Study of elastin sequences with solvent induced force field
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS C, vol.16, no.9, pp.1339-1346, 2005 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 16 Issue: 9
- Publication Date: 2005
- Doi Number: 10.1142/s0129183105007959
- Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS C
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.1339-1346
- Hacettepe University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Conformational structures of two common repeat motifs Val(1)-Pro(2)-Gly(3)-Val(4)-Gly(5) and Gly(1)-Leu(2)-Gly(3)-Gly(4) of tropoelastin are investigated. by using the multicanonical simulation procedure with solvation effects included energy force field. The effects of solvation energy term on the conformations are determined by analyzing Ramachandran plots. By minimizing the energy structures along the trajectory, the thermodynamically most stable low-energy microstates of the molecule in aqueous solution are determined and the root mean square deviations of these structures with respect to the global minimum are calculated.