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卷 25, 期 5, 页码 2811-2823出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/la802973e
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- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center(NSEC)
The surface activity of beta-peptides is investigated using molecular simulations. The type and display of hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups on helical beta-peptides is varied systematically. Peptides with 2/3 hydrophobic groups are found to be surface active, and to adopt an orientation parallel to the air-water interface. For select beta-peptides, we also determine the potential of mean force required to bring a peptide to the air-water interface. Facially amphiphilic helices with 2/3 hydrophobic groups are found to exhibit the lowest free energy of adsorption. The adsorption process is driven by a favorable energetic term and opposed by negative entropic changes. The temperature dependence of adsorption is also investigated; facially amphiphilic helices are found to adopt orientations that are largely independent of temperature, while nonfacially amphiphilic helices sample a broader range of interfacial orientations at elevated temperatures. The thermodynamics of adsorption of beta-peptides is compared to that of 1-octanol, a well-known surfactant, and ovispirin, a naturally occurring antimicrobial peptide. It is found that the essential difference lies in the sign of the entropy of adsorption, which is negative for beta- and alpha-peptides and positive for traditional surfactants such as octanol.
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