Issue 39, 2007

Non-covalent interactions in biomacromolecules

Abstract

Non-covalent interactions play an important role in chemistry, physics and especially in biodisciplines. They determine the structure of biomacromolecules such as DNA and proteins and are responsible for the molecular recognition process. Theoretical evaluation of interaction energies is difficult; however, perturbation as well as variation (supermolecular) methods are briefly described. Accurate interaction energies can be obtained by complete basis set limit calculations providing a large portion of correlation energy is covered (e.g. by performing CCSD(T) calculations). The role of H-bonding and stacking interactions in the stabilisation of DNA, oligopeptides and proteins is described, and the importance of London dispersion energy is shown.

Graphical abstract: Non-covalent interactions in biomacromolecules

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
29 Mar 2007
Accepted
25 May 2007
First published
14 Jun 2007

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007,9, 5291-5303

Non-covalent interactions in biomacromolecules

J. Černý and P. Hobza, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 5291 DOI: 10.1039/B704781A

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