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CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 485, Issue 4-6, Pages 348-353Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.12.077
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- National High Technology Research and Development Program of China [2007AA02Z301]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [20803063]
- Agricultural Project of Ningbo [2007C10011]
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Halogen-water-hydrogen bridges (XWH bridges), in which one hydrogen bond (H-bond) in a traditional water-mediated H-bond bridge is replaced by a halogen bond (X-bond), is a novel mode of interaction for water in biological molecules. In this study, we investigate several protein-halogenated ligand complexes using a two-layer quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) ONIOM method. Analysis of the geometric characteristics and energy behaviors of the complexes, together with the AIM results, indicate that XWH bridges are present in these systems. Furthermore, our investigations show that XWH bridges can have an important role in ligand recognition and binding. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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