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arXiv 2001.07053physics.bio-ph
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蛋白质介电常数的变化

Variations in Proteins Dielectric Constants

Muhamed Amin, Jochen Küpper

摘要:

使用一种新的半经验方法计算分子的极化率和克劳修斯Mossotti关系,我们计算的静态介电常数的干蛋白质的所有结构的蛋白质数据库(PDB)。超过150,000种蛋白质的平均介电常数为3.23,标准偏差为0.04,这与先前对干蛋白质的测量结果一致。小的标准偏差是由于分子极化率和蛋白质体积之间的强相关性。我们注意到,非氨基酸辅因子,如叶绿素可能会改变介电环境显着。此外,我们的模型显示在同一分子内的介电常数的各向异性根据组成氨基酸和辅因子。最后,通过改变氨基酸的质子化状态,我们表明,pH值的变化不会对蛋白质的介电常数有显着的影响。

英文摘要:

Using a new semi empirical method for calculating molecular polarizabilities and the Clausius Mossotti relation, we calculated the static dielectric constants of dry proteins for all structures in the protein data bank (PDB). The mean dielectric constant of more than 150,000 proteins is 3.23 with a standard deviation of 0.04, which agrees well with previous measurement for dry proteins. The small standard deviation results from the strong correlation between the molecular polarizability and the volume of the proteins. We note that non amino acid cofactors such as Chlorophyll may alter the dielectric environment significantly. Furthermore, our model shows anisotropies of the dielectric constant within the same molecule according to the constituent amino acids and cofactors. Finally, by changing the amino acid protonation states, we show that a change of pH does not have a significant effect on the dielectric constants of proteins.

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