Computational Study of the Degradation of S-Adenosyl Methionine in Water
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- 作者：Timm Lankau ; Tzu Nung Kuo ; Chin Hui Yu
- 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry A
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 19, 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：121
- 期：2
- 页码：505-514
- 全文大小：562K
- ISSN：1520-5215
文摘
The degradation of S-adenosyl methionine (SAM) to homoserine-γ-lactone (HSL) and methyltioadenine (MTA) in water is studied with MD simulations. The AM1 Hamiltonian is used for the quantum part and the flexible AMBER force field for the H2O molecules. The MD simulations predict the free energy barrier for the degradation reaction to be between 109 and 112 kJ mol–1 and an overall gain in free energy of −26 kJ mol–1. The high barrier and the low energy gain of this reaction can be linked to interactions among the carboxylate group of the SAM molecule and solvent H2O molecules, which are not observed on the product side. Hence, the H2O molecules effectively slow down the reaction that otherwise would be much faster.