MACROSCOPIC MODELS OF AQUEOUS-SOLUTIONS - BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS

被引:509
作者
HONIG, B [1 ]
SHARP, K [1 ]
YANG, AS [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV PENN, DEPT BIOCHEM & BIOPHYS, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 USA
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10.1021/j100108a002
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A theoretical approach to the treatment of solute-solvent interactions is described. The solute is described as a low dielectric cavity immersed in a dielectric continuum. However, the cavity is not assigned a simple geometric form but rather is determined from the van der Waals envelope of the molecule. Real and partial charges are placed on atomic nuclei as in any molecular mechanics force field. Dielectric and ionic strength effects are obtained through numerical solutions to the Poisson-Boltzmann equation, which has proved to be remarkably accurate for a wide range of applications. Nonpolar effects are treated by applying the concept of interfacial free energy at the molecular level. Applications to the calculation of solvation free energies, reaction rates, pKa's, and binding energies are described. A separate section is devoted to a discussion of the free energy balance in protein folding.
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页码:1101 / 1109
页数:9
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