Polarizable continuum models provide an effective electrostatic embedding model for fragment-based chemical shift prediction in challenging systems
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| Publié dans: | Journal of computational chemistry. - 1984. - 41(2020), 26 vom: 05. Okt., Seite 2251-2265 |
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| Format: | Article en ligne |
| Langue: | English |
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2020
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| Accès à la collection: | Journal of computational chemistry |
| Sujets: | Journal Article Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. biomolecules, density functional theory fragment methods molecular crystals nuclear magnetic resonance chemical shifts Proteins |
| Résumé: | © 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC. Ab initio nuclear magnetic resonance chemical shift prediction provides an important tool for interpreting and assigning experimental spectra, but it becomes computationally prohibitive in large systems. The computational costs can be reduced considerably by fragmentation of the large system into a series of contributions from many smaller subsystems. However, the presence of charged functional groups and the need to partition the system across covalent bonds create complications in biomolecules that typically require the use of large fragments and careful descriptions of the electrostatic environment. The present work shows how a model that combines chemical shielding contributions from non-overlapping monomer and dimer fragments embedded in a polarizable continuum model provides a simple, easy-to-implement, and computationally inexpensive approach for predicting chemical shifts in complex systems. The model's performance proves rather insensitive to the continuum dielectric constant, making the selection of the optimal embedding dielectric less critical. The PCM-embedded fragment model is demonstrated to perform well across systems ranging from molecular crystals to proteins |
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| Description: | Date Completed 21.06.2021 Date Revised 21.06.2021 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1096-987X |
| DOI: | 10.1002/jcc.26388 |