Strong solute-solute dispersive interactions in a protein-ligand complex
Strong solute-solute dispersive interactions in a protein-ligand complex
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DOI:
10.1021/ja055454g
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发表时间:
2005-12-07
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15
通讯作者:
Homans, SW
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作者:
Malham, R;Johnstone, S;Homans, SW
The contributions of solute-solute dispersion interactions to binding thermodynamics have generally been thought to be small, due to the surmised equality between solute-solvent dispersion interactions prior to the interaction versus solute-solute dispersion interactions following the interaction. The thermodynamics of binding of primary alcohols to the major urinary protein (MUP-1) indicate that this general assumption is not justified. The enthalpy of binding becomes more favorable with increasing chain length, whereas the entropy of binding becomes less favorable, both parameters showing a linear dependence. Despite the hydrophobicity of the interacting species, these data show that binding is not dominated by the classical hydrophobic effect, but can be attributed to favorable ligand-protein dispersion interactions.