Crystal water dynamics of guanosine dihydrate: analysis of atomic displacement parameters, time profile of hydrogen-bonding probability, and translocation of water by MD simulation.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B(2005)
摘要
The dynamics of crystal water molecules of guanosine dihydrate are investigated in detail by molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. A 2 ns simulation is performed using a periodic boundary box composed of 4 x 5 x 8 crystallographic unit cells and using the particle-mesh Ewald method for calculation of electrostatic energy. The simulated average atomic positions and atomic displacement parameters are remarkably coincident with the experimental values determined by X-ray analysis, confirming the high accuracy of this simulation. The dynamics of crystal water are analyzed in terms of atomic displacement parameters, orientation vectors, order parameters, self-correlation functions of the orientation vectors, time profiles of hydrogen-bonding probability, and translocations. The simulation clarifies that the average structure is composed of various stable and transient structures of the molecules. The simulated guanosine crystal forms a layered structure, with four water sites per asymmetric unit, classified as either interlayer water or intralayer water. From a detailed analysis of the translocations of water molecules in the simulation, columns of intralayer water molecules along the c axis appear to represent a pathway for hydration and dehydration by a kind of molecular valve mechanism.
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