The relation between the
1H chemical shift and theconformation of linear homopolypeptides and cyclicdipeptides in the solid state has been studied utilizing the
1H combined rotation and multiple pulsespectroscopy(CRAMPS) NMR method. It was found that the
1H chemicalshift of the H
signal of homopolypeptidesdependson the secondary structure such as
-helix or
-sheet form, whereasthose of the side-chain proton signals (H
,H
,H
, etc.) are almost independent of the secondarystructure. The
1H chemical shifts of theH
signal ofhomopolypeptides having the
-helix and the
-sheet forms were3.9-4.0 ppm and 5.1-5.5 ppm, respectively.Accordingly, the
1H chemical shift of theH
is very useful for conformational analysis ofpolypeptides in the solidstate. Furthermore, it is shown that the
1H chemicalshift of the H
and the NH signals of cyclic dipeptidesaresensitive to the ring conformation and the hydrogen bond length in thesolid state.