Diffusive Dynamics in a Detailed Potential: Application to Biological Macromolecules

Abstract The local dynamics of macromolecules is obtained to second-order in the mode-coupling expansion of the Smoluchowski diffusion theory. The NMR spin-lattice relaxation times of different 13C or 15N nuclei along the chains are calculated and compared to experimental data from the literature. The macromolecules are considered as fluctuating 3D structures undergoing rotational diffusion. The fluctuations can be evaluated with any technique for sampling the configurational space. In the presented test cases Molecular Dynamics simulations have been applied to a DNA fragment and to the NK-2 homeodomain. In the case of the double-stranded DNA fragment d(TpCpGpCpG)2, second and even first order theories are found to be in close agreement with experimental results. The major advantage of the diffusion technique is that only a good statistics is important as input while the solvent dynamic effects enter through hydrodynamic theory. Application based on Hybrid Monte Carlo schemes coupled with J-walking, are now in progress.

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