A subsystem density-functional theory approach for the quantum chemical treatment of proteins

作者:Jacob Christoph R*; Visscher Lucas
来源:Journal of Chemical Physics, 2008, 128(15): 155102.
DOI:10.1063/1.2906128

摘要

We present an extension of the frozen-density embedding (FDE) scheme within density-functional theory [T. A. Wesolowski and A. Warshel, J. Phys. Chem. 97, 8050 (1993)] that can be applied to subsystems connected by covalent bonds, as well as a practical implementation of such an extended FDE scheme. We show how the proposed scheme can be employed for quantum chemical calculations of proteins by treating each constituting amino acid as a separate subsystem. To assess the accuracy of the extended FDE scheme, we present calculations for several dipeptides and for the protein ubiquitin.

  • 出版日期2008-4-21