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Figure 7. Molecular modeling structure (AMBER) of the flavin 1-receptor 6 complex and thermodynamic constants for host-guest binding in CDCI3 at 298 K.

Fig. 15 Predicted structures (AMBER) of the azobenzene receptor (lO)-naphthylimide (11)...

Figure 6 Clustering of MD structures (AMBER force field from MacroModel ) for the -CDx/l-bromoadamantane complex. Left species separated by 14 A. Right inclusion complex...

Lsc th e force fields th at have dern on strated accuracy for particu lar molecules or simulations. For example, CiPLS reproduces physical properties in liquid simulations extremely well. MM+ reproduces the structure and thermodynamic properties of small, nonpolar molecules better than AMBER, BIO+, and OPLS. 

An N-atom molecular system may he described by dX Cartesian coordinates. Six independent coordinates (five for linear molecules, three fora single atom) describe translation and rotation of the system as a whole. The remaining coordinates describe the nioleciiUir configuration and the internal structure. Whether you use molecular mechanics, quantum mechanics, or a specific computational method (AMBER, CXDO. etc.), yon can ask for the energy of the system at a specified configuration. This is called a single poin t calculation. ... 

The force fields available are MM2, MM3, AMBER, OPLSA, AMBER94, and MMFF. The asterisk ( ) indicates force fields that use a modification of the original description in the literature. There is support for user-defined metal atoms, but not many metals are predefined. MM2 has atom types for describing transition structures. The user can designate a substructure for energy computation. 

This difference is shown in the next illustration which presents the qualitative form of a potential curve for a diatomic molecule for both a molecular mechanics method (like AMBER) or a semi-empirical method (like AMI). At large internuclear distances, the differences between the two methods are obvious. With AMI, the molecule properly dissociates into atoms, while the AMBERpoten-tial continues to rise. However, in explorations of the potential curve only around the minimum, results from the two methods might be rather similar. Indeed, it is quite possible that AMBER will give more accurate structural results than AMI. This is due to the closer link between experimental data and computed results of molecular mechanics calculations. 

Thus, based on material applications, the following polymers are important natural rubber, coal, asphaltenes (bitumens), cellulose, chitin, starch, lignin, humus, shellac, amber, and certain proteins. Figure 4 shows the primary structures of some of the above polymers. For detailed information on their occurrence, conventional utilization, etc., refer to the references cited previously. 

To summarize, we have systematically tested all possible three- and two-layer ONIOM combinations of high-level QM (HQ=B3LYP/6-31G ), low-level QM (LQ=AM1), and MM (Amber) for the deprotonation energy and structure of a test molecule, an ionic form of a peptide. We find the errors introduced in the ONIOM approximation, in comparison with the target HQ (or HQ HQ HQ) calculation, generally increases in the order ... 

Another important reason for the significant deviation between calculated and X-ray structures can be the low resolution (2.9 A) of the X-ray structure. It is well known that X-ray structures may miss disordered water molecules inside the enzyme. The X-ray structure of the bovine erythrocyte GPx has a significantly higher resolution (2.0 A) and that structure contains two water molecules in the active site [63], Unfortunately that X-ray structure is not complete. In order to test for the presence of water molecules at the active site of the mammalian GPx, calculations were performed with two additional water molecules at the active site. This reduced the RMS deviation to from 0.97 to 0.19k for ONIOM(B3LYP/6-31G(d) Amber)-ME and suggests the presence of water molecules also in the active site of mammalian GPx. In our investigation of the reaction mechanism, these water molecules turns out to be critical. 

Figure 2-13. RMS deviations between X-ray structure and optimized geometries for active-site and ONIOM (B3LYP Amber) models...

In addition to the minerals, there are also some rock-forming homogeneous materials that have neither the definite chemical composition nor the distinctive crystal structure characteristic of minerals. Such materials cannot, therefore, be considered as minerals and are known as mineraloids. Obsidian, for example, a natural material that has been widely used since prehistoric times for making lithic tools and decorative objects, is a mineraloid. Obsidian has neither a definite chemical composition nor a characteristic crystal structure and is not, therefore, a mineral. Copal and amber are other mineraloids that since antiquity have been treasured as semiprecious gemstones. 

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