Table 1.
Thermodynamics
ILQINS | class 1 (P) | −28.1 (2) | −18.6 (1) |
class 5 (AP) | −28.9 (2) | −16.3 (2) | |
ΔΔG: | 1–5: | +0.8 | −2.3 |
IFQINS | class 1 (P) | −27.1 (1) | −20.5 (1) |
class 5 (AP) | −29.3 (2) | −16.4 (3) | |
ΔΔG: | 1–5: | +2.2 | −4.1 |
TFQINS | class 1 (P) | −26.1 (1) | −21.7 (2) |
class 5 (AP) | −29.5 (2) | −13.1 (2) | |
ΔΔG: | 1–5: | +3.4 | −8.6 |
Standard binding free energy gain to construct a buried interface in the direction of the β-sheet hydrogen-bonding axis () and the side-chain steric zipper interface (). Units are kcal mol−1 per peptide buried by the interface. AP is stronger (ΔΔG > 0) in terms of sheet elongation but is weaker (ΔΔG < 0) in zipper stability. Increasing in vitro amyloidogenicity for the sequence IL < IF < TF is matched by the strengthening of this trend in the ΔΔG-values.