Computational Chemistry for Elucidating Protein Function: Energetics and Dynamics of Myoglobin–Ligand Systems

Authors

  • David R. Nutt
  • Polina Banushkina
  • Markus Meuwly

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/000942905777676047

Keywords:

Ab initio md, Free energy surface, Molecular dynamics, Myoglobin, Qm/mm simulations, Smoluchowski equation

Abstract

State-of-the-art computational methodologies are used to investigate the energetics and dynamics of photodissociated CO and NO in myoglobin (Mb···CO and Mb···NO). This includes the combination of molecular dynamics, ab initio MD, free energy sampling, and effective dynamics methods to compare the results with studies using X-ray crystallography and ultrafast spectroscopy metho ds. It is shown that modern simulation techniques along with careful description of the intermolecular interactions can give quantitative agreement with experiments on complex molecular systems. Based on this agreement predictions for as yet uncharacterized species can be made.

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Published

2005-07-01

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