INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS C, cilt.15, sa.2, ss.223-231, 2004 (SCI-Expanded)
The three-dimensional structures of the heptapeptide deltorphin (H-Tyr(1)-D-Met(2)-Phe(3)-His(4)-Leu(5)-Met(6)-Asp(7)-NH2) are studied in aqueous solution using Energy Landscape Paving (ELP) method. The effect of a solvation energy term on the conformations are determined by analyzing Ramachandran plots. The structures are compared with experimental NMR data. By minimizing the energy structures, the low-energy microstates of the molecule in aqueous solution are determined.