Abstract
A β-strand is a component of a β-sheet and is an important structural motif in biomolecules. An α-helix has clear helicity, while chirality of a β-strand had been discussed on the basis of molecular twists generated by forming hydrogen bonds in parallel or non-parallel β-sheets. Herein we describe handedness determination of two-fold helicity in a zig-zag β-strand structure. Left- (M) and right-handedness (P) of the two-fold helicity was defined by application of two concepts: tilt-chirality and multi-point approximation. We call the two-fold helicity in a β-strand, whose handedness has been unrecognized and unclarified, as hidden chirality. Such hidden chirality enables us to clarify precise chiral characteristics of biopolymers. It is also noteworthy that characterization of chirality of high dimensional structures like a β-strand and α-helix, referred to as high dimensional chirality (HDC) in the present study, will contribute to elucidation of the possible origins of chirality and homochirality in nature because such HDC originates from not only asymmetric centers but also conformations in a polypeptide chain.
Subject
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous),General Mathematics,Chemistry (miscellaneous),Computer Science (miscellaneous)
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