An alpha/beta-peptide helix bundle with a pure beta3-amino acid core and a distinctive quaternary structure.
Giuliano, M.W., Horne, W.S., Gellman, S.H.(2009) J Am Chem Soc 131: 9860-9861
- PubMed: 19580264 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/ja8099294
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3F86, 3F87 - PubMed Abstract: 
Helix bundles are among the most widely studied tertiary and quaternary structural motifs in proteins. Here we present the crystal structure of an alpha/beta-peptide foldamer that adopts a tetrameric helix-bundle quaternary structure with a hydrophobic core composed solely of beta-amino acids. The structure displays features that are unprecedented among all known helix bundles composed of either alpha-peptides or peptidic foldamers. The tetramer is characterized by an asymmetry of interaction between neighboring helices, and the side-chain packing within the hydrophobic core differs fundamentally from the knobs-into-holes arrangement typical of most helix bundles.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.