Effect of electronic polarization on alanine-based peptides' alpha helices.

• Main Author: Tung, Dickson.
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Physical chemistry::Electrochemistry
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39921
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

It is a general belief that the electrostatic field arising from the electrostatic polarization of an alpha helix is important in protein folding and its stability. In this experiment, polarized protein-specific charges update are employ to introduce this effect into conventional molecular dynamic s...