Implementation of pi-pi interactions in molecular dynamics simulation

J Comput Chem. 2007 Apr 30;28(6):1091-9. doi: 10.1002/jcc.20557.

Abstract

No explicit pi-pi interaction term has been incorporated in the conventional molecular dynamics (MD) simulation programs in spite of its significant role in the folding of biomolecules and the clustering of organic chemicals. In this article, we propose a technique to emphasize the effect of pi-pi interactions using a function of energy and implement it into an MD simulation program. Several trial calculations show that the pi-pi incorporated program gives improved results consistent with experimental data on atom geometry and has no unfavorable interference with the conventional computational framework. This indicates an importance of the explicit consideration of pi-pi interactions in MD simulation.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Amino Acid Motifs
  • Carbamazepine / chemistry
  • Carbamazepine / metabolism
  • Computer Simulation*
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / chemistry
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / metabolism
  • Models, Molecular*
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Conformation*
  • Thermodynamics

Substances

  • Peptides
  • Trp-cage peptide
  • Carbamazepine
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A
  • CYP3A4 protein, human