Francois Auvray
Unfolding Dynamics of a Photoswitchable Helical Peptide
Auvray, Francois; Hirst, Jonathan D.
Authors
Professor JONATHAN HIRST JONATHAN.HIRST@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
PROFESSOR OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
Abstract
We present an atomistic force field for the azo-moiety of the photoswitchable FK-11-X peptide. We use the parameters to study the unfolding of the peptide through molecular dynamics simulations. The unfolded ensemble contains many different structures, ranging from a partially unfolded peptide to a fully unfolded structure. The averaged computed far-ultraviolet circular dichroism (CD) spectrum of the set of structures, which was simulated using the newly developed force field, agrees well with experiment. The rate of the simulated unfolding process was estimated to have a time constant of 5.80 ± 0.03 ns from the time evolution of the CD spectrum of the peptide, computed from the backbone conformations sampled over 40 simulated trajectories. Our estimated time constant is faster than, but not inconsistent with, previous experimental estimates from time-resolved infrared and optical rotatory dispersion spectroscopy.
Citation
Auvray, F., & Hirst, J. D. (2020). Unfolding Dynamics of a Photoswitchable Helical Peptide. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 124(26), 5380-5392. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c04017
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 9, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 9, 2020 |
Publication Date | Jul 2, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Jun 15, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 10, 2021 |
Journal | The journal of physical chemistry. B |
Print ISSN | 1520-6106 |
Electronic ISSN | 1520-5207 |
Publisher | American Chemical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 124 |
Issue | 26 |
Pages | 5380-5392 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c04017 |
Keywords | Physical and Theoretical Chemistry; Materials Chemistry; Surfaces, Coatings and Films |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4653661 |
Publisher URL | https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c04017 |
Additional Information | This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Journal of Physical Chemistry B copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c04017. |
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