title: Data for molecular dynamics simulations of B-type cytochrome c oxidase with the Amber force field.
abstract: Cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) is a vital enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of molecular oxygen to water and pumps protons across mitochondrial and bacterial membranes. This article presents parameters for the cofactors of ba3-type CcO that are compatible with the all-atom Amber ff12SB and ff14SB force fields. Specifically, parameters were developed for the CuA pair, heme b, and the dinuclear center that consists of heme a3 and CuB bridged by a hydroperoxo group. The data includes geometries in XYZ coordinate format for cluster models that were employed to compute proton transfer energies and derive bond parameters and point charges for the force field using density functional theory. Also included are the final parameter files that can be employed with the Amber leap program to generate input files for molecular dynamics simulations with the Amber software package. Based on the high resolution (1.8 Å) X-ray crystal structure of the ba3-type CcO from Thermus thermophilus (Protein Data Bank ID number PDB: 3S8F), we built a model that is embedded in a POPC lipid bilayer membrane and solvated with TIP3P water molecules and counterions. We provide PDB data files of the initial model and the equilibrated model that can be used for further studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefudadao, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, China; San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Longhua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, N-5009 Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: Åge A
authors.initials: ÅA
authors.lastname: Skjevik
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, GAC1118, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Wen-Ge
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Han Du
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, GAC1118, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Noodleman
authors.affiliation: San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Ross C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.affiliation: San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Andreas W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Götz