The cation effect on the solubility of glycylglycine and N-acetylglycine in aqueous solution: Experimental and molecular dynamics studies

resumo

The specific interactions of ions with biomolecules in aqueous solutions play a very important role in the life sciences and biotechnology. This work aims to study the effect of NaCl, KCl, NH4Cl, CaCl2 or MgCl2 on the solubility of two glycine derivatives, glycylglycine (a.k.a. diglycine) and N-acetylglycine, and to understand the nature of the interactions present on these systems. Experimentally, upon increasing the concentration of the salts, the solubility of N-acetylglycine decreased while the solubility of diglycine increased, with divalent cations inducing a greater salting-in on the solubility of diglycine than monovalent cations. For diglycine, the results from molecular dynamics simulations correlate well with the salting-in effect with interactions involving the cation and the carboxylate group, while for neutral N-acetylglycine the interactions between the chloride anion and the hydrogen atom of the carboxylic acid group, and between the carbonyl group of the peptide bond and the cation, can be exploited to describe the generalized salting-out effect. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

palavras-chave

AMINO-ACIDS; FREE-ENERGY; HOFMEISTER SERIES; FORCE-FIELD; WATER; SALTS; SIMULATION; GLYCINE; THERMODYNAMICS; BACKBONE

categoria

Chemistry; Physics

autores

Perez-Sanchez, G; Santos, YS; Ferreira, O; Coutinho, JAP; Gomes, JRB; Pinho, SP

nossos autores

agradecimentos

We acknowledge the support of the project AIProcMat@N2020 - Advanced Industrial Processes andMaterials for a Sustainable Northern Region of Portugal 2020, with the reference NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000006, supported by Norte Portugal Regional Operational Programme (NORTE 2020), under the Portugal 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF); Associate Laboratory LSRE-LCM -UID/EQU/50020/2019 -funded by national funds through FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC), and CIMO-Mountain Research Center, UIDB/00690/2020. This work received also funds from the Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) through project CICECO (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007679 and UID/CTM/50011/2020), and Programa Investigador FCT, financed by national funds through the FCT/MEC and co-financed by FEDER under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement.

Partilhe este projeto

Publicações similares

Usamos cookies para atividades de marketing e para lhe oferecer uma melhor experiência de navegação. Ao clicar em “Aceitar Cookies” você concorda com nossa política de cookies. Leia sobre como usamos cookies clicando em "Política de Privacidade e Cookies".