• 文献标题:   Adsorption and Conformational Evolution of Alpha-Helical BSA Segments on Graphene: A Molecular Dynamics Study
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YEO JJ, CHENG Y, HAN YT, ZHANG YY, GUAN GJ, ZHANG YW
  • 作者关键词:   molecular dynamic, bovine serum albumin, graphene
  • 出版物名称:   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS
  • ISSN:   1758-8251 EI 1758-826X
  • 通讯作者地址:   ASTAR
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1142/S1758825116500216
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are performed to investigate the adsorption mechanics and conformational dynamics of single and multiple bovine serum albumin (BSA) peptide segments on single-layer graphene through analysis of parameters such as the root-mean-square displacements, number of hydrogen bonds, helical content, interaction energies, and motions of mass center of the peptides. It is found that for the single segment system, destabilization of the helical structures in the form of the reduction in hydrogen bond numbers and a-helical content of the peptides occurred due to the strong interactions between BSA peptides and graphene. Similar destabilizations of the individual segments in the multi-segment system can occur as well, albeit with greater complexity and in a lesser degree due to the inter-segment interactions. Alleviation of decreases in the total helical content in the multi-segment system indicates protective capabilities of segment-segment interactions, which weaken their interactions with graphene. Diffusive motion upon adsorption of the segment(s) onto graphene is found to be highly confined, and the distance traversed by each segment in the multi-segment system was more significant than that in the single segment system, similarly attributable to reductions in their interactions with graphene due to inter-segment interactions.