Influence of the Environment on the Infrared Spectrum of Alanine: an Effective Mode Analysis.
Journal of chemical physics online/The Journal of chemical physics/Journal of chemical physics(2023)
Abstract
The vibrational spectrum of the alanine amino acid was computationally determined in the infrared range 1000-2000 cm-1, under various environments encompassing the gas, hydrated, and crystalline phases, by means of classical molecular dynamics trajectories, carried out with the Atomic Multipole Optimized Energetics for Biomolecular Simulation polarizable force field. An effective mode analysis was performed, in which the spectra are optimally decomposed into different absorption bands arising from well-defined internal modes. In the gas phase, this analysis allows us to unravel the significant differences between the spectra obtained for the neutral and zwitterionic forms of alanine. In condensed phases, the method provides invaluable insight into the molecular origins of the vibrational bands and further shows that peaks with similar positions can be traced to rather different molecular motions.
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