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Implicit solvent simulations of peptide interactions with anionic lipid membranes

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AbstractA recently developed implicit membrane model (IMM1) is supplemented with a Gouy–Chapman term describing counterion‐screened electrostatic interactions of a solute with negatively charged membrane lipids. The new model is tested on peptides that bind to anionic membranes. Pentalysine binds just outside the plane of negative charge, whereas Lys‐Phe peptides insert their aromatic rings into the hydrophobic core. Melittin and magainin 2 bind more strongly to anionic than to neutral membranes and in both cases insert their hydrophobic residues into the hydrocarbon core. The third domain of Antennapedia homeodomain (penetratin) binds as an α‐helix in the headgroup region. Cardiotoxin II binds strongly to anionic membranes but marginally to neutral ones. In all cases, the location and configuration of the peptides are consistent with experimental data, and the effective energy changes upon binding compare favorably with experimental binding free energies. The model opens the way to exploring the effect of membrane charge on the location, conformation, and dynamics of a large variety of biologically active peptides on membranes. Proteins 2005. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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Dec 17, 2004
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58(3)
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Themis Lazaridis (2004). Implicit solvent simulations of peptide interactions with anionic lipid membranes. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 58(3), 518-527. https://doi.org/10.1002/prot.20358
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