The effect of sodium chloride on poly-l-glutamate conformation.
A large-scale fully-atomistic molecular dynamics simulation of poly-l-glutamate demonstrates that a small amount of sodium chloride switches the preferred conformation from an extended conformation to a compact alpha-helix.
Fedorov
Maxim V
MV
Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, UK CB2 1EW.
Goodman
Jonathan M
JM
Schumm
Stephan
S
D003198:Computer Simulation; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011099:Polyglutamic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000737:chemistry*
D011099:Polyglutamic Acid; D012965:Sodium Chloride