scholarly journals Theoretical study of the potential energy surface of N-formyl-L-cysteine-amide by using a genetic algorithm multi niche crowding

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chem Int

The generation of molecular structures constituting the conformational space of trans-N-For-L-Cys-NH2 was accomplished using the genetic algorithm MNC coupled to the semi-empirical AM1 method, AM1/GA-MNC. The structural and energy analysis of the obtained conformational space E=E(,ψ) locates 7 regions or minima ɣL, ɣD, L, D, L, ɛD and ɛL. The combination of these folds to structuring modes adopted by the side chain CH2-SH has allowed us to identify 27 stable geometric structures. The regions corresponding to helical folds αD and αL are not favorable for the system that is the subject of current study.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chem Int ◽  
Malika Bourjila

The generation of molecular structures constituting the conformational space of trans-N-For-L-Cys-NH2 was accomplished using the genetic algorithm MNC coupled to the semi-empirical AM1 method, AM1/GA-MNC. The structural and energy analysis of the obtained conformational space E=E(,ψ) locates 7 regions or minima ɣL, ɣD, L, D, L, ɛD and ɛL. The combination of these folds to structuring modes adopted by the side chain CH2-SH has allowed us to identify 27 stable geometric structures. The regions corresponding to helical folds αD and αL are not favorable for the system that is the subject of current study.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chem Int

The genetic algorithm, based on the Multi-Niche Crowding (MNC) method, coupled with the semi-empirical AM1 method is used to analyze the potential energy surface of some polypeptides containing cysteine. Calculating the formation energies of these systems in both neutral and deprotonated states, we deducted their enthalpy of deprotonation (ΔHacid) and we identified the types of rearrangement of these systems when isolated. Deprotonation occurs at the level of the alone acid site characterizing these peptides namely the thiol. The values obtained for the deprotonation enthalpies of polypeptides AlaCysNH2, Ala2CysNH2, Ala3CysNH2, Ala4CysNH2, CysAlaNH2 and CysAla2NH2 are in the order of 331.3 kcal/mol, 322.9 kcal/mol, 313.8 kcal/mol, 312.9 kcal/mol, 325.1 kcal/mol and 317.3 kcal/mol, respectively. The location of global and local minima of these polypeptides shows that they are rearranged in two forms of secondary structures namely helical and globular forms. The obtained results are in good agreement with the experimental ones, on the one hand, and with those from other methods in the theoretical calculation, on the other hand. Therefore, the N-cysteine is more acidic than their homologous C-Cysteine and for this series of plolyalanines, the acidity in the gas phase increased with the peptide chain length.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chem Int

The full conformational space of N-formyl-L-alanine-amide was explored by the semi-empirical method AM1 coupled to the Multi Niche Crowding (MNC) genetic algorithm implemented in a package of programs developed in our laboratory. The structural and energy analysis of the resulting conformational space E(,ψ) exhibits 5 regions or minima ɣL, ɣD, ɛL, D and αD. The technique provides better detection of local and global minima within a reasonable time.


2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (08) ◽  
pp. 1450067 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. El Merbouh ◽  
M. Bourjila ◽  
R. Tijar ◽  
R. Drissi El Bouzaidi ◽  
A. El Gridani ◽  
...  

The genetic algorithm based on the Multi-Niche Crowding (MNC) method is used with the semi-empirical methods AM1 and PM3 in order to scan the potential energy surface (PES) of neutral and protonated glycine. The algorithm is implemented as a package of programs interfaced with MOPAC and piloted by scripts. Both methods AM1 and PM3 located six minima on the PES of neutral glycine and seven on the protonated glycine one, of which three are those of the N -protonated form and four of the O -protonated one.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chem Int

In this paper we present a detailed conformational study of three aromatic systems constituting the basic units of humic acids namely benzoic acid, salicylic acid and phthalic acid. The genetic algorithm, based on the multi-niche crowding (MNC) method, coupled with the semi-empirical AM1 method is used to analyze the potential energy surface (PES) of these systems. This algorithm, implemented in the MOPAC program and piloted by scripts, provides better detection of global and local minima in a reasonable time. The results obtained are comparable with those of previous studies. Three factors can be cited to justify the stability of conformations i.e. effects of conjugation, steric interactions and intramolecular hydrogen bonds.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Lucas ◽  
George Barnes

We present the results of direct dynamics simulations and DFT calculations aimed at elucidating the effect of \textit{O}-sulfonation on the collision induced dissociation for serine. Towards this end, direct dynamics simulations of both serine and sulfoserine were performed at multiple collision energies and theoretical mass spectra obtained. Comparisons to experimental results are favorable for both systems. Peaks related to the sulfo group are identified and the reaction dynamics explored. In particular, three significant peaks (m\z 106, 88, and 81) seen in the theoretical mass spectrum directly related to the sulfo group are analyzed as well as major peaks shared by both systems. Our analysis shows that the m\z 106 peaks result from intramolecular rearrangements, intermolecular proton transfer among complexes composed of initial fragmentation products, and at high energy side-chain fragmentation. The \mz 88 peak was found to contain multiple constitutional isomers, including a previously unconsidered, low energy structure. It was also seen that the RM1 semi empirical method was not able to obtain all of the major peaks seen in experiment for sulfoserine. In contrast, PM6 did obtain all major experimental peaks.


Author(s):  
Antony N. Beris ◽  
Brian J. Edwards

This much-needed monograph presents a systematic, step-by-step approach to the continuum modeling of flow phenomena exhibited within materials endowed with a complex internal microstructure, such as polymers and liquid crystals. By combining the principles of Hamiltonian mechanics with those of irreversible thermodynamics, Antony N. Beris and Brian J. Edwards, renowned authorities on the subject, expertly describe the complex interplay between conservative and dissipative processes. Throughout the book, the authors emphasize the evaluation of the free energy--largely based on ideas from statistical mechanics--and how to fit the values of the phenomenological parameters against those of microscopic models. With Thermodynamics of Flowing Systems in hand, mathematicians, engineers, and physicists involved with the theoretical study of flow behavior in structurally complex media now have a superb, self-contained theoretical framework on which to base their modeling efforts.


1959 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 1017-1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Bowsher

The study of the propagation of "plastic" waves in solids has reached a stage where it is necessary to consider which direction future research should take. In the past 90 or so years many experiments, mostly designed to elucidate certain points of engineering significance, and a few attempts at a theoretical study have cast some light on the subject and revealed it as one of formidable difficulty.Nearly all the experiments have of necessity relied on rather dubious theories for their interpretation, and part of the present paper will be devoted to a description of an apparatus which gives results capable of being interpreted with a very minimum of theory. The remainder of the paper is devoted to a short review of past work with particular emphasis on basic phenomena and to a brief discussion on the most pressing problems still remaining. The experiments described in the present paper bring to light a factor in the propagation of "plastic" waves that seems to have been overlooked in previous work.


Author(s):  
J. Espinosa-Garcia ◽  
Jose Carlos Corchado

For the theoretical study of the title reaction, an analytical full-dimensional potential energy surface named PES-2021 was developed for the first time, by fitting high-level explicitly-correlated ab initio data. This...


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