Department of Chemistry, City University of New York-Hunter College and the Graduate School, 695 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10065, USA.
J Chem Phys. 2013 Jun 28;138(24):245102. doi: 10.1063/1.4811712.
We present density functional theory calculations designed to evaluate the importance of π-stacking interactions to the stability of in-register Phe residues within parallel β-sheets, such as amyloids. We have used a model of a parallel H-bonded tetramer of acetylPheNH2 as a model and both functionals that were specifically designed to incorporate dispersion effects (DFs), as well as, several traditional functionals which have not been so designed. None of the functionals finds a global minimum for the π-stacked conformation, although two of the DFs find this to be a local minimum. The stacked phenyls taken from the optimized geometries calculated for each functional have been evaluated using MP2 and CCSD(T) calculations for comparison. The results suggest that π-stacking does not make an important contribution to the stability of this system and (by implication) to amyloid formation.
我们提出了密度泛函理论计算,旨在评估π-堆积相互作用对平行β-折叠(如淀粉样物)中对位 Phe 残基稳定性的重要性。我们使用乙酰苯丙氨酸 NH2 的平行氢键四聚体模型作为模型,并使用了专门设计用于包含分散效应(DFs)的两种功能,以及几种没有经过这样设计的传统功能。没有一个功能可以为π-堆积构象找到全局最小值,尽管其中两个 DFs 发现这是一个局部最小值。从为每个功能计算的优化几何形状中提取的堆叠苯基已使用 MP2 和 CCSD(T)计算进行了评估,以进行比较。结果表明,π-堆积对该系统的稳定性(以及暗示的淀粉样形成)没有重要贡献。