Solvation model induced structural changes in peptides. A quantum chemical study on Ramachandran surfaces and conformers of alanine diamide using the polarizable continuum model

Copyright 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem 25: 1522-1531, 2004

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of computational chemistry. - 1984. - 25(2004), 12 vom: 05. Sept., Seite 1522-31
1. Verfasser: Hudáky, Ilona (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Hudáky, Péter, Perczel, András
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2004
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of computational chemistry
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Peptides Solvents Alanine OF5P57N2ZX
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Zusammenfassung:Copyright 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem 25: 1522-1531, 2004
Potential energy surfaces of the model peptide HCO-L-Ala-NH2 were calculated using polarizable continuum model (PCM) for the description of aqueous solution at RHF/3-21G, RHF/6-31+G(d), and B3LYP/6-31+G(d) levels of theory. Energy minima were optimized at all three levels as well as at B3LYP/PCM/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory. Results were correlated to experimental data of protein structures retrieved from PDB SELECT. It is concluded that alanine residues of proteins are modeled better by PCM results than by gas-phase calculations on the alanine diamide model (frequently called alanine dipeptide model). The currently available version of the PCM model implemented in Gaussian 03 provides a reasonable alternative to anticipate solvation effects without the computational costs of introducing explicit solvent molecules into the model system. Frequencies calculated at RHF/PCM/6-31+G(d) and B3LYP/PCM/6-31+G(d) levels of theory show high correlation; thus, RHF results have their own merit
Beschreibung:Date Completed 29.04.2005
Date Revised 21.11.2013
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1096-987X