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Professor JONATHAN HIRST's Outputs (4)

Computing infrared spectra of proteins using the exciton model (2016)
Journal Article
Husseini, F. S., Robinson, D., Hunt, N. T., Parker, A. W., & Hirst, J. (in press). Computing infrared spectra of proteins using the exciton model. Journal of Computational Chemistry, 38(16), https://doi.org/10.1002/jcc.24674

The ability to compute from first principles the infrared spectrum of a protein in solution phase representing a biological system would provide a useful connection to atomistic models of protein structure and dynamics. Indeed, such calculations are... Read More about Computing infrared spectra of proteins using the exciton model.

Probing polyoxometalate-protein interactions using molecular dynamics simulations (2016)
Journal Article
Solé-Daura, A., Goovaerts, V., Stroobants, K., Absillis, G., Jiménez-Lozano, P., Poblet, J. M., …Carbó, J. J. (2016). Probing polyoxometalate-protein interactions using molecular dynamics simulations. Chemistry - A European Journal, 22(43), 15280-15289. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201602263

The molecular interactions between the Ce(IV)-substituted Keggin anion [PW11O39Ce(OH2)4]3- (CeK) and hen egg white lysozyme (HEWL), was investigated by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. We compared the analysis of CeK with the Ce(IV)-substituted... Read More about Probing polyoxometalate-protein interactions using molecular dynamics simulations.

Simulation of Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy of Peptides Using Localized Normal Modes (2016)
Journal Article
Hanson-Heine, M. W. D., Husseini, F. S., Hirst, J. D., & Besley, N. A. (2016). Simulation of Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy of Peptides Using Localized Normal Modes. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 12(4), 1905-1918. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.5b01198

Non-linear two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy (2DIR) is most commonly simulated within the framework of the exciton method. The key parameters for these calculations include the frequency of the oscillators within their molecular environments and... Read More about Simulation of Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy of Peptides Using Localized Normal Modes.

Docking and molecular dynamics simulations of the ternary complex nisin2:lipid II (2016)
Journal Article
Mulholland, S., Turpin, E. R., Bonev, B. B., & Hirst, J. (2016). Docking and molecular dynamics simulations of the ternary complex nisin2:lipid II. Scientific Reports, 6(21185), https://doi.org/10.1038/srep21185

Lanthionine antibiotics are an important class of naturally-occurring antimicrobial peptides. The best-known, nisin, is a commercial food preservative. However, structural and mechanistic details on nisin/lipid II membrane complexes are currently lac... Read More about Docking and molecular dynamics simulations of the ternary complex nisin2:lipid II.