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Dr. Myhuong T. Nguyen

at Monash Univ

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Proceedings Article | 30 December 2008 Paper

A study on the atomic hydrophobicity of peptides in aqueous solutions using molecular dynamics modeling methods

Myhuong Nguyen, Alan Chaffee, Marie Held, Reinhard Boysen, Dan Nicolau, Milton Hearn

Proceedings Volume 7270, 727002 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.810715

KEYWORDS: Chemical species, Molecules, Oxygen, Proteins, Hydrogen, Molecular interactions, Visualization, Monte Carlo methods, Optical spheres, Biomedical optics

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Accurate quantification of the hydrophobic/hydrophilic properties of protein surfaces requires detailed knowledge of the hydrophobicity of amino acids at the atomic level. As discussed previously in various published papers, molecular modeling can be used with effect to acquire such knowledge. In this study, molecular dynamics methods have been employed to examine the role of the distance between an amino acid atom and its nearest water molecule in relation to its intrinsic atom hydrophobicity. This distance is the radius of the water-excluding-region around the atom; therefore, it can provide information on the solvent accessibility and steric hindrance that may influence the atom hydrophobicity. Molecular models of tripeptide in the form of GXG, and pentapeptides in the form of AcWLXLL-NH₂ and AcGGXGGNH₂ for 20 natural amino acids in the X position were constructed and allowed to dynamically interact with surrounding water for a sufficient period of time. The distance value for each atom in all natural amino acids were calculated and analyzed against the atom/amino acid's other parameters such as radial distribution function, solvent-accessible surface area, and hydrogen bonding. It was observed that, when the dynamic factor is taken into account, peptide molecular conformation is modified noticeably with residue type. For protein surface identification purposes, preliminary results are consistent with those reported in the literature on the need to include the amino acid structural properties as well as the effects of its neighboring residues. Further investigation is envisaged in order to verify these observations.

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