Peptide Bond
Peptide Bond
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The primary level of structure in a protein is th
linear sequence of amino acid as joined
together by peptide bonds.
The sequence of amino acid in the primary structure is
determined by sequence of nucleotide bases in the gege
coding protein.
Primary structure also show the location of any other
covalent bond.
There are primary disulfide bond between cysteine residue
that are near to each other in space but away from each
other in linear amino sequence.
These disulfide covalent cross link can take place between
two separate poly peptide chain between different parts of
the same chain.
They are formed on oxidation of SH group on cysteine
residue that are exposed to each other in space.
SECONDARY STRUCTURE
The conformation of the polypeptide chain or the
conformation of the primary structure of protein
constitutes their secondary structure.
For stability of primary structure hydrogen bonding between
the hydrogen of NH( amide) and oxygen of C=O) carbonyl)
group with in the polypeptide chain occur which give rise to
folding or twisting of the primary structure.
Thus regular folding and twisting of the poly peptide chain
brought about. By hydrogen bonding is called secondary
structure of protein.
The different kinds of secondary structure are.
1. Alpha helix
2. Beta pleated Sheet
3. Loop region
4. Beta bend
5. Triplex helix
1. Alpha helix
It is called alpha because it was the first structure
predicted by Linus Pauling and Robert Corey.
If a backbone of polypeptide chain twisted by an equal
amount about each alpha carbon it form a coil or helix.
The helix is stabilized by hydrogen bond between the
NH and Co group.
These hydrogen bond have an essentially optimal
Nitrogen to oxygen (N-O) distance of 2.8A
The distance travelled per turn is 0.54nm
The spacing / amino acid residue is 0.15nm
There are 3.6 amino acid residue per of the helix.
The right handed helix when occur in protein is
significantly more stable than the left handed helix.
1. Beta Pleated sheet
Pauling and Robert Corey discovered another type of
structure which they named beta pleated sheet( beta
because it was the second structure predicted).
The surface of beta sheet appeared pleated and these
structure are therefore often Beta Pleated sheet.
The Beta Pleated sheet differ markedly from the
alpha helix in that
It is a sheet rather than a rod a polypeptides chain
in the in the Beta Pleated sheet is almost fully
extended rather than being tightly coiled as in the
alpha helix.
The axial distance between adjecent amino acid is 3.5A in
contrast with 1.5 A for the alpha helix.
Unlike alpha helix Beta Pleated sheet are composed of two or
more polypepteide. Chain.
Beta Pleated sheet is stabilized by hydrogen bond between NH ad
C=O group in a different or the same polypeptide chain.