Stiebritz Martin T, Hu Yilin
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Methods Mol Biol. 2019;1876:245-266. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8864-8_16.
Metalloproteins are challenging objects if we want to investigate their chemical reactivity with theoretical approaches such as density functional theory (DFT). The complexity of these biomolecules often requires us to find a compromise between accuracy and feasibility, one that is tailored to the questions we set out to answer. In this chapter, we discuss computational approaches to studying chemical reactions in metalloproteins and how to utilize the information hidden in homologous proteins.
如果我们想用密度泛函理论(DFT)等理论方法研究金属蛋白的化学反应性,那么金属蛋白是具有挑战性的研究对象。这些生物分子的复杂性常常要求我们在准确性和可行性之间找到一个折衷方案,一个适合我们要回答的问题的方案。在本章中,我们将讨论研究金属蛋白中化学反应的计算方法,以及如何利用同源蛋白中隐藏的信息。