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Bui KQ, Bao Le TT, Barbosa GD, Papavassiliou DV, Razavi S, Striolo A. Molecular Density Fluctuations Control Solubility and Diffusion for Confined Aqueous Hydrogen. J Phys Chem Lett 2024:8114-8124. [PMID: 39087860 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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Hydrogen's contribution to a sustainable energy transformation requires intermittent storage technologies, e.g., underground hydrogen storage (UHS). Toward designing UHS sites, atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are used here to quantify thermodynamic and transport properties for confined aqueous H2. Slit-shaped pores of width 10 and 20 Å are carved out of kaolinite. Within these pores, water yields pronounced hydration layers. Molecular H2 distributes along these hydration layers, yielding solubilities up to ∼25 times those in the bulk. Hydrogen accumulates near the siloxane surface, where water density fluctuates significantly. On the contrary, a dense hydration layer forms on the gibbsite surface, which is, for the most part, depleted of H2. Although confinement reduces water mobility, the diffusion of aqueous H2 increases as the kaolinite pore width decreases, also a consequence of water density fluctuations. These results relate to H2 permeability in underground hydrogen storage sites.
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- Khang Quang Bui
- School of Sustainable Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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- School of Sustainable Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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- School of Sustainable Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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- School of Sustainable Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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- School of Sustainable Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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- School of Sustainable Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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Ozon EA, Mati E, Karampelas O, Anuta V, Sarbu I, Musuc AM, Mitran RA, Culita DC, Atkinson I, Anastasescu M, Lupuliasa D, Mitu MA. The development of an innovative method to improve the dissolution performance of rivaroxaban. Heliyon 2024; 10:e33162. [PMID: 39021978 PMCID: PMC11253053 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e33162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2024] [Revised: 05/30/2024] [Accepted: 06/14/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024] Open
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Recent advancements in the formulation of solid dosage forms involving active ingredient-cyclodextrin complexes have garnered considerable attention in pharmaceutical research. While previous studies predominantly focused on incorporating these complexes into solid states, issues regarding incomplete inclusion prompted the exploration of novel methods. In this study, we aimed to develop an innovative approach to integrate liquid-state drug-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes into solid dosage forms. Our investigation centered on rivaroxaban, a hydrophobic compound practically insoluble in water, included in hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin at a 1:1 M ratio, and maintained in a liquid state. To enhance viscosity, hydroxypropyl-cellulose (2 % w/w) was introduced, and the resulting dispersion was sprayed onto the surface of cellulose pellets (CELLETS®780) using a Caleva Mini Coater. The process parameters were meticulously controlled, with atomization air pressure set at 1.1 atm and a fluidizing airflow maintained at 35-45 m3/h. Characterization of the coated cellets, alongside raw materials, was conducted using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analyses. Physicochemical evaluations affirmed the successful incorporation of rivaroxaban into hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin, with the final cellets demonstrating excellent flowability, compressibility, and adequate hardness. Quantitative analysis via the HPLC-DAD method confirmed a drug loading of 10 mg rivaroxaban/750 mg coated cellets. In vitro dissolution studies were performed in two distinct media: 0.022 M sodium acetate buffer pH 4.5 with 0.2 % sodium dodecyl sulfate (mirroring compendial conditions for 10 mg rivaroxaban tablets), and 0.05 M phosphate buffer pH 6.8 without surfactants, compared to reference capsules and conventional tablet formulations. The experimental capsules exhibited similar release profiles to the commercial product, Xarelto® 10 mg, with enhanced dissolution rates observed within the initial 10 min. This research presents a significant advancement in the development of solid dosage forms incorporating liquid-state drug-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes, offering a promising avenue for improving drug delivery and bioavailability.
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- Emma Adriana Ozon
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Street, 020945, Bucharest, Romania
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- "Titu Maiorescu" University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, 16 Sincai Boulevard, 040314, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Street, 020945, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Physical and Colloidal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Street, 020945, Bucharest, Romania
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- "Titu Maiorescu" University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Physics and Biophysics, Drug Industry and Pharmaceutical Biotechnologies, 16 Sincai Boulevard, 040314, Bucharest, Romania
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry - Ilie Murgulescu, Romanian Academy, 202 Spl. Independentei, 060021, Bucharest, Romania
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry - Ilie Murgulescu, Romanian Academy, 202 Spl. Independentei, 060021, Bucharest, Romania
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry - Ilie Murgulescu, Romanian Academy, 202 Spl. Independentei, 060021, Bucharest, Romania
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry - Ilie Murgulescu, Romanian Academy, 202 Spl. Independentei, 060021, Bucharest, Romania
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry - Ilie Murgulescu, Romanian Academy, 202 Spl. Independentei, 060021, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Street, 020945, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6 Traian Vuia Street, 020945, Bucharest, Romania
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Liu J, Eastep GN, Cvirkaite-Krupovic V, Rich-New ST, Kreutzberger MAB, Egelman EH, Krupovic M, Wang F. Two distinct archaeal type IV pili structures formed by proteins with identical sequence. Nat Commun 2024; 15:5049. [PMID: 38877064 PMCID: PMC11178852 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45062-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/16/2024] Open
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Type IV pili (T4P) represent one of the most common varieties of surface appendages in archaea. These filaments, assembled from small pilin proteins, can be many microns long and serve diverse functions, including adhesion, biofilm formation, motility, and intercellular communication. Here, we determine atomic structures of two distinct adhesive T4P from Saccharolobus islandicus via cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). Unexpectedly, both pili were assembled from the same pilin polypeptide but under different growth conditions. One filament, denoted mono-pilus, conforms to canonical archaeal T4P structures where all subunits are equivalent, whereas in the other filament, the tri-pilus, the same polypeptide exists in three different conformations. The three conformations in the tri-pilus are very different from the single conformation found in the mono-pilus, and involve different orientations of the outer immunoglobulin-like domains, mediated by a very flexible linker. Remarkably, the outer domains rotate nearly 180° between the mono- and tri-pilus conformations. Both forms of pili require the same ATPase and TadC-like membrane pore for assembly, indicating that the same secretion system can produce structurally very different filaments. Our results show that the structures of archaeal T4P appear to be less constrained and rigid than those of the homologous archaeal flagellar filaments that serve as helical propellers.
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- Junfeng Liu
- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Archaeal Virology Unit, Paris, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Archaeal Virology Unit, Paris, France.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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Liu YZ, Chen YN, Sun Q. The Dependence of Hydrophobic Interactions on the Shape of Solute Surface. Molecules 2024; 29:2601. [PMID: 38893477 PMCID: PMC11173737 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29112601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2024] [Revised: 05/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
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According to our recent studies on hydrophobicity, this work is aimed at understanding the dependence of hydrophobic interactions on the shape of a solute's surface. It has been observed that dissolved solutes primarily affect the structure of interfacial water, which refers to the top layer of water at the interface between the solute and water. As solutes aggregate in a solution, hydrophobic interactions become closely related to the transition of water molecules from the interfacial region to the bulk water. It is inferred that hydrophobic interactions may depend on the shape of the solute surface. To enhance the strength of hydrophobic interactions, the solutes tend to aggregate, thereby minimizing their surface area-to-volume ratio. This also suggests that hydrophobic interactions may exhibit directional characteristics. Moreover, this phenomenon can be supported by calculated potential mean forces (PMFs) using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, where different surfaces, such as convex, flat, or concave, are associated with a sphere. Furthermore, this concept can be extended to comprehend the molecular packing parameter, commonly utilized in studying the self-assembly behavior of amphiphilic molecules in aqueous solutions.
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- Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, Ministry of Education, The School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; (Y.-Z.L.); (Y.-N.C.)
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Gibb CD, Tran TH, Gibb BC. Assessing Weak Anion Binding to Small Peptides. J Phys Chem B 2024; 128:3605-3613. [PMID: 38592238 PMCID: PMC11033870 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c00657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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Since Hofmeister's seminal studies in the late 19th century, it has been known that salts and buffers can drastically affect the properties of peptides and proteins. These Hofmeister effects can be conceived of in terms of three distinct phenomena/mechanisms: water-salt interactions that indirectly induce the salting-out of a protein by water sequestration by the salt, and direct salt-protein interactions that can either salt-in or salt-out the protein. Unfortunately, direct salt-protein interactions responsible for Hofmeister effects are weak and difficult to quantify. As such, they are frequently construed of as being nonspecific. Nevertheless, there has been considerable effort to better specify these interactions. Here, we use pentapeptides to demonstrate the utility of the H-dimension of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to assess anion binding using N-H signal shifts. We qualify binding using these, demonstrating the upfield shifts induced by anion association and revealing how they are much larger than the corresponding downfield shifts induced by magnetic susceptibility and other ionic strength change effects. We also qualify binding in terms of how the pattern of signal shifts changes with point mutations. In general, we find that the observed upfield shifts are small compared with those induced by anion binding to amide-based hosts, and MD simulations suggest that this is so. Thus, charge-diffuse anions associate mostly with the nonpolar regions of the peptide rather than directly interacting with the amide N-H groups. These findings reveal the utility of 1H NMR spectroscopy for qualifying affinity to peptides─even when affinity constants are very low─and serve as a benchmark for using NMR spectroscopy to study anion binding to more complex systems.
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- Corinne
L. D. Gibb
- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University School of Science and Engineering, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University School of Science and Engineering, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University School of Science and Engineering, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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Schneider HJ. Distinction and Quantification of Noncovalent Dispersive and Hydrophobic Effects. Molecules 2024; 29:1591. [PMID: 38611870 PMCID: PMC11013637 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29071591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Revised: 03/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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The possibilities of comparing computational results of noncovalent interactions with experimental data are discussed, first with respect to intramolecular interactions. For these a variety of experimental data such as heats of formation, crystal sublimation heats, comparison with energy minimized structures, and spectroscopic data are available, but until now largely have not found widespread application. Early force field and QM/MP2 calculations have already shown that the sublimation heats of hydrocarbons can be predicted with an accuracy of ±1%. Intermolecular interactions in solution or the gas phase are always accompanied by difficult to compute entropic contributions, like all associations between molecules. Experimentally observed T∆S values contribute 10% to 80% of the total ∆G, depending on interaction mechanisms within the complexes, such as, e.g., hydrogen bonding and ion pairing. Free energies ∆G derived from equilibrium measurements in solution allow us to define binding increments ∆∆G, which are additive and transferable to a variety of supramolecular complexes. Data from more than 90 equilibrium measurements of porphyrin receptors in water indicate that small alkanes do not bind to the hydrophobic flat surfaces within a measuring limit of ∆G = ±0.5 kJ/mol, and that 20 functions bearing heteroatoms show associations by dispersive interactions with up to ∆G = 8 kJ/mol, roughly as a function of their polarizability. Aromatic systems display size-dependent affinities ∆G as a linear function of the number of π-electrons.
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- Hans-Jörg Schneider
- FR Organische Chemie, Universität des Saarlandes, D 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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Ashbaugh HS. Gaussian and Non-Gaussian Solvent Density Fluctuations within Solute Cavities in a Water-like Solvent. J Chem Theory Comput 2024; 20:1505-1518. [PMID: 37437298 PMCID: PMC10902835 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.3c00387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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We report a Monte Carlo simulation study of length-scale-dependent density fluctuations in cavities in the coarse-grained mW representation of water at ambient conditions. Specifically, we use a combination of test particle insertion and umbrella sampling techniques to examine the full range of water occupation states in spherical cavities up to 6.3 Å radius in water. As has previously been observed, water density fluctuations are found to be effectively Gaussian in nature for atomic-scale cavities, but as the cavities get larger, they exhibit a non-Gaussian "fat-tail" distribution for lower occupancy states. We introduce a new statistical thermodynamic approach to analyze non-Gaussian fluctuations based on the radial distribution of waters about cavities with varying numbers of waters within its boundaries. It is shown that the onset of these non-Gaussian fluctuations is a result of the formation of a bubble within the cavity as it is emptied, which is accompanied by the adsorption of waters onto its interior surface. We revisit a theoretical framework we previously introduced to describe Gaussian fluctuations within cavities to incorporate bubble formation by including surface tension contributions. This modified theory accurately describes density fluctuations within both atomic and meso-scale cavities. Moreover, the theory predicts the transition from Gaussian to non-Gaussian fluctuations at a specific cavity occupancy, in excellent agreement with simulation observations.
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- Henry S Ashbaugh
- Tulane University, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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Ji J, Carpentier B, Chakraborty A, Nangia S. An Affordable Topography-Based Protocol for Assigning a Residue's Character on a Hydropathy (PARCH) Scale. J Chem Theory Comput 2024; 20:1656-1672. [PMID: 37018141 PMCID: PMC10902853 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.3c00106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 04/06/2023]
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The hydropathy of proteins or quantitative assessment of protein-water interactions has been a topic of interest for decades. Most hydropathy scales use a residue-based or atom-based approach to assign fixed numerical values to the 20 amino acids and categorize them as hydrophilic, hydroneutral, or hydrophobic. These scales overlook the protein's nanoscale topography, such as bumps, crevices, cavities, clefts, pockets, and channels, in calculating the hydropathy of the residues. Some recent studies have included protein topography in determining hydrophobic patches on protein surfaces, but these methods do not provide a hydropathy scale. To overcome the limitations in the existing methods, we have developed a Protocol for Assigning a Residue's Character on the Hydropathy (PARCH) scale that adopts a holistic approach to assigning the hydropathy of a residue. The parch scale evaluates the collective response of the water molecules in the protein's first hydration shell to increasing temperatures. We performed the parch analysis of a set of well-studied proteins that include the following─enzymes, immune proteins, and integral membrane proteins, as well as fungal and virus capsid proteins. Since the parch scale evaluates every residue based on its location, a residue may have very different parch values inside a crevice versus a surface bump. Thus, a residue can have a range of parch values (or hydropathies) dictated by the local geometry. The parch scale calculations are computationally inexpensive and can compare hydropathies of different proteins. The parch analysis can affordably and reliably aid in designing nanostructured surfaces, identifying hydrophilic and hydrophobic patches, and drug discovery.
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- Jingjing Ji
- Department
of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, United States
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- Department
of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, United States
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- Department
of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, United States
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Wang YF, Wang SM, Zhang X, Nian H, Zheng LS, Wang X, Schreckenbach G, Jiang W, Yang LP, Wang LL. Precise Recognition in Water by an Endo-Functionalized Cavity: Tuning the Complementarity of Binding Sites. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202310115. [PMID: 37814589 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202310115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2023] [Revised: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
Abstract
Precise binding towards structurally similar substrates is a common feature of biomolecular recognition. However, achieving such selectivity-especially in distinguishing subtle differences in substrates-with synthetic hosts can be quite challenging. Herein, we report a novel design strategy involving the combination of different rigid skeletons to adjust the distance between recognition sites within the cavity, which allows for the highly selective recognition of hydrogen-bonding complementary substrates, such as 4-chromanone. X-ray single-crystal structures and density functional theory calculations confirmed that the distance of endo-functionalized groups within the rigid cavity is crucial for achieving high binding selectivity through hydrogen bonding. The thermodynamic data and molecular dynamics simulations revealed a significant influence of the hydrophobic cavity on the binding affinity. The new receptor possesses both high selectivity and high affinity, which provide valuable insights for the design of customized receptors.
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- Yan-Fang Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Xueyuan Blvd 1088, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Xueyuan Blvd 1088, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Xueyuan Blvd 1088, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Xueyuan Blvd 1088, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Xueyuan Blvd 1088, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Xueyuan Blvd 1088, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, 421001, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, 421001, China
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Liu J, Eastep GN, Cvirkaite-Krupovic V, Rich-New ST, Kreutzberger MAB, Egelman EH, Krupovic M, Wang F. Two dramatically distinct archaeal type IV pili structures formed by the same pilin. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.08.07.552285. [PMID: 37609343 PMCID: PMC10441282 DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.07.552285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
Abstract
Type IV pili (T4P) represent one of the most common varieties of surface appendages in archaea. These filaments, assembled from relatively small pilin proteins, can be many microns long and serve diverse functions, including adhesion, biofilm formation, motility, and intercellular communication. Using cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), we determined atomic structures of two dramatically different T4P from Saccharolobus islandicus REY15A. Unexpectedly, both pili were assembled from the same pilin protein but under different growth conditions. One filament, denoted mono-pilus, conforms to canonical archaeal T4P structures where all subunits are equivalent, whereas in the other filament, the tri-pilus, the same protein exists in three different conformations. The three conformations involve different orientations of the outer immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domains, mediated by a very flexible linker, and all three of these conformations are very different from the single conformation found in the mono-pilus. Remarkably, the outer domains rotate nearly 180° between the mono- and tri-pilus conformations, formally similar to what has been shown for outer domains in bacterial flagellar filaments, despite lack of homology between bacterial flagella and archaeal T4P. Interestingly, both forms of pili require the same ATPase and TadC-like membrane pore for assembly, indicating that the same secretion system can produce structurally very different filaments. However, the expression of the ATPase and TadC genes was significantly different under the conditions yielding mono- and tri-pili. While archaeal T4P are homologs of archaeal flagellar filaments, our results show that in contrast to the rigid supercoil that the flagellar filaments must adopt to serve as helical propellers, archaeal T4P are likely to have fewer constraints on their structure and enjoy more internal degrees of freedom.
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Chen S, Li Z, Voth GA. Acidic Conditions Impact Hydrophobe Transfer across the Oil-Water Interface in Unusual Ways. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:3911-3918. [PMID: 37084419 PMCID: PMC10166083 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c00828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 04/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/23/2023]
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Molecular dynamics simulation and enhanced free energy sampling are used to study hydrophobic solute transfer across the water-oil interface with explicit consideration of the effect of different electrolytes: hydronium cation (hydrated excess proton) and sodium cation, both with chloride counterions (i.e., dissociated acid and salt, HCl and NaCl). With the Multistate Empirical Valence Bond (MS-EVB) methodology, we find that, surprisingly, hydronium can to a certain degree stabilize the hydrophobic solute, neopentane, in the aqueous phase and including at the oil-water interface. At the same time, the sodium cation tends to "salt out" the hydrophobic solute in the expected fashion. When it comes to the solvation structure of the hydrophobic solute in the acidic conditions, hydronium shows an affinity to the hydrophobic solute, as suggested by the radial distribution functions (RDFs). Upon consideration of this interfacial effect, we find that the solvation structure of the hydrophobic solute varies at different distances from the oil-liquid interface due to a competition between the bulk oil phase and the hydrophobic solute phase. Together with an observed orientational preference of the hydroniums and the lifetime of water molecules in the first solvation shell of neopentane, we conclude that hydronium stabilizes to a certain degree the dispersal of neopentane in the aqueous phase and eliminates any salting out effect in the acid solution; i.e., the hydronium acts like a surfactant. The present molecular dynamics study provides new insight into the hydrophobic solute transfer across the water-oil interface process, including for acid and salt solutions.
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- Sijia Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Chicago Center
for Theoretical Chemistry, The James Franck Institute, and Institute
for Biophysical Dynamics, The University
of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Chicago Center
for Theoretical Chemistry, The James Franck Institute, and Institute
for Biophysical Dynamics, The University
of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Chicago Center
for Theoretical Chemistry, The James Franck Institute, and Institute
for Biophysical Dynamics, The University
of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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Verbeke R, Nulens I, Thijs M, Lenaerts M, Bastin M, Van Goethem C, Koeckelberghs G, Vankelecom IF. Solutes in solvent resistant and solvent tolerant nanofiltration: How molecular interactions impact membrane rejection. J Memb Sci 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2023.121595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Difference in the hydration state of water at the hydrophobic interface of structural isomers of propanol investigated by U.V visible absorption and Raman spectroscopic study. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Learning the relationship between nanoscale chemical patterning and hydrophobicity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2200018119. [PMID: 36409904 PMCID: PMC9860318 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2200018119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The hydrophobicity of proteins and similar surfaces, which display chemical heterogeneity at the nanoscale, drives countless aqueous interactions and assemblies. However, predicting how surface chemical patterning influences hydrophobicity remains a challenge. Here, we address this challenge by using molecular simulations and machine learning to characterize and model the hydrophobicity of a diverse library of patterned surfaces, spanning a wide range of sizes, shapes, and chemical compositions. We find that simple models, based only on polar content, are inaccurate, whereas complex neural network models are accurate but challenging to interpret. However, by systematically incorporating chemical correlations between surface groups into our models, we are able to construct a series of minimal models of hydrophobicity, which are both accurate and interpretable. Our models highlight that the number of proximal polar groups is a key determinant of hydrophobicity and that polar neighbors enhance hydrophobicity. Although our minimal models are trained on particular patch size and shape, their interpretability enables us to generalize them to rectangular patches of all shapes and sizes. We also demonstrate how our models can be used to predict hot-spot locations with the largest marginal contributions to hydrophobicity and to design chemical patterns that have a fixed polar content but vary widely in their hydrophobicity. Our data-driven models and the principles they furnish for modulating hydrophobicity could facilitate the design of novel materials and engineered proteins with stronger interactions or enhanced solubilities.
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Flint AJ, Davis AP. Vancomycin mimicry: towards new supramolecular antibiotics. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:7694-7712. [PMID: 36165239 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob01381a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Vancomycin is the best-known of the glycopeptide group antibiotics (GPAs), a family of agents which operate by binding the C-terminal deptide D-Ala-D-Ala. This anionic epitope is an interesting target because it plays a central role in bacterial cell wall synthesis, and is not readily modified by evolution. Accordingly, vancomycin has been in use for >60 years but has only provoked limited resistance. Agents which mimic vancomycin but are easier to synthesise and modify could serve as valuable weapons against pathogenic bacteria, broadening the scope of the GPAs and addressing the resistance that does exist. This article gives an overview of vancomycin's structure and action, surveys past work on vancomycin mimicry, and makes the case for renewed effort in the future.
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- Alister J Flint
- University of Bristol, School of Chemistry, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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- University of Bristol, School of Chemistry, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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Besford QA, Van den Heuvel W, Christofferson AJ. Dipolar Dispersion Forces in Water-Methanol Mixtures: Enhancement of Water Interactions upon Dilution Drives Self-Association. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:6231-6239. [PMID: 35976055 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c04638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mixtures of short-chain alcohols and water produce anomalous thermodynamic and structural quantities, including molecular segregation into water-rich and alcohol-rich components. Herein, we used molecular dynamics simulations with polarizable models to investigate interactions that could drive the self-association of water molecules in mixtures with methanol (MeOH). As water was diluted with MeOH, significant changes in the distribution of molecules and solvation properties occurred, where water exhibited a clear preference for self-association. When common structural quantities were analyzed, it was found that there was a clear reduction in water-water hydrogen bonding and tetrahedral order (both in terms of typical bulk behavior), contrary to the observed water self-association. However, when dipolar dispersion forces between all molecules as a function of system composition were analyzed, it was found that water-water dipolar interactions became significantly stronger with dilution (6-fold stronger interaction in 75% MeOH compared to 0% MeOH). This was only observed for water, where MeOH-MeOH interactions became weaker as the systems were more dilute in MeOH. These forces result from specific dipole orientations, likely occurring to adopt lower energy configurations (i.e., head-to-tail or antiparallel). For water, this may result from lost other interactions (e.g., hydrogen bonding), leading to more rotational freedom between the dipole moments. These intriguing changes in dipolar interactions, which directly result from structural changes, can therefore explain, in part, the driving force for water self-association in MeOH-water mixtures.
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- Quinn A Besford
- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung e.V., Hohe Str. 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- School of Science, STEM College, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia.,ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
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Gulotty EM, Sanadhya S, Tucker ZD, Moghaddam SS, Ashfeld BL. Controlling phase separation behavior of thermo-responsive ionic liquids through the directed distribution of anionic charge. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Suating P, Ernst NE, Alagbe BD, Skinner HA, Mague JT, Ashbaugh HS, Gibb BC. On the Nature of Guest Complexation in Water: Triggered Wetting-Water-Mediated Binding. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:3150-3160. [PMID: 35438501 PMCID: PMC9059121 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c00628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The complexity of macromolecular surfaces means that there are still many open questions regarding how specific areas are solvated and how this might affect the complexation of guests. Contributing to the identification and classification of the different possible mechanisms of complexation events in aqueous solution, and as part of the recent SAMPL8 exercise, we report here on the synthesis and conformational properties of TEEtOA 2, a cavitand with conformationally flexible ethyl groups at its portal. Using a combination of ITC and NMR spectroscopy, we report the binding affinities of a series of carboxylates to 2 and compare it to a related cavitand TEMOA 1. Additionally, we report MD simulations revealing how the wetting of the pocket of 2 is controlled by the conformation of its rim ethyl groups and, correspondingly, a novel triggered wetting, guest complexation mechanism, whereby the approaching guest opens up the pocket of the host, inducing its wetting and ultimately allows the formation of a hydrated host-guest complex (H·G·H2O). A general classification of complexation mechanisms is also suggested.
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- Paolo Suating
- Department
of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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Spindle-shaped archaeal viruses evolved from rod-shaped ancestors to package a larger genome. Cell 2022; 185:1297-1307.e11. [PMID: 35325592 PMCID: PMC9018610 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Revised: 01/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Spindle- or lemon-shaped viruses infect archaea in diverse environments. Due to the highly pleomorphic nature of these virions, which can be found with cylindrical tails emanating from the spindle-shaped body, structural studies of these capsids have been challenging. We have determined the atomic structure of the capsid of Sulfolobus monocaudavirus 1, a virus that infects hosts living in nearly boiling acid. A highly hydrophobic protein, likely integrated into the host membrane before the virions assemble, forms 7 strands that slide past each other in both the tails and the spindle body. We observe the discrete steps that occur as the tail tubes expand, and these are due to highly conserved quasiequivalent interactions with neighboring subunits maintained despite significant diameter changes. Our results show how helical assemblies can vary their diameters, becoming nearly spherical to package a larger genome and suggest how all spindle-shaped viruses have evolved from archaeal rod-like viruses.
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Kubik S. When Molecules Meet in Water-Recent Contributions of Supramolecular Chemistry to the Understanding of Molecular Recognition Processes in Water. ChemistryOpen 2022; 11:e202200028. [PMID: 35373466 PMCID: PMC8977507 DOI: 10.1002/open.202200028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Molecular recognition processes in water differ from those in organic solvents in that they are mediated to a much greater extent by solvent effects. The hydrophobic effect, for example, causes molecules that only weakly interact in organic solvents to stay together in water. Such water-mediated interactions can be very efficient as demonstrated by many of the synthetic receptors discussed in this review, some of which have substrate affinities matching or even surpassing those of natural binders. However, in spite of considerable success in designing such receptors, not all factors determining their binding properties in water are fully understood. Existing concepts still provide plausible explanations why the reorganization of water molecules often causes receptor-substrate interactions in water to be strongly exothermic rather than entropically favored as predicted by the classical view of the hydrophobic effect.
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- Stefan Kubik
- Technische Universität KaiserslauternFachbereich Chemie – Organische ChemieErwin-Schrödinger-Straße 5467663KaiserslauternGermany
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Ferenczy GG, Kellermayer M. Contribution of Hydrophobic Interactions to Protein Mechanical Stability. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2022; 20:1946-1956. [PMID: 35521554 PMCID: PMC9062142 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2022.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The role of hydrophobic and polar interactions in providing thermodynamic stability to folded proteins has been intensively studied, but the relative contribution of these interactions to the mechanical stability is less explored. We used steered molecular dynamics simulations with constant-velocity pulling to generate force-extension curves of selected protein domains and monitor hydrophobic surface unravelling upon extension. Hydrophobic contribution was found to vary between one fifth and one third of the total force while the rest of the contribution is attributed primarily to hydrogen bonds. Moreover, hydrophobic force peaks were shifted towards larger protein extensions with respect to the force peaks attributed to hydrogen bonds. The higher importance of hydrogen bonds compared to hydrophobic interactions in providing mechanical resistance is in contrast with the relative importance of the hydrophobic interactions in providing thermodynamic stability of proteins. The different contributions of these interactions to the mechanical stability are explained by the steeper free energy dependence of hydrogen bonds compared to hydrophobic interactions on the relative positions of interacting atoms. Comparative analyses for several protein domains revealed that the variation of hydrophobic forces is modest, while the contribution of hydrogen bonds to the force peaks becomes increasingly important for mechanically resistant protein domains.
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Akin-Ojo O. Contribution of the Induced-Dipole Interaction to Methane Aggregation in Water. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:2552-2556. [PMID: 35333514 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c00518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Apolar molecules in the gas phase have no dipole moments. However, when placed in an aqueous environment, they acquire a dipole moment induced by the electric fields of the surrounding water molecules. Could these induced dipole moments, not present in the gas phase but present in solution, play an important role in the hydrophobic interaction between two apolar molecules? In particular, for two methane molecules, our results show that the interaction between the induced-dipole moments only very weakly plays a role in the aggregation of a pair of methane molecules in water. The induced-dipole-induced-dipole interaction has a magnitude as large as 1 kcal/mol for certain mutual orientations of the induced dipole moments, which is larger than the magnitude of the free energy of aggregation of the methane solutes in water. However, when averaged over all physically occurring conformations for a fixed intersolute separation, this interaction averages to an insignificant value (magnitude less than 0.01 kcal/mol) except, possibly, for some very short intermolecular separation.
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- Omololu Akin-Ojo
- ICTP East African Institute for Fundamental Research (EAIFR), University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
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Kang SH, Lee KM, Cho SK, Lee JE, Won D, Lee SY, Kwak SK, Yang C. Guanine-Based G-Quadruplexes Templated by Various Cations toward Potential Use as Single-Ion Conductors. CHEMSUSCHEM 2022; 15:e202102201. [PMID: 34929057 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202102201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 12/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Inspired by the atomic-sized, shape-regulated features of G-quadruplexes comprising guanine motifs with a monovalent metal cation, the G-quadruplex-forming ability, and properties of a guanine-based π-conjugated Y2 molecule containing bithiophene and peripheral dodecyl chain units in the presence of various cation salts (Li+ , Na+ , K+ , and Mg2+ ) were exploited. A series of structural characterization revealed that Y2 yielded desirable G-quadruplexes with all the tested cations as a consequence of the combination of a hydrogen-bonded cyclic G-quartet, π-stacking, and cation-dipole interactions. The radius and nature of the coordinating cations crucially affected the structural characteristics of G-quadruplexes, leading to variations in the ion migration ability inside the cavity of the G-quadruplex (Li+ >Na+ >K+ >Mg2+ ), as characterized through theoretical and experimental investigations. These results not only improve the understanding of G-quadruplex self-assemblies based on guanine but also provide an impetus for their diverse potential applications, especially in the field of Li batteries.
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- So-Huei Kang
- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, 44919 (Republic of, Korea
- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St West, Montreal, QC H3 A 0B8, Canada
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, 44919 (Republic of, Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722 (Republic of, Korea
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, 44919 (Republic of, Korea
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, 44919 (Republic of, Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722 (Republic of, Korea
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, 44919 (Republic of, Korea
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, 44919 (Republic of, Korea
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Khan SM, Faisal ARM, Nila TA, Binti NN, Hosen MI, Shekhar HU. A computational in silico approach to predict high-risk coding and non-coding SNPs of human PLCG1 gene. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0260054. [PMID: 34793541 PMCID: PMC8601573 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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PLCG1 gene is responsible for many T-cell lymphoma subtypes, including peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL), angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL), cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma along with other diseases. Missense mutations of this gene have already been found in patients of CTCL and AITL. The non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) can alter the protein structure as well as its functions. In this study, probable deleterious and disease-related nsSNPs in PLCG1 were identified using SIFT, PROVEAN, PolyPhen-2, PhD-SNP, Pmut, and SNPS&GO tools. Further, their effect on protein stability was checked along with conservation and solvent accessibility analysis by I-mutant 2.0, MUpro, Consurf, and Netsurf 2.0 server. Some SNPs were finalized for structural analysis with PyMol and BIOVIA discovery studio visualizer. Out of the 16 nsSNPs which were found to be deleterious, ten nsSNPs had an effect on protein stability, and six mutations (L411P, R355C, G493D, R1158H, A401V and L455F) were predicted to be highly conserved. Among the six highly conserved mutations, four nsSNPs (R355C, A401V, L411P and L455F) were part of the catalytic domain. L411P, L455F and G493D made significant structural change in the protein structure. Two mutations-Y210C and R1158H had post-translational modification. In the 5' and 3' untranslated region, three SNPs, rs139043247, rs543804707, and rs62621919 showed possible miRNA target sites and DNA binding sites. This in silico analysis has provided a structured dataset of PLCG1 gene for further in vivo researches. With the limitation of computational study, it can still prove to be an asset for the identification and treatment of multiple diseases associated with the target gene.
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- Safayat Mahmud Khan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Translational Medicine Laboratory, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Translational Medicine Laboratory, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Translational Medicine Laboratory, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Translational Medicine Laboratory, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Translational Medicine Laboratory, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Translational Medicine Laboratory, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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AbstractThe liquid state is one of the three principal states of matter and arguably the most important one; and liquid mixtures represent a large research field of profound theoretical and practical interest. This topic is of importance in many areas of the applied sciences, such as in chemical engineering, geochemistry, the environmental sciences, biophysics and biomedical technology. First, I will concisely present a review of important concepts from classical thermodynamics of nonelectrolyte solutions; this will be followed by a survey of (semi-)empirical approaches to representing the composition and temperature dependence of selected thermodynamic mixture properties, and finally the focus will be on dilute binary nonelectrolyte solutions where one component, a supercritical solute, is present in much smaller quantity than the other component, called the solvent. Partial molar properties in the limit of infinite dilution (indicated by a superscript ∞) are of particular interest. For instance, activity coefficients (Lewis–Randall (LR) convention) are customarily used to characterize mixing behavior, and infinite-dilution values $$\gamma_{i}^{{{\text{LR,}}\infty }}$$
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Jordan JH, Ashbaugh HS, Mague JT, Gibb BC. Buffer and Salt Effects in Aqueous Host-Guest Systems: Screening, Competitive Binding, or Both? J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:18605-18616. [PMID: 34704751 PMCID: PMC8587612 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c08457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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There are many open questions regarding the supramolecular properties of ions in water, a fact that has ramifications within any field of study involving buffered solutions. Indeed, as Pielak has noted (Buffers, Especially the Good Kind, Biochemistry, 2021, in press. DOI:10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00200) buffers were conceived of with little regard to their supramolecular properties. But there is a difficulty here; the mathematical models supramolecular chemists use for affinity determinations do not account for screening. As a result, there is uncertainty as to the magnitude of any screening effect and how this compares to competitive salt/buffer binding. Here we use a tetra-cation cavitand to compare halide affinities obtained using a traditional unscreened model and a screened (Debye-Hückel) model. The rule of thumb that emerges is that if ionic strength is changed by >1 order of magnitude─either during a titration or if a comparison is sought between two different buffered solutions─screening should be considered. We also build a competitive mathematical model showing that binding attenuation in buffer is largely due to competitive binding to the host by said buffer. For the system at hand, we find that the effect of competition is approximately twice that of the effect of screening (∼RT at 25 °C). Thus, for strong binders it is less important to account for screening than it is to account for competitive complexation, but for weaker binders both effects should be considered. We anticipate these results will help supramolecular chemists unravel the properties of buffers and so help guide studies of biomacromolecules.
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- Jacobs H Jordan
- Agricultural Research Service Southern Regional Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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Aziz HR, Yao W, Jordan JH, Gibb BC. Dual Binding Modes of a Small Cavitand. Supramol Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/10610278.2021.1987433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Hannah R. Aziz
- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Us Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, La, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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Zhan YY, Hiraoka S. Molecular “Hozo”: Thermally Stable Yet Conformationally Flexible Self-Assemblies Driven by Tight Molecular Meshing. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2021. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20210228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Yi-Yang Zhan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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Erichsen A, Larsen D, Beeren SR. Chaotropic and Kosmotropic Anions Regulate the Outcome of Enzyme-Mediated Dynamic Combinatorial Libraries of Cyclodextrins in Two Different Ways. Front Chem 2021; 9:721942. [PMID: 34414164 PMCID: PMC8370642 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.721942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We demonstrate how different anions from across the Hofmeister series can influence the behavior of enzyme-mediated dynamic combinatorial libraries of cyclodextrins (CDs). Using cyclodextrin glucanotransferase to catalyze reversible transglycosylation, dynamic mixtures of interconverting cyclodextrins can be formed wherein the relative concentrations of α-CD, β-CD and γ-CD is determined by their intrinsic stabilities and any stabilizing influences of added template (guest) molecules. Here, we find that addition of high concentrations of kosmotropic anions can be used to enhance the effects of added hydrophobic templates, while chaotropic anions can themselves act as templates, causing predictable and significant changes in the cyclodextrin composition due to weak, but specific, binding interactions with α-CD.
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- Andreas Erichsen
- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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Beatty MA, Hof F. Host-guest binding in water, salty water, and biofluids: general lessons for synthetic, bio-targeted molecular recognition. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:4812-4832. [PMID: 33651047 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00495b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Synthetic molecular recognition systems are increasingly being used to solve applied problems in the life sciences, and bio-targeted host-guest chemistry has rapidly arisen as a major field of fundamental research. This tutorial review presents a set of fundamental lessons on how host-guest molecular recognition can be programmed in water. The review uses informative examples of aqueous host-guest chemistry organized around generalizable themes and lessons, building towards lessons focused on molecular recognition in salty solutions and biological fluids. It includes selected examples of macrocyclic host systems that work well, as well as common pitfalls and how to avoid them. The review closes with a survey of the most important and inspirational recent advances, which involve host-guest chemistry in living cells and organisms.
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- Meagan A Beatty
- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Rd, Victoria, BC, V8W 3V6 Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Rd, Victoria, BC, V8W 3V6 Canada.
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Ashbaugh HS, Gibb BC, Suating P. Cavitand Complexes in Aqueous Solution: Collaborative Experimental and Computational Studies of the Wetting, Assembly, and Function of Nanoscopic Bowls in Water. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:3253-3268. [PMID: 33651614 PMCID: PMC8040017 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c11017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Water is the dominant liquid on Earth. Despite this, the main focus of supramolecular chemistry research has been on binding and assembly events in organic solvents. This arose because it is more straightforward to synthesize organic-media-soluble hosts and because of the relative simplicity of organic solvents compared to water. Nature, however, relies on water as a solvent, and spurred by this fact, supramolecular chemists have recently been making forays into the aqueous domain to understand water-mediated non-covalent interactions. These studies can benefit from the substantial understanding of the hydrophobic effect and electrostatic interactions developed by physical chemists. Nearly 20 years ago, the Gibb group first synthesized a class of water-soluble host molecules, the deep-cavity cavitands, that possess non-polar pockets that readily bind non-polar moieties in aqueous solution and are capable of assembling into a wide range of complexes with distinct stoichiometries. As such, these amphipathic host species are ideal platforms for studying the role of negatively curved features on guest complexation and the structural requirements for guided assembly processes driven by the hydrophobic effect. Here we review the collaborative experimental and computational investigations between Gibb and Ashbaugh over the past 10 years exploring questions including the following: How does water wet/solvate the non-polar surfaces of non-polar pockets? How does this wetting control the binding of non-polar guests? How does wetting affect the binding of anionic species? How does the nature and size of a guest size impact the assembly of cavitand hosts into multimeric capsular complexes? What are the conformational motifs of guests packed within the confines of capsular complexes? How might the electrostatic environment engendered by hosts impact the properties and reactivity of internalized guests?
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- Henry S. Ashbaugh
- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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Han T, Ma Z, Wang D. Biofouling-Inspired Growth of Superhydrophilic Coating of Polyacrylic Acid on Hydrophobic Surfaces for Excellent Anti-Fouling. ACS Macro Lett 2021; 10:354-358. [PMID: 35549063 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In this work, we demonstrated effective adsorption of poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) in saline water on various hydrophobic substrates, ranging from polyethylene and polytetrafluoroethylene, to form densely packed monolayers with water contact angle as low as 6.5° in air. This was a result of the synergy of long-range hydrophobic interactions between individual PAA chains and hydrophobic surfaces and short-range hydrogen bonding between neighboring PAA chains, reminiscent of the interaction balance encountered in biofouling. The PAA monolayers adsorbed on hydrophobic surfaces showed the ultrahigh packing density of surface COOH groups of 4.8 nm-2, which contributed to the surface superhydrophilicity and its stability against surface reconstruction during aging even at temperature higher than PAA glass transition. Further, conjugation of the adsorbed PAA monolayers with polyethylene glycol results in excellent antifouling with nearly zero adsorption of proteins.
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- Tianyuan Han
- State Key Lab of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Lab of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Lab of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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The concept of protein folding/unfolding and its impacts on human health. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2021. [PMID: 34090616 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2021.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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Proteins have evolved in specific 3D structures and play different functions in cells and determine various reactions and pathways. The newly synthesized amino acid chains once depart ribosome must crumple into three-dimensional structures so can be biologically active. This process of protein that makes a functional molecule is called protein folding. The protein folding is both a biological and a physicochemical process that depends on the sequence of it. In fact, this process occurs more complicated and in some cases and in exposure to some molecules like glucose (glycation), mistaken folding leads to amyloid structures and fatal disorders called conformational diseases. Such conditions are detected by the quality control system of the cell and these abnormal proteins undergo renovation or degradation. This scenario takes place by the chaperones, chaperonins, and Ubiquitin-proteasome complex. Understanding of protein folding mechanisms from different views including experimental and computational approaches has revealed some intermediate ensembles such as molten globule and has been subjected to biophysical and molecular biology attempts to know more about prevalent conformational diseases.
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Liu W, Jones LO, Wu H, Stern CL, Sponenburg RA, Schatz GC, Stoddart JF. Supramolecular Gold Stripping from Activated Carbon Using α-Cyclodextrin. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:1984-1992. [PMID: 33378203 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c11769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We report the molecular recognition of the Au(CN)2- anion, a crucial intermediate in today's gold mining industry, by α-cyclodextrin. Three X-ray single-crystal superstructures-KAu(CN)2⊂α-cyclodextrin, KAu(CN)2⊂(α-cyclodextrin)2, and KAg(CN)2⊂(α-cyclodextrin)2-demonstrate that the binding cavity of α-cyclodextrin is a good fit for metal-coordination complexes, such as Au(CN)2- and Ag(CN)2- with linear geometries, while the K+ ions fulfill the role of linking α-cyclodextrin tori together as a result of [K+···O] ion-dipole interactions. A 1:1 binding stoichiometry between Au(CN)2- and α-cyclodextrin in aqueous solution, revealed by 1H NMR titrations, has produced binding constants in the order of 104 M-1. Isothermal calorimetry titrations indicate that this molecular recognition is driven by a favorable enthalpy change overcoming a small entropic penalty. The adduct formation of KAu(CN)2⊂α-cyclodextrin in aqueous solution is sustained by multiple [C-H···π] and [C-H···anion] interactions in addition to hydrophobic effects. The molecular recognition has also been investigated by DFT calculations, which suggest that the 2:1 binding stoichiometry between α-cyclodextrin and Au(CN)2- is favored in the presence of ethanol. We have demonstrated that this molecular recognition process between α-cyclodextrin and KAu(CN)2 can be applied to the stripping of gold from the surface of activated carbon at room temperature. Moreover, this stripping process is selective for Au(CN)2- in the presence of Ag(CN)2-, which has a lower binding affinity toward α-cyclodextrin. This molecular recognition process could, in principle, be integrated into commercial gold-mining protocols and lead to significantly reduced costs, energy consumption, and environmental impact.
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- Wenqi Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Quantitative Bio-Element Imaging Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.,School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Camino JD, Gracia P, Cremades N. The role of water in the primary nucleation of protein amyloid aggregation. Biophys Chem 2021; 269:106520. [PMID: 33341693 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2020.106520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The understanding of the complex conformational landscape of amyloid aggregation and its modulation by relevant physicochemical and cellular factors is a prerequisite for elucidating some of the molecular basis of pathology in amyloid related diseases, and for developing and evaluating effective disease-specific therapeutics to reduce or eliminate the underlying sources of toxicity in these diseases. Interactions of proteins with solvating water have been long considered to be fundamental in mediating their function and folding; however, the relevance of water in the process of protein amyloid aggregation has been largely overlooked. Here, we provide a perspective on the role water plays in triggering primary amyloid nucleation of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) based on recent experimental evidences. The initiation of amyloid aggregation likely results from the synergistic effect between both protein intermolecular interactions and the properties of the water hydration layer of the protein surface. While the self-assembly of both hydrophobic and hydrophilic IDPs would be thermodynamically favoured due to large water entropy contributions, large desolvation energy barriers are expected, particularly for the nucleation of hydrophilic IDPs. Under highly hydrating conditions, primary nucleation is slow, being facilitated by the presence of nucleation-active surfaces (heterogeneous nucleation). Under conditions of poor water activity, such as those found in the interior of protein droplets generated by liquid-liquid phase separation, however, the desolvation energy barrier is significantly reduced, and nucleation can occur very rapidly in the bulk of the solution (homogeneous nucleation), giving rise to structurally distinct amyloid polymorphs. Water, therefore, plays a key role in modulating the transition free energy of amyloid nucleation, thus governing the initiation of the process, and dictating the type of preferred primary nucleation and the type of amyloid polymorph generated, which could vary depending on the particular microenvironment that the protein molecules encounter in the cell.
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- José D Camino
- Biocomputation and Complex Systems Physics Institute (BIFI)-Joint Unit BIFI-IQFR(CSIC), Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza 50018, Spain
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- Biocomputation and Complex Systems Physics Institute (BIFI)-Joint Unit BIFI-IQFR(CSIC), Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza 50018, Spain
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- Biocomputation and Complex Systems Physics Institute (BIFI)-Joint Unit BIFI-IQFR(CSIC), Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza 50018, Spain.
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Escobar L, Ballester P. Molecular Recognition in Water Using Macrocyclic Synthetic Receptors. Chem Rev 2021; 121:2445-2514. [PMID: 33472000 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Molecular recognition in water using macrocyclic synthetic receptors constitutes a vibrant and timely research area of supramolecular chemistry. Pioneering examples on the topic date back to the 1980s. The investigated model systems and the results derived from them are key for furthering our understanding of the remarkable properties exhibited by proteins: high binding affinity, superior binding selectivity, and extreme catalytic performance. Dissecting the different effects contributing to the proteins' properties is severely limited owing to its complex nature. Molecular recognition in water is also involved in other appreciated areas such as self-assembly, drug discovery, and supramolecular catalysis. The development of all these research areas entails a deep understanding of the molecular recognition events occurring in aqueous media. In this review, we cover the past three decades of molecular recognition studies of neutral and charged, polar and nonpolar organic substrates and ions using selected artificial receptors soluble in water. We briefly discuss the intermolecular forces involved in the reversible binding of the substrates, as well as the hydrophobic and Hofmeister effects operating in aqueous solution. We examine, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the design and development of effective water-soluble synthetic receptors based on cyclic, oligo-cyclic, and concave-shaped architectures. We also include selected examples of self-assembled water-soluble synthetic receptors. The catalytic performance of some of the presented receptors is also described. The latter process also deals with molecular recognition and energetic stabilization, but instead of binding ground-state species, the targets become elusive counterparts: transition states and other high-energy intermediates.
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- Luis Escobar
- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.,Departament de Química Analítica i Química Orgánica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, c/Marcel·lí Domingo 1, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.,ICREA, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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Sousa FM, Lima LMP, Arnarez C, Pereira MM, Melo MN. Coarse-Grained Parameterization of Nucleotide Cofactors and Metabolites: Protonation Constants, Partition Coefficients, and Model Topologies. J Chem Inf Model 2021; 61:335-346. [PMID: 33400529 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.0c01077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Nucleotides are structural units relevant not only in nucleic acids but also as substrates or cofactors in key biochemical reactions. The size- and timescales of such nucleotide-protein interactions fall well within the scope of coarse-grained molecular dynamics, which holds promise of important mechanistic insight. However, the lack of specific parameters has prevented accurate coarse-grained simulations of protein interactions with most nucleotide compounds. In this work, we comprehensively develop coarse-grained parameters for key metabolites/cofactors (FAD, FMN, riboflavin, NAD, NADP, ATP, ADP, AMP, and thiamine pyrophosphate) in different oxidation and protonation states as well as for smaller molecules derived from them (among others, nicotinamide, adenosine, adenine, ribose, thiamine, and lumiflavin), summing up a total of 79 different molecules. In line with the Martini parameterization methodology, parameters were tuned to reproduce octanol-water partition coefficients. Given the lack of existing data, we set out to experimentally determine these partition coefficients, developing two methodological approaches, based on 31P-NMR and fluorescence spectroscopy, specifically tailored to the strong hydrophilicity of most of the parameterized compounds. To distinguish the partition of each relevant protonation species, we further potentiometrically characterized the protonation constants of key molecules. This work successfully builds a comprehensive and relevant set of computational models that will boost the biochemical application of coarse-grained simulations. It does so based on the measurement of partition and acid-base physicochemical data that, in turn, covers important gaps in nucleotide characterization.
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- Filipe M Sousa
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, Oeiras 2780-157, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, Oeiras 2780-157, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, Oeiras 2780-157, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, Oeiras 2780-157, Portugal.,BIOISI - Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Campo Grande, Lisboa 1749-016, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, Oeiras 2780-157, Portugal
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Jia Y, Lu X, Cao Z, Yan T. From a bulk to nanoconfined water chain: bridge water at the pore of the (6,6) carbon nanotube. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:25747-25759. [PMID: 33146653 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp02531c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hydrophobic porous materials with nano-pores are critical in many processes such as water desalination and biological membrane transportation. Herein, we performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations on a prototypical hydrophobic nanochannel consisting of a (6,6) carbon nanotube (CNT) of 4.12 Å in radius and 13.72 Å in length immersed in water. The simulation shows that there are two major filling numbers of water N = 5 and N = 6, with the former being the most stable one. The confined waters form a single-file water chain with two hydrogen bonds per water. An extending water chain is formed for N = 5, with a bridge water near the pore of the CNT linking the water confined inside the CNT and hydration layer around the pore of the CNT. The bridge water can be considered as intermediate water characterized by three hydrogen bonds that distinguish from the confined water and bulk water. On the other hand, the hydration layer is depleted from the pore when N = 6. The analyses of the correlation of the bond order for the adjacent hydrogen bond pair of the hydration layer around the pore of the CNT does not show apparent difference from that of bulk water, though the former is slightly ordered. van Hove analysis of the bridge water shows that it tends to move inside the CNT when N < 5, in order to maintain the chemical equilibrium between the confined water and bulk water. This study highlights the unique structure of water around the hydrophobic pore of a sub-nanometer nanochannel.
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- Yunzhe Jia
- Institute of New Energy Material Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China.
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Self-association process of tetracycline antibiotic in different aqueous solutions: a joint experimental study and molecular dynamics simulation. JOURNAL OF THE IRANIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s13738-020-01977-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Halder R, Jana B. On the Correlation between Pair Hydrophobicity and Mixing Enthalpies in Water–Alcohol Binary Mixtures. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:8023-8031. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c05952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Ritaban Halder
- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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Ahmed M, Inoue K, Nihonyanagi S, Tahara T. Hidden Isolated OH at the Charged Hydrophobic Interface Revealed by Two‐Dimensional Heterodyne‐Detected VSFG Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202002368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Mohammed Ahmed
- Molecular Spectroscopy LaboratoryRIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa Wako Saitama 351-0198 Japan
- Ultrafast Spectroscopy Research TeamRIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (RAP), RIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa Wako Saitama 351-0198 Japan
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- Molecular Spectroscopy LaboratoryRIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa Wako Saitama 351-0198 Japan
- Present address: Department of ChemistryGraduate School of ScienceTohoku University Sendai 980-8578 Japan
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- Molecular Spectroscopy LaboratoryRIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa Wako Saitama 351-0198 Japan
- Ultrafast Spectroscopy Research TeamRIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (RAP), RIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa Wako Saitama 351-0198 Japan
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- Molecular Spectroscopy LaboratoryRIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa Wako Saitama 351-0198 Japan
- Ultrafast Spectroscopy Research TeamRIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (RAP), RIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa Wako Saitama 351-0198 Japan
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Ahmed M, Inoue KI, Nihonyanagi S, Tahara T. Hidden Isolated OH at the Charged Hydrophobic Interface Revealed by Two-Dimensional Heterodyne-Detected VSFG Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:9498-9505. [PMID: 32189396 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202002368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Water around hydrophobic groups mediates hydrophobic interactions that play key roles in many chemical and biological processes. Thus, the molecular-level elucidation of the properties of water in the vicinity of hydrophobic groups is important. We report on the structure and dynamics of water at two oppositely charged hydrophobic ion/water interfaces, that is, the tetraphenylborate-ion (TPB- )/water and tetraphenylarsonium-ion (TPA+ )/water interfaces, which are clarified by two-dimensional heterodyne-detected vibrational sum-frequency generation (2D HD-VSFG) spectroscopy. The obtained 2D HD-VSFG spectra of the anionic TPB- interface reveal the existence of distinct π-hydrogen bonded OH groups in addition to the usual hydrogen-bonded OH groups, which are hidden in the steady-state spectrum. In contrast, 2D HD-VSFG spectra of the cationic TPA+ interface only show the presence of usual hydrogen-bonded OH groups. The present study demonstrates that the sign of the interfacial charge governs the structure and dynamics of water molecules that face the hydrophobic region.
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- Mohammed Ahmed
- Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.,Ultrafast Spectroscopy Research Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (RAP), RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.,Present address: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
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- Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.,Ultrafast Spectroscopy Research Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (RAP), RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.,Ultrafast Spectroscopy Research Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (RAP), RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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Spontaneous drying of non-polar deep-cavity cavitand pockets in aqueous solution. Nat Chem 2020; 12:589-594. [PMID: 32424255 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-020-0458-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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There are many open questions regarding the hydration of solvent-exposed non-polar tracts and pockets in proteins. Although water is predicted to de-wet purely repulsive surfaces and evacuate crevices, the extent of de-wetting is unclear when ubiquitous van der Waals interactions are in play. The structural simplicity of synthetic supramolecular hosts imbues them with considerable potential to address this issue. To this end, here we detail a combination of densimetry and molecular dynamics simulations of three cavitands, coupled with calorimetric studies of their complexes with short-chain carboxylates. Our results reveal the range of wettability possible within the ostensibly identical cavitand pockets-which differ only in the presence and/or position of the methyl groups that encircle the portal to their non-polar pockets. The results demonstrate the ability of macrocycles to template water cavitation within their binding sites and show how the orientation of methyl groups can trigger the drying of non-polar pockets in liquid water, which suggests new avenues to control guest complexation.
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Suating P, Nguyen TT, Ernst NE, Wang Y, Jordan JH, Gibb CLD, Ashbaugh HS, Gibb BC. Proximal charge effects on guest binding to a non-polar pocket. Chem Sci 2020; 11:3656-3663. [PMID: 32864079 PMCID: PMC7424593 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc06268h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Science still does not have the ability to accurately predict the affinity that ligands have for proteins. In an attempt to address this, the Statistical Assessment of Modeling of Proteins and Ligands (SAMPL) series of blind predictive challenges is a community-wide exercise aimed at advancing computational techniques as standard predictive tools in rational drug design. In each cycle, a range of biologically relevant systems of different levels of complexity are selected to test the latest modeling methods. As part of this on-going exercise, and as a step towards understanding the important factors in context dependent guest binding, we challenged the computational community to determine the affinity of a series of negatively and positively charged guests to two constitutionally isomeric cavitand hosts: octa-acid 1, and exo-octa acid 2. Our affinity determinations, combined with molecular dynamics simulations, reveal asymmetries in affinities between host-guest pairs that cannot alone be explained by simple coulombic interactions, but also point to the importance of host-water interactions. Our work reveals the key facets of molecular recognition in water, emphasizes where improvements need to be made in modelling, and shed light on the complex problem of ligand-protein binding in the aqueous realm.
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- Paolo Suating
- Department of Chemistry , Tulane University , New Orleans , LA 70118 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , Tulane University , New Orleans , LA 70118 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , Tulane University , New Orleans , LA 70118 , USA .
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Tulane University , New Orleans , LA 70118 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , Tulane University , New Orleans , LA 70118 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , Tulane University , New Orleans , LA 70118 , USA .
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Tulane University , New Orleans , LA 70118 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , Tulane University , New Orleans , LA 70118 , USA .
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Monroe J, Barry M, DeStefano A, Aydogan Gokturk P, Jiao S, Robinson-Brown D, Webber T, Crumlin EJ, Han S, Shell MS. Water Structure and Properties at Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Surfaces. Annu Rev Chem Biomol Eng 2020; 11:523-557. [PMID: 32169001 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-120919-114657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The properties of water on both molecular and macroscopic surfaces critically influence a wide range of physical behaviors, with applications spanning from membrane science to catalysis to protein engineering. Yet, our current understanding of water interfacing molecular and material surfaces is incomplete, in part because measurement of water structure and molecular-scale properties challenges even the most advanced experimental characterization techniques and computational approaches. This review highlights progress in the ongoing development of tools working to answer fundamental questions on the principles that govern the interactions between water and surfaces. One outstanding and critical question is what universal molecular signatures capture the hydrophobicity of different surfaces in an operationally meaningful way, since traditional macroscopic hydrophobicity measures like contact angles fail to capture even basic properties of molecular or extended surfaces with any heterogeneity at the nanometer length scale. Resolving this grand challenge will require close interactions between state-of-the-art experiments, simulations, and theory, spanning research groups and using agreed-upon model systems, to synthesize an integrated knowledge of solvation water structure, dynamics, and thermodynamics.
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- Jacob Monroe
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA;
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- Department of Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA;
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA;
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA;
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA;
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.,Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA; .,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA;
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Roy VP, Kubarych KJ. A simple lattice Monte Carlo simulation to model interfacial and crowded water rearrangements. Chem Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2019.110653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Yadav HOS, Kuo AT, Urata S, Shinoda W. Effects of Packing Density and Chain Length on the Surface Hydrophobicity of Thin Films Composed of Perfluoroalkyl Acrylate Chains: A Molecular Dynamics Study. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:14316-14323. [PMID: 31596100 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A good understanding of the surface hydrophobicity of fluorinated materials is useful for their application as coating materials. The present study investigates the surface hydrophobicity of perfluoroalkyl acrylate (PFA) thin films using molecular dynamics simulations. Surface hydrophobicity is characterized by examining the contact angle of a water droplet on PFA surfaces and the cavity formation free energy in the vicinity of the surface. It is found that the calculated microscopic contact angles are in good agreement with the experimental results and partially capture the difference in the hydrophobicity of the surface arising from the variation of packing density and side chain length of PFA. The variations of cavity formation free energy in the vicinity of the surface elucidate that the surface hydrophobicity is mainly governed by the packing density rather than the chain length of PFA. The hydrophobicity generally increases with decreasing the packing density to some extent and then turns to decrease as further reducing the packing density. At higher packing density, the surface hydrophobicity slightly decreases with increasing the chain length, while at the lower packing density, the surface hydrophobicity is increased when chain length of PFA is longer than six carbons. Furthermore, we found that the influence of packing density on the surface hydrophobicity is directly related to the variation of the surface roughness and chain flexibility, that is, the surface hydrophobicity increases with increase in the surface roughness, while the chain flexibility plays a secondary role in the enhancement by affecting the stability of water staying near the interface. The study provides a significant insight into the local hydrophobicity and microscopic structure of the PFA surfaces, which would be useful for the application of surface modification.
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- Hari O S Yadav
- Department of Materials Chemistry , Nagoya University , Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603 , Japan
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- Innovative Technology Laboratories , AGC Inc. , Yokohama , Kanagawa 230-0045 , Japan
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- Innovative Technology Laboratories , AGC Inc. , Yokohama , Kanagawa 230-0045 , Japan
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- Department of Materials Chemistry , Nagoya University , Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603 , Japan
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Jin L, Li B, Cui Z, Shang J, Wang Y, Shao C, Pan T, Ge Y, Qi Z. Selenium Substitution-Induced Hydration Changes of Crown Ethers As Tools for Probing Water Interactions with Supramolecular Macrocycles in Aqueous Solutions. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:9692-9698. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b09618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Lin Jin
- Sino-German Joint Research Lab for Space Biomaterials and Translational Technology, Synergetic Innovation Center of Flexible Electronics and Healthcare Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710072, P. R. China
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- Sino-German Joint Research Lab for Space Biomaterials and Translational Technology, Synergetic Innovation Center of Flexible Electronics and Healthcare Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710072, P. R. China
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- Sino-German Joint Research Lab for Space Biomaterials and Translational Technology, Synergetic Innovation Center of Flexible Electronics and Healthcare Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710072, P. R. China
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- Sino-German Joint Research Lab for Space Biomaterials and Translational Technology, Synergetic Innovation Center of Flexible Electronics and Healthcare Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710072, P. R. China
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- Sino-German Joint Research Lab for Space Biomaterials and Translational Technology, Synergetic Innovation Center of Flexible Electronics and Healthcare Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710072, P. R. China
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- Sino-German Joint Research Lab for Space Biomaterials and Translational Technology, Synergetic Innovation Center of Flexible Electronics and Healthcare Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710072, P. R. China
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- Sino-German Joint Research Lab for Space Biomaterials and Translational Technology, Synergetic Innovation Center of Flexible Electronics and Healthcare Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710072, P. R. China
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- Sino-German Joint Research Lab for Space Biomaterials and Translational Technology, Synergetic Innovation Center of Flexible Electronics and Healthcare Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710072, P. R. China
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- Sino-German Joint Research Lab for Space Biomaterials and Translational Technology, Synergetic Innovation Center of Flexible Electronics and Healthcare Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710072, P. R. China
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