A new set of molecular mechanics parameters for hydroxyproline and its use in molecular dynamics simulations of collagen‐like peptides

Recently, the importance of proline ring pucker conformations in collagen has been suggested in the context of hydroxylation of prolines. The previous molecular mechanics parameters for hydroxyproline, however, do not reproduce the correct pucker preference. We have developed a new set of parameters that reproduces the correct pucker preference. Our molecular dynamics simulations of proline and hydroxyproline monomers as well as collagen‐like peptides, using the new parameters, support the theory that the role of hydroxylation in collagen is to stabilize the triple helix by adjusting to the right pucker conformation (and thus the right ϕ angle) in the Y position. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem 26: 1612–1616, 2005

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