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スタフィロコックスの核酵素の高い介電常数は,その構造構造にコード化されています
Garrett B Goh1, Bertrand García-Moreno E, Charles L Brooks
1Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|November 17, 2011
まとめ
スタフィロコックスの核酵素は,突然変異によって大きく変化しない,固有の高介電常数 (20-30) を表しています. 骨幹の変動から生じるこの内在的な性質は,埋もれた残留物における観測されたpK (a) 移転を説明する.
科学分野:
- バイオフィジックス 生物物理学
- タンパク質の構造とダイナミクス
- コンピュータ生物学 コンピュータ生物学
背景:
- タンパク質に埋もれたイオン化残留物は,pK (a) 値が著しく変化することがあります.
- 以前の研究では,これらのシフトを説明するために,おそらく局所的な構造変化による,高タンパク質介電定数 (≥10) が必要であると示唆されていました.
研究 の 目的:
- 最初の原理から,スタフィロコックスの核酵素 (Δ+PHS) とその変異体の介電常数計算する.
- 連続電気静的計算で観測された高表面介電定数の起源を調査する.
主な方法:
- Kirkwood-Fröhlich方程式を用いて,第1原理の介電常数計算を行いました.
- スタフィロコックスの核酵素Δ+PHS変異体とLys-66,Asp-66,Glu-66変異体に関する計算を行った.
- 残留66の周囲の介電常数の空間的依存を分析した.
主要な成果:
- スタフィロコックスの核酵素は,自然に高い介電常数 (20-30) を有する.
- この高い介電常数は,残留66および残留イオン化の変異から大きく独立しています.
- 残留物66の周辺の微環境は,以前の連続体計算と一致する,約10の介電常数を示しています.
結論:
- スタフィロコックスの核酵素の固有の高介電常数は,その構造に固有の骨幹の変動に起因する.
- この内在的性質は,連続電静モデルに必要とされる表面的な高介電常数に対する代替説明を提供する.
- この発見は,タンパク質の静電性と埋もれた残留物の振る舞いに関する新しい洞察を提供します.
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