[Oligoglycine surface structures: molecular dynamics simulation].

O A Gus'kova, P G Khalatur, A R Khokhlov, A A Chinarev, S V Tsygankova, N V Bovin

Index: Bioorg. Khim. 36(5) , 622-9, (2010)

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Abstract

The full-atomic molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of adsorption mode for diantennary oligoglycines [H-Gly4-NH(CH2)5]2 onto graphite and mica surface is described. The resulting structure of adsorption layers is analyzed. The peptide second structure motives have been studied by both STRIDE (structural identification) and DSSP (dictionary of secondary structure of proteins) methods. The obtained results confirm the possibility of polyglycine II (PGII) structure formation in diantennary oligoglycine (DAOG) monolayers deposited onto graphite surface, which was earlier estimated based on atomic-force microscopy measurements.