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分子模型中病毒衣壳的纳米压痕

Nanoindentation of virus capsids in a molecular model

Marek Cieplak, Mark O. Robbins

摘要:

采用分子水平模型研究了豇豆褪绿斑驳病毒(CCMV)和豇豆花叶病毒(CPMV)空衣壳的机械反应。该模型基于构成衣壳的蛋白质的天然结构,并以C-α原子描述。大尖端的纳米压痕被建模为平行板之间的压缩。CCMV的压缩力与板分离的曲线图与连续模型和实验定性一致,显示了弹性区域,随后是力的不可逆下降。CPMV的机械响应尚未研究,但分子模型预测的一个数量级更高的刚度和更短的弹性区域比CCMV。这些大的变化是由小的结构变化引起的,这些结构变化只增加了30%的键数,并且很难在连续模型中捕捉到。连续介质和分子模型的局部变形的直接比较表明,分子模型经历了一个渐进的对称性破缺旋转和容纳更多的应变比连续介质模型的壁附近。在小的分离力的不可逆的下降与破裂几乎所有的衣壳蛋白质之间的键的分子模型,而在连续模型中观察到的屈曲过渡。

英文摘要:

A molecular-level model is used to study the mechanical response of empty cowpea chlorotic mottle virus (CCMV) and cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV) capsids. The model is based on the native structure of the proteins that consitute the capsids and is described in terms of the C-alpha atoms. Nanoindentation by a large tip is modeled as compression between parallel plates. Plots of the compressive force versus plate separation for CCMV are qualitatively consistent with continuum models and experiments, showing an elastic region followed by an irreversible drop in force. The mechanical response of CPMV has not been studied, but the molecular model predicts an order of magnitude higher stiffness and a much shorter elastic region than for CCMV. These large changes result from small structural changes that increase the number of bonds by only 30% and would be difficult to capture in continuum models. Direct comparison of local deformations in continuum and molecular models of CCMV shows that the molecular model undergoes a gradual symmetry breaking rotation and accommodates more strain near the walls than the continuum model. The irreversible drop in force at small separations is associated with rupturing nearly all of the bonds between capsid proteins in the molecular model while a buckling transition is observed in continuum models.

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