Effects of electric charges on solvent-induced forces (SIFs) among hydrophobic solutes in explicit water are studied by molecular dynamics simulations. It is shown that (i) a unitary charge on one element of a pair of Lennard-Jones (LJ) solutes causes strong, sign-dependent, repulsive contributions to SIFs; (ii) SIFs between two LJ particles undergo strong, nonadditive, sign-dependent modulation in the presence of a third electrically charged LJ solute. The physical origin of the observed effects and their key biological relevance is discussed.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Bulone et al. (1997) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: