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The application of quantum chemistry and condensed matter theory in studying amino-acids, protein folding and anticancer drug technology

March, N. H. and Matthai, Clarence Cherian 2009. The application of quantum chemistry and condensed matter theory in studying amino-acids, protein folding and anticancer drug technology. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts 125 (3-6) , pp. 193-201. 10.1007/s00214-009-0558-4

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Abstract

The adaptation of methods from quantum chemistry and condensed matter theory for studying biological molecules has proved fruitful in developing our understanding of the electronic and conformational structure and thereby the functionality of amino-acids and proteins. Professor Suhai has been at the forefront of these developments and has made contributions in many areas of this vast field of research. In this article, we focus on three such areas, namely, (1) amino acids, (2) bacteriorhodopsin and (3) anti-cancer drugs involving especially Ru and Rh. We show how advances in density functional theory (DFT) have been used to calculate the electronic structure and density in amino-acids so that they can be compared with X-ray diffraction studies. We also demonstrate how ideas from the theory of phase transitions in condensed matter may be applied for studying phase transitions in bacteriorhodopsin, DNA and proteins. Finally, we highlight some of the recent work done in bringing DFT together with quantum chemistry modelling in studying metallopharmaceutical complexes and conformations of peptides.

Item Type: Article
Status: Published
Schools: Physics and Astronomy
Uncontrolled Keywords: Quantum chemistry; Amino acids; Bacteriorhodopsin; Protein folding
Publisher: Springer
ISSN: 1432-881X
Last Modified: 04 Jun 2017 02:00
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/7324

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