Zhan Lixin, Chen Jeff Z Y, Liu Wing-Ki
Department of Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Biophys J. 2006 Oct 1;91(7):2399-404. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.083899. Epub 2006 Jul 7.
We report a computational study of the small peptide Met-enkephalin based on the ECEPP/2 and ECEPP/3 force fields using the basin paving method. We have located a new global minimum when using the ECEPP/3 force field with peptide angles omega fixed at 180 degrees. With this new result, we can conclude that the lowest energy configurations of Met-enkephalin predicted based on all four versions of ECEPP have a classic gamma-turn centered at residue Gly3 and a beta-turn at residues Gly3-Phe4. However, minor differences between the structures also exist.