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| Author(s): |
Daniel Rodrigo Ferreira Trzesniak
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física (IF/SBI) |
| Defense date: | 2002-04-23 |
| Examining board members: |
Sylvio Roberto Accioly Canuto;
Rogério Custódio;
Maria Teresa Lamy Freund
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| Advisor: | Sylvio Roberto Accioly Canuto |
| Abstract | |
We have made a structural and electronic characterization of the enzyme inhibitors E-64 and CA030 using quantum chemistry techniques. Geometry optimizations are performed in the ab initio level with the Hartree-Fock and Density Functional Theory methods and these structures are then compared with crystallographic results obtained from the Protein Data Bank. The infrared vibration spectrum calculation has been carried out to assure that the theoretical structures are true minima. We also have made an assignment of the vibrational frequencies to the functional groups of the molecules. The electronic characterization is performed with the calculation of the ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum. Solvent effects are taken into account the Self Consistent Reaction Field theory. A detailed analysis of the calculated spectra of E-64 and CA030 excitations is given and we have particularly studied the characteristic transitions around 200 nm. For both the E-64 and the CA030 we have identified the chromophore responsible for the characteristic transition of the inhibitors. In addition, we have considered the influence of the interaction of the CA030 with the enzyme cathepsin B by calculating the ultraviolet-visible spectrum of the inhibitor with the cysteine amino acid. (AU) | |