Effects of Non-specific and Specific Solvation on Adsorption of BPTI on Au Surface： Insight from Molecular Dynamics Simulation  

作　　者：Wei Yang Li-yun Zhang Meng-long Li Xue-mei Pu Nan-rong Zhao 

机构地区：[1]Faculty of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics》2013年第5期558-568,I0003,I0004,共13页化学物理学报（英文）

摘　　要：Proteins adsorption at solid surfaces are of paramount important for many natural processes. However, the role of specific water in influencing the adsorption process has not been well understood. We used molecular dynamics simulation to study the adsorption of BPTI on Au surface in three water environments （dielectric constant model, partial and full solvation models）. The result shows that a fast and strong adsorption can occur in the dielectric environment, which leads to significant structure changes, as confirmed by great deviation from the crystal structure, largely spreading along the Au surface, rapid lose in all secondary structures and the great number of atoms in contact with the surface. Compared to the dielectric model, slower adsorption and fewer changes in the calculated properties above are observed in the partial solvation system since the specific water layer weakens the adsorption effects. However, in the partial solvation system, the adsorption of polar Au surface causes a significant decrease in the specific hydration around the protein, which still results in large structure changes similar to the dielectric system, but with much less adsorption extent. Enough water molecules in the full solvation system could allow the protein to rotate, and to large extent preserve the protein native structure, thus leading to the slowest and weakest adsorption. On the whole, the effects of non-specific and specific solvation on the protein structure and adsorption dynamics are significantly different, highlighting the importance of the specific water molecule in the protein adsorption.

关 键 词：ADSORPTION Au surface Implicit water Partial solvation Full solvation 

分 类 号：O484[理学—固体物理] TG111.4[理学—物理]