α-amino acid derivatives

VR Mundlapati, Z Imani, VC D'mello, V Brenner… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nature makes extensive and elaborate use of hydrogen bonding to assemble and stabilize
biomolecular structures. The shapes of peptides and proteins rely significantly on N–H⋯ OC …

Intermolecular noncovalent interactions with carbon in solution

J Dutta, C Routray, S Pandey, HS Biswal - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the most familiar carbon-centered noncovalent interactions (NCIs) involving an
antibonding π*-orbital situated at the Bürgi–Dunitz angle from the electron donor, mostly …

Length-Dependent Transition from Extended to Folded Shapes in Short Oligomers of an Azetidine-Based α-Amino Acid: The Critical Role of NH··· N H-Bonds

D Liu, JX Bardaud, Z Imani, S Robin, E Gloaguen… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hydrogen bonds (H-bonds) are ubiquitous in peptides and proteins and are central to the
stabilization of their structures. Inter-residue H-bonds between non-adjacent backbone …

Synergy effects in heavy metal ion chelation with aryl-and aroyl-substituted thiourea derivatives

R Barzaga, L Leston-Sanchez… - Inorganic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Detection and removal of metal ion contaminants have attracted great interest due to the
health risks that they represent for humans and wildlife. Among the proposed compounds …

Non-covalent interactions reveal the protein chain δ conformation in a flexible single-residue model

Z Imani, VR Mundlapati, V Brenner… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The δ conformation is a local secondary structure in proteins that implicates a πamide N–H⋯
N interaction between a backbone N atom and the NH of the following residue. Small …

Newly identified C–H⋯ O hydrogen bond in histidine

RM Steinert, C Kasireddy, ME Heikes… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
New Cδ–H⋯ O histidine hydrogen bonding interactions in various proteins are identified by
neutron diffraction and computationally characterized. Neutron diffraction data shows …

Characterization of Asx turn types and their connate relationship with β‐turns

VC D'mello, G Goldsztejn… - … A European Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Models of asparagine‐containing dipeptides specifically designed to favor intrinsic
folding into an Asx turn were characterized both theoretically, by using quantum chemistry …

Sequence dependent folding motifs of the secondary structures of Gly-Pro and Pro-Gly containing oligopeptides

S Kumar, K Borish, S Dey, J Nagesh… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Folding motifs of the secondary structures of peptides and proteins are primarily based on
the hydrogen bonding interactions in the backbone as well as the sequence of the amino …

Effects of sulfoxide and sulfone sidechain–backbone hydrogen bonding on local conformations in peptide models

D Liu, S Robin, E Gloaguen, V Brenner… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We examine peptide model systems designed to probe short-range N–H⋯ OS sidechain–
backbone hydrogen bonding involving amino acid residues with sidechain sulfoxide or …