Molecular dynamics simulation of the enhancement of cobra cardiotoxin and E6 protein binding on mixed self-assembled monolayer molecules.

Autor: Hung SW; Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan., Hwang JK, Tseng F, Chang JM, Chen CC, Chieng CC
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nanotechnology [Nanotechnology] 2006 Feb 28; Vol. 17 (4), pp. S8-S13. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Jan 25.
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/17/4/002
Abstrakt: Molecular dynamics simulations are performed on n-alkinethiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) and their mixture on a gold surface so that the orientations of the binding of cobra cardiotoxin and E6 protein molecules can be selected using the mixing ratio of CH3-terminated SAMs with different chain lengths. The simulations suggest that a SAM surface with different mixing ratios may provide a possible platform for aligning protein molecules with a desired orientation and for enhancing the binding energy of the protein on the designed surface.
Databáze: MEDLINE