Issue 13, 2010

Adsorption of xenon on a protein arising from the translational motion of solvent molecules

Abstract

A simple method was used to predict binding sites and to calculate the binding free energy for a xenon atom on a protein to determine the importance of the translational motion of water molecules in molecular recognition. We examined xenon bound on myoglobin and on a fragment of ammonium transporter. Despite the simplicity of our method, the predicted binding sites and the experimental results agree very well, and the estimated values of the free energy gain are also reasonable. We discuss the van der Waals picture of molecular recognition between a protein and a small hydrophobic molecule, such as an anesthetic molecule, which gives us a simple physical justification for the idea of a “lock and key” relationship used in conventional structure-based drug design programs.

Graphical abstract: Adsorption of xenon on a protein arising from the translational motion of solvent molecules

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Oct 2009
Accepted
08 Feb 2010
First published
24 Feb 2010

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010,12, 3096-3101

Adsorption of xenon on a protein arising from the translational motion of solvent molecules

R. Akiyama, Y. Karino, H. Obama and A. Yoshifuku, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 3096 DOI: 10.1039/B921314G

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