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Parthasarathi R, Tian J, Redondo A, Gnanakaran S. Quantum Chemical Study of Carbohydrate–Phospholipid Interactions. J Phys Chem A 2011; 115:12826-40. [DOI: 10.1021/jp204015j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- R. Parthasarathi
- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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Soares CS, da Silva CO. Conformational study of methylphosphocholine: a prototype for phospholipid headgroups in membranes. J Mol Graph Model 2010; 29:82-92. [PMID: 20627784 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2010.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2010] [Revised: 05/04/2010] [Accepted: 05/05/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
Phospholipid bilayers constitute the largest structural component of cell membranes, in which choline phospholipids are abundant. In this study, through a theoretical sampling on a methylphosphocholine (MePC) potential energy surface, a set of conformers was selected as a prototype for the membrane phospholipid head. We performed a detailed conformational study of such a prototype, both as an isolated moiety and in a solvated system. We used the polarizable continuum model (PCM) to account for solvation effects. We used a quantum-mechanical methodology based on density functional theory (DFT) and the 6-31G(d,p) basis set for the calculations. Through this methodology we were able to obtain a set of conformations that presented a mirror-image pattern, in good agreement with the experimental geometric values for the different phosphocholine derivatives. Potential curves for the main parameters of the dihedral space of MePC were obtained and are provided to guide future force-field parameterizations.
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- Cinthia S Soares
- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Krishnamurty S, Stefanov M, Mineva T, Bégu S, Devoisselle JM, Goursot A, Zhu R, Salahub DR. Density Functional Theory-Based Conformational Analysis of a Phospholipid Molecule (Dimyristoyl Phosphatidylcholine). J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:13433-42. [DOI: 10.1021/jp804934d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- S. Krishnamurty
- UMR 5253 CNRS/ENSCM/UM2/UM1, Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, 8 rue de 1ʼ Ecole Normale, 34296 Montpellier Cédex 5, France, Institute of Catalysis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Georgi Bonchev Strasse 11, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria, and Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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- UMR 5253 CNRS/ENSCM/UM2/UM1, Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, 8 rue de 1ʼ Ecole Normale, 34296 Montpellier Cédex 5, France, Institute of Catalysis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Georgi Bonchev Strasse 11, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria, and Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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- UMR 5253 CNRS/ENSCM/UM2/UM1, Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, 8 rue de 1ʼ Ecole Normale, 34296 Montpellier Cédex 5, France, Institute of Catalysis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Georgi Bonchev Strasse 11, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria, and Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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- UMR 5253 CNRS/ENSCM/UM2/UM1, Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, 8 rue de 1ʼ Ecole Normale, 34296 Montpellier Cédex 5, France, Institute of Catalysis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Georgi Bonchev Strasse 11, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria, and Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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- UMR 5253 CNRS/ENSCM/UM2/UM1, Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, 8 rue de 1ʼ Ecole Normale, 34296 Montpellier Cédex 5, France, Institute of Catalysis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Georgi Bonchev Strasse 11, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria, and Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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- UMR 5253 CNRS/ENSCM/UM2/UM1, Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, 8 rue de 1ʼ Ecole Normale, 34296 Montpellier Cédex 5, France, Institute of Catalysis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Georgi Bonchev Strasse 11, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria, and Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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- UMR 5253 CNRS/ENSCM/UM2/UM1, Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, 8 rue de 1ʼ Ecole Normale, 34296 Montpellier Cédex 5, France, Institute of Catalysis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Georgi Bonchev Strasse 11, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria, and Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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- UMR 5253 CNRS/ENSCM/UM2/UM1, Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, 8 rue de 1ʼ Ecole Normale, 34296 Montpellier Cédex 5, France, Institute of Catalysis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Georgi Bonchev Strasse 11, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria, and Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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Mu QS, Zhao XB, Lu JR, Armes SP, Lewis AL, Thomas RK. pH-Responsive Nanoaggregation of Diblock Phosphorylcholine Copolymers. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:9652-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jp710365u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Q. S. Mu
- Biological Physics Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Schuster Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Biological Physics Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Schuster Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Biological Physics Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Schuster Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, United Kingdom
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- Biocompatibles UK Limited, Chapman House, Farnham Business Park, Weydon Lane, Farnham, Surrey GU9 8QL, United Kingdom
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, The University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
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Thomas MC, Mitchell TW, Blanksby SJ. A comparison of the gas phase acidities of phospholipid headgroups: experimental and computational studies. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2005; 16:926-39. [PMID: 15907707 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2005.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2004] [Revised: 02/14/2005] [Accepted: 02/14/2005] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
Abstract
Proton-bound dimers consisting of two glycerophospholipids with different headgroups were prepared using negative ion electrospray ionization and dissociated in a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. Analysis of the tandem mass spectra of the dimers using the kinetic method provides, for the first time, an order of acidity for the phospholipid classes in the gas phase of PE < PA << PG < PS < PI. Hybrid density functional calculations on model phospholipids were used to predict the absolute deprotonation enthalpies of the phospholipid classes from isodesmic proton transfer reactions with phosphoric acid. The computational data largely support the experimental acidity trend, with the exception of the relative acidity ranking of the two most acidic phospholipid species. Possible causes of the discrepancy between experiment and theory are discussed and the experimental trend is recommended. The sequence of gas phase acidities for the phospholipid headgroups is found to (1) have little correlation with the relative ionization efficiencies of the phospholipid classes observed in the negative ion electrospray process, and (2) correlate well with fragmentation trends observed upon collisional activation of phospholipid [M - H](-) anions.
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- Michael C Thomas
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Northfields Road, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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Talbott CM, Vorobyov I, Borchman D, Taylor KG, DuPré DB, Yappert MC. Conformational studies of sphingolipids by NMR spectroscopy. II. Sphingomyelin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1467:326-37. [PMID: 11030591 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(00)00229-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Sphingomyelin (SM) is the most prevalent sphingolipid in the majority of mammalian membranes. Proton and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectral data were acquired to establish the nature of intra- and intermolecular H-bonds in the monomeric and aggregated forms of SM and to assess possible differences between this lipid and dihydrosphingomyelin (DHSM), which lacks the double bond between carbons 4 and 5 of the sphingoid base. The spectral trends suggest the formation of an intramolecular H-bond between the OH group of the sphingosine moiety and the phosphate ester oxygen of the head group. The narrower linewidth and the downfield shift of the resonance corresponding to OH proton in SM suggest that this H-bond is stronger in SM than in DHSM. The NH group appears to be involved predominantly in intramolecular H-bonding in the monomer. As the concentration of SM increases and the molecules come in closer proximity, these intramolecular bonds are partially disrupted and the NH group becomes involved in lipid-water interactions. The difference between the SM and DHSM appears to be not in the nature of these interactions but rather in the degree to which these intermolecular interactions prevail. As SM molecules cannot come as close together as DHSM molecules can, both the NH and OH moieties remain, on average, more intramolecularly bonded as compared to DHSM.
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- C M Talbott
- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, KY 40292, USA
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