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Abstract

We propose a framework to describe the cooperative orientational motions of water molecules in liquid water and around solute molecules in water solutions. From molecular dynamics (MD) simulation a new quantity “site-dipole field” is defined as the averaged orientation of water molecules that pass through each spatial position. In the site-dipole field of bulk water we found large vortex-like structures of more than 10 Å in size. Such coherent patterns persist more than 300 ps although the orientational memory of individual molecules is quickly lost. A 1-ns MD simulation of systems consisting of two amino acids shows that the fluctuations of site-dipole field of solvent are pinned around the amino acids, resulting in a stable dipole-bridge between side-chains of amino acids. The dipole-bridge is significantly formed even for the side-chain separation of 14 Å, which corresponds to five layers of water. The way that dipole-bridge forms sensitively depends on the side-chain orientations and thereby explains the specificity in the solvent-mediated interactions between biomolecules.

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Higo, J., Sasai, M., Shirai, H., Nakamura, H., & Kugimiya, T. (2001). Large vortex-like structure of dipole field in computer models of liquid water and dipole-bridge between biomolecules. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 98(11), 5961–5964.

Authors 5
  1. Junichi Higo (first)
  2. Masaki Sasai (additional)
  3. Hiroki Shirai (additional)
  4. Haruki Nakamura (additional)
  5. Takaki Kugimiya (additional)
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Type When
Created 23 years, 1 month ago (July 26, 2002, 10:44 a.m.)
Deposited 3 years, 4 months ago (April 12, 2022, 7:26 p.m.)
Indexed 1 year ago (Aug. 22, 2024, 3:30 p.m.)
Issued 24 years, 3 months ago (May 8, 2001)
Published 24 years, 3 months ago (May 8, 2001)
Published Online 24 years, 3 months ago (May 8, 2001)
Published Print 24 years, 3 months ago (May 22, 2001)
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@article{Higo_2001, title={Large vortex-like structure of dipole field in computer models of liquid water and dipole-bridge between biomolecules}, volume={98}, ISSN={1091-6490}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.101516298}, DOI={10.1073/pnas.101516298}, number={11}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, author={Higo, Junichi and Sasai, Masaki and Shirai, Hiroki and Nakamura, Haruki and Kugimiya, Takaki}, year={2001}, month=may, pages={5961–5964} }