Journal
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 131, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3207815
Keywords
density functional theory; hydrogen bonds; molecular biophysics; molecular configurations; potential energy surfaces; proteins
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- CONACYT [MOD-ORD-12-08 PCI-085-04-08]
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The backbone conformational space of infinitely long polyalanine is investigated with density-functional theory and mapping the potential energy surface in terms of (L, theta) cylindrical coordinates. A comparison of the obtained (L, theta) Ramachandran-like plot with results from an extended set of protein structures shows excellent conformity, with the exception of the polyproline II region. It is demonstrated the usefulness of infinitely long polypeptide models for investigating the influence of hydrogen bonding and its cooperative effect on the backbone conformations. The results imply that hydrogen bonding together with long-range electrostatics is the main actuator for most of the structures assumed by protein residues.
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