Quantitative prediction of charge regulation in oligopeptides

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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0me00147c" target="_blank" >10.1039/d0me00147c</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Quantitative prediction of charge regulation in oligopeptides
Original language description
Weak ampholytes are ubiquitous in nature and commonly found in artificial pH-responsive systems. However, our limited understanding of their charge regulation and the lack of predictive capabilities hinder the bottom-up design of such systems. Here, we used a coarse-grained model of a flexible polymer with weakly ionisable monomer units to quantitatively analyse the ionisation behaviour of two oligopeptides as model ampholytes. Our simulations predict differences in the charge states between oligopeptides and monomeric amino acids, showing that not only electrostatic interactions between charged groups but also conformational flexibility plays a key role in the charge regulation. By comparing our simulations with experimental results from potentiometric titration, capillary zone electrophoresis and NMR, we demonstrated that our model reliably predicts the charge state of various peptide sequences. Ultimately, our simulation model is the first step towards understanding the charge regulation in flexible ampholytes, and towards predictive bottom-up design of charge-regulating systems.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10403 - Physical chemistry

Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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