Theoretical study of intramolecular interaction energies during dynamics simulations of oligopeptides by the fragment molecular orbital-Hamiltonian algorithm method.

We analyzed the interaction energies between residues (fragments) in an oligopeptide occurring during dynamic simulations by using the fragment molecular orbital-Hamiltonian algorithm (FMO-HA) method, an ab initio MO-molecular dynamics technique. The FMO method enables not only calculation of large molecules based on ab initio MO but also easy evaluation of interfragment interaction energies. The glycine pentamer [(Gly)(5)] and decamer [(Gly)(10)] were divided into five and ten fragments, respectively. alpha-helix structures of (Gly)(5) and (Gly)(10) were stabilized by attractive interaction energies owing to intramolecular hydrogen bonds between fragments n and n+3 (and n+4), and beta-strand structures were characterized by repulsive interaction energies between fragments n and n+2. We analyzed interfragment interaction energies during dynamics simulations as the peptides' geometries changed from alpha helix to beta strand. Intramolecular hydrogen bonds between fragments 2-4 and 2-5 control the geometrical preference of (Gly)(5) for the beta-strand structure. The pitch of one turn of the alpha helix of (Gly)(10) elongated and thus weakened during dynamics due to a shifting of the intramolecular hydrogen bonds, and enabled the beta-strand structure to form. Changes in interaction energies due to the intramolecular hydrogen bonds controlled the tendency toward alpha-helix or beta-strand structure of (Gly)(5) and (Gly)(10). Evaluation of interfragment interaction energies during dynamics simulations thus enabled detailed analysis of the process of the geometrical changes occurring in oligopeptides.

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