Oganesyan V S, Kuprusevicius E, Gopee H, Cammidge A N, Wilson M R
School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Earlham Road, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom.
Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Jan 9;102(1):013005. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.013005. Epub 2009 Jan 8.
We report simulation of EPR spectra directly and entirely from trajectories generated from molecular dynamics simulations. Results are reported for a model 3beta-DOXYL-5alpha-cholestane spin probe in a coarse-grained solvent representing a 5CB nematic host. The results are in excellent agreement with the experimental spectra. The calculated order parameters associated with the paramagnetic probe show strong correlation with the order parameter of 5CB mesogens and are in agreement with those reported in the literature. Simulation of EPR spectra entirely from molecular dynamics of real structures provides direct correlation between molecular motions and the features observed in the spectra, allowing unambiguous interpretation of the spectra. This method opens the possibility for "computer engineering" of spin-labeled materials with the desired properties, such as spin-labeled proteins, prior to experiment.
我们报告了直接且完全基于分子动力学模拟生成的轨迹对电子顺磁共振(EPR)光谱进行的模拟。报告了在代表5CB向列型主体的粗粒度溶剂中,模型3β - DOXYL - 5α - 胆甾烷自旋探针的结果。结果与实验光谱高度吻合。与顺磁探针相关的计算序参数与5CB液晶元的序参数显示出很强的相关性,并且与文献报道的结果一致。完全基于真实结构的分子动力学对EPR光谱进行模拟,提供了分子运动与光谱中观察到的特征之间的直接关联,从而能够对光谱进行明确的解释。这种方法为在实验之前“计算机工程”具有所需特性的自旋标记材料(如自旋标记蛋白质)开辟了可能性。