Table 2.
Properties of peptides WT1, WT2, and their corresponding second-generation analogs
Peptides |
Physicochemical properties |
Helical fraction |
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Code | Sequence | <H> | <μH> | q | P/N | In vitro aggregation | Amphiphilicity index | fH (water) | fH (TFE:water) |
WT1 | LKLMGIVKKVLGAL | −0.39 | 0.40 | 4 | 0.56 | 15.42 | 0.79 | 0.05 | 0.34 |
I14–1 | LKLMGIVKKVLGAI | −0.42 | 0.42 | 4 | 0.56 | 28.33 | 0.79 | 0.19 | 0.41 |
L4–1 | LKLLGIVKKVLGAL | −0.42 | 0.41 | 4 | 0.56 | 21.87 | 0.79 | 0.14 | 0.88 |
K12–1 | LKLMGIVKKVLKAL | −0.25 | 0.53 | 5 | 0.56 | 1.76 | 1.05 | 0.06 | 0.62 |
K13–1 | LKLMGIVKKVLGKL | −0.24 | 0.47 | 5 | 0.75 | 1.77 | 1.05 | 0.14 | 0.13 |
WT2 | LKLLGIVKKVLGAI | −0.45 | 0.43 | 4 | 0.56 | 34.76 | 0.79 | 0.10 | 0.23 |
K1–2 | KKLLGIVKKVLGAI | −0.26 | 0.57 | 5 | 0.75 | 31.51 | 1.05 | 0.12 | 0.62 |
K6–2 | LKLLGKVKKVLGAI | −0.24 | 0.48 | 5 | 0.75 | 26.61 | 1.05 | 0.10 | 0.41 |
K10–2 | LKLLGIVKKKLGAI | −0.26 | 0.35 | 5 | 0.75 | 8.22 | 1.05 | 0.14 | 0.50 |
K13–2 | LKLLGIVKKVLGKI | −0.29 | 0.51 | 5 | 0.75 | 8.15 | 1.05 | 0.15 | 0.89 |
Theoretical values of: normalized hydrophobicity (<H>); normalized hydrophobic moment (<μH>); net charge (q); ratio of polar/non-polar amino acid residues (P/N); propensity to aggregate in vitro; amphiphilicity index; and values of helical fraction (fH) in water and in a mixture 3:2 of TFE and water.