Liu Haining, Ding Yuanqing, Walker Larry A, Doerksen Robert J
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677 USA.
Medchemcomm. 2013 Aug 1;4(8):1145-1147. doi: 10.1039/C3MD00045A.
We used quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics calculations to test if antimalarial primaquine (PQ) and its derivatives aid the conversion of hemoglobin to methemoglobin by binding to hemoglobin and merely lowering hemoglobin's ionization potential (IP). Our results showed that PQ and its derivatives do not significantly lower the hemoglobin IP, disproving the hypothesis.
我们采用量子力学/分子力学计算方法,来检验抗疟药伯氨喹(PQ)及其衍生物是否通过与血红蛋白结合并仅降低其电离势(IP),从而帮助血红蛋白转化为高铁血红蛋白。我们的结果表明,PQ及其衍生物不会显著降低血红蛋白的IP,这一假设不成立。