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Lorna J Smith1, Wilfred F van Gunsteren2, Niels Hansen3
1Department of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, U.K.
Abstract:
A set of 1630 NOE atom-atom distance upper bounds, 213 3J-coupling constant values and 200 S2 order-parameter values derived from experimental NMR data is used in molecular dynamics simulations of Hen Egg-White Lysozyme (HEWL) in aqueous solution in order to generate a Boltzmann-weighted structural ensemble for the protein in aqueous solution that is compatible with the 2043 NMR data. The two protein force fields used, the GROMOS 54A7 and 54A8 force fields, which only differ in the partial charges of the charged side chains and the chain termini of the protein, show comparable behavior. Analysis of the generated structural ensembles shows that the protein in aqueous solution adopts a greater variety of hydrogen-bond patterns than is suggested by the various X-ray crystal structures of the protein.
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