Interaction between aromatic residues. Molecular dynamics and ab initio exploration of the potential energy surface of the tryptophan-histidine pair

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Issues concerning the use of empirical force fields for minimum searching in the tryptophan-histidine intermolecular energy surface are discussed. The largest stabilization energy was identified for a T-shaped complex stabilized by a NH...N hydrogen bond.

Author: Gervasio, Francesco Luigi, Procacci, Piero, Cardini, Gianni, Guarna, Antonio, Giolitti, Alessandro, Schettino, Vincenzo
Aromatic compounds

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Determination of the potential of mean force of aromatic amino acid complexes in various solvents using molecular dynamics simulations: the case of the tryptophan-histidine pair

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The structural properties in solution of the tryptophan-histidine (TRP-HIS) is calculated and the potential of mean force as a function of the centroid distance and of angle between the normal to two aromatic rings for the TRP-HIS pair in vacuo and in various solvents are described. The result is consistent with experimental observations relative to quite large incidence of packing for amino-aromatic interactions of residues exposed to the solvent.

Author: Gervasio, Francesco Luigi, Procacci, Piero, Schettino, Vincenzo, Chelli, Riccardo, Marchi, Massimo
Biophysics, Tryptophan, Amino acids, Histidine

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Solvation dynamics of Li(super +) and Cl(super -) ions in liquid methanol

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A study is carried out on the Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics simulations that are performed on Li(super +) and Cl(super -) in fully deuterated liquid methanol. The findings show that the lithium cation has a stable tetrahedral coordination, whereas the chloride anion presents an average coordination number of 3.56.

Author: Cardini, Gianni, Schettino, Vincenzo, Pagliai, Marco
Italy, All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing, Methanol, Analysis, Solvation, Metal ions, Properties, Chemical properties

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Subjects list: Research, Molecular dynamics, Structure
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