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A plant cyclic nonapeptide of orbitide type: an electron density study

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Title: A plant cyclic nonapeptide of orbitide type: an electron density study
Authors: Luger, Peter, Dittrich, Birger, Schmidt, Heinz-Jürgen
Superior Title: Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B ; volume 79, issue 2-3, page 105-111 ; ISSN 0932-0776 1865-7117
Publisher Information: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Publication Year: 2024
Subject Terms: General Chemistry
Description: The electron density distribution (EDD) of a plant cyclic nonapeptide of orbitide type was studied. Crystal X-ray diffraction data was obtained from the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) and refitted using scattering factors of the invariom library, thereby providing aspherical electron density. Bond topological, atomic properties and molecular surfaces (electrostatic potential and Hirshfeld surfaces) were derived. The partial double bond character of the peptide bond was confirmed by the ellipticity ε = 0.25. For eight N–H⋯O hydrogen bonds, atomic charges of contributing atoms differ depending on the type of the accepting oxygen atom. Atomic charge differences between negative main and positive side chains of this nonapeptide result in characteristic features of the electrostatic potential, which shows a positive isosurface around the molecule leading to repulsive interactions in the solid state structure. Weak intermolecular interactions are indicated by insignificant ED concentrations on the Hirshfeld surface except for weak signals at sites of intermolecular N–H⋯O and C–H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
Document Type: article in journal/newspaper
Language: English
DOI: 10.1515/znb-2023-0105
DOI: 10.1515/znb-2023-0105/xml
DOI: 10.1515/znb-2023-0105/pdf
Availability: https://doi.org/10.1515/znb-2023-0105
Accession Number: edsbas.F202352E
Database: BASE
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