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Toward a DFT-based Molecular Dynamics Description of Co(II) Binding in Sulfur-Rich Peptides

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In this paper, we investigated the reliability of a Car–Parrinello molecular dynamics (CPMD) approach to characterize the binding of Co(II) metal cation to peptide molecules containing cysteine. To this end, we compared pseudo-potentials and DFT plane wave expansion, which are used as key ingredients in the CPMD method, with standard all-electron Gaussian basis set DFT calculations. The simulations presented here are the first attempts to characterize interactions and dynamics of Co(II) metal with the building blocks of phytochelatin peptide molecules. Benchmark calculations are performed on [Co(Cys-H)]+ and [Co(Glutathione-H)]+ complexes, since they are the main fragments of the Co(II)–Cys and Co(II)–glutathione systems found in gas phase electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) experiments done in our laboratory. We also present benchmark calculations on the [Co(H2O)6)]2+ cluster with direct comparisons to highly correlated ab initio calculations and experiments. In particular, we investigated the dissociation path of one water molecule from the first hydration shell of Co(II) with CPMD. Overall, our molecular dynamics simulations shed some light on the nature of the Co(II) interaction and reactivity in Co(II)–phytochelatin building block systems related to the biological and environmental activity of the metal, either in the gas or liquid phase.

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hal-00137624 , version 1 (20-03-2007)

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Riccardo Spezia, Thierry Cartailler, Jeanine Tortajada, Guewen Tournois, Marie-Pierre Gaigeot. Toward a DFT-based Molecular Dynamics Description of Co(II) Binding in Sulfur-Rich Peptides. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2006, 8 (17), pp.2040-2050. ⟨10.1039/b517688c⟩. ⟨hal-00137624⟩

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