Table 1 Helicity measurements for peptides with different sequences and molar ellipticities ([θ]/deg.cm2.dmol−1.residue−1)37.

From: Chiral Sulfoxide-Induced Single Turn Peptide α-Helicity

Peptide

Sequence

[θ]215

[θ]207

[θ]190

[θ]215/[θ]207

Helicity(%)

(R)-15B

Ac-c(1,5)-[X5AAAC(O)]-NH2

−14351

−14763

24129

0.97

100

(R)-19B

Ac-c(1,5)-[X5AIAC(O)]-NH2

−12334

−14211

25560

0.88

86

(R)-20B

Ac-c(1,5)-[X5AGAC(O)]-NH2

−7839

−7731

9570

1.01

54

(R)-21B

Ac-c(1,5)-[X5AQAC(O)]-NH2

−13358

−14886

27175

0.91

93

(R)-22B

Ac-c(1,5)-[X5AFAC(O)]-NH2

−13235

−13379

25940

0.96

92

(R)-23B

Ac-c(1,5)-[X5ASAC(O)]-NH2

−19357

−10950

1610

0.85

65

(R)-24B

Ac-c(1,5)-[X5KAEC(O)]-NH2

−4497

−5552

1975

0.81

31

  1. CD spectroscopy was performed in 10 mM PBS (pH = 7.4, 25 °C). [θ] was calculated according to literature35; (R)-15B’s helicity was set to 100%, and the helicity of the other peptides were calculated by [θ]215/[θ]215(15B).