Accuracy assessment of semiempirical molecular electrostatic potential of proteins |
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Authors: | Victor M. Anisimov Nikolay Anikin Vladislav Bugaenko Vladimir Bobrikov Alexey Andreyev |
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Affiliation: | (1) FQS Poland, Starowislna 13–15, 31-038 Krakow, Poland, PL;(2) Quantum Biochemistry Group, Konstantina Fedina-3/24, 105215 Moscow, Russian Federation, RU |
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Abstract: | Accurate electrostatic maps of proteins are of great importance in research of protein interaction with ligands, solvent media, drugs, and other biomolecules. The large size of real-life proteins imposes severe limitations on computational methods one can use for obtaining the electrostatic map. Well-known accurate second-order M?ller–Plesset and density functional theory methods are not routinely applicable to systems larger than several hundred atoms. Conventional semiempirical tools, as less resource demanding ones, could be an attractive solution but they do not yield sufficiently accurate calculation results with reference to protein systems, as our analysis demonstrates. The present work performs a thorough analysis of the accuracy issues of the modified neglect of differential overlap type semiempirical Hamiltonians AM1 and PM3 on example of the calculation of the molecular electrostatic potential and the dipole moment of natural amino acids. Real capabilities and limitations of these methods with application to protein modeling are discussed. Received: 26 April 2002 / Accepted: 19 September 2002 / Published online: 14 February 2003 |
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Keywords: | : Semiempirical method – Electrostatic maps – Dipole moment – Coulomb potential – Biomolecules |
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