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Conformational analysis of tripeptide Ac-Lys-Pro-Val-NH2, COOH-terminal sequence of alpha-MSH
Philippe Chavatte, Saïd Yous, Daniel Lesieur, Jean-Pierre Hénichar · 2001
Source abstract
Abstract Alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) is an endogenous linear tridecapeptide which interacts with the melanocortin receptors (MC1-R to MC5-R) to mediate its biological effects. Antipyretic and anti-inflammatory activities of alpha-MSH are due to the COOH-terminal peptide sequence, Lys-Pro-Val (alpha-MSH[11–13]). This tripeptide might be useful as a therapeutic agent in the control of fever and inflammatory reactions. With this aim, a theoretical conformational study of the tripeptide has been carried out using molecular dynamics. The obtained conformational space has been classified into families according to the letter-code convention to partition the φ-ψ map. The lowest energy conformations of each family were used as templates to design six models of conformationally constrained non-peptide analogues.