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Computer Simulations of Nonlinear Optical Chromophore Containing Polypeptides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Ruth Pachter ,
Steven B. Fairchild ,
James A. Lupo ,
Brian S. Sennett ,
Robert L. Crane  and
W. Wade Adams
Ruth Pachter
Affiliation:
This work was done while the author held a National Research Council Research Associateship
Steven B. Fairchild
Affiliation:
Wright Laboratory, Materials Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433
James A. Lupo
Affiliation:
Wright Laboratory, Materials Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433
Brian S. Sennett
Affiliation:
Wright Laboratory, Materials Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433
Robert L. Crane
Affiliation:
Wright Laboratory, Materials Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433
W. Wade Adams
Affiliation:
Wright Laboratory, Materials Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433
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Abstract

In our continuing efforts towards the design of nonlinear (NLO) optical chromophore containing polypeptides we present an integrated computational approach, in which the design of biomolecular materials with defined secondary and tertiary structures is investigated by means of novel predictive tools, while the effects of the nonlinear optical chromophores are studied with molecular dynamics simulations. A neural network that was trained to predict the spatial proximity of Cα atoms that are less than a given threshold apart, is applied. The double-iterated Kalman filter (DIKF) technique is then employed with a constraints set that includes these pairwise atomic distances, and the distances and angles that define the structure as it is known from the protein's sequence. The results for test cases, particularly Crambin and genetically engineered Eglin-C, demonstrate that this integrated approach is useful for structure prediction at an intermediate resolution. Defined structural motifs of NLO chromophore containing polypeptides are investigated by using molecular dynamics techniques, particularly for the design of coil coiled amphiphatic biopolymers.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 330: Symposium S – Biomolecular Materials by Design , 1993 , 71
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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