在阿尔法螺旋中键的合体. 一个ONIOM DFT/AM1研究
Robert Wieczorek1, J J Dannenberg
1Department of Chemistry, City University of New York-Hunter College, New York, New York 10021, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|October 20, 2005
概括
分子轨道理论揭示了氨酸.
科学领域:
- 计算化学是一种计算化学.
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
- 蛋白质结构 蛋白质结构
背景情况:
- 了解形状对于蛋白质折叠至关重要.
- 二次结构之间的度差异影响了的稳定性.
- 计算方法为分子能量学提供了洞察力.
研究的目的:
- 计算乙的α-螺旋和β-链形态之间的度差异.
- 为了研究这些形状的尺寸依赖的能量偏好.
主要方法:
- 分子轨道 (MO) 理论与ONIOM方法.
- 高级别:B3LYP/D95 (d.p.) 的情况. 低级别:AM1.1. 低级别:AM1.1. 低级别:AM1.1. 低级别:AM1.
- 对优化结构进行完整的振动分析.
主要成果:
- 对α-螺旋链而不是β-链的体偏好随着的长度而增加.
- 贝塔链的增量变化达到n=10.0左右的非对称极限.
- 对于n=17,阿尔法螺旋在输入上受益于11.99 kcal/mol.
结论:
- 该研究量化了短中二次结构偏好的能量基础.
- 计算结果与聚氨酸的实验数据一致.
- 凝聚力在确定形状方面发挥着重要作用.
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