Towards a better understanding of protein structures : assessing the sulfur bridge in Cystine through photofragmentation

This work aims to investigate the fragmentation of an ionized Cystine molecule, as simulated in the framework of molecular dynamics and quantum mechanics. Cystine is viewed as a model system for larger sets of peptides -- ultimately contributing to the understanding of protein photofragmentation, wh...

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Main Author: Danielsson, Emma
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Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Materialteori 2020
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-uu-4164372020-07-21T05:54:34ZTowards a better understanding of protein structures : assessing the sulfur bridge in Cystine through photofragmentationengDanielsson, EmmaUppsala universitet, Materialteori2020biophysicspythonsimulationBiophysicsBiofysikThis work aims to investigate the fragmentation of an ionized Cystine molecule, as simulated in the framework of molecular dynamics and quantum mechanics. Cystine is viewed as a model system for larger sets of peptides -- ultimately contributing to the understanding of protein photofragmentation, which is crucial for determining the structure of a protein using new methods. The analysis software was written in Python, partly in conjunction with another student. The photofragmentation of the molecule is analyzed in terms of bond integrity versus time and mass-to-charge ratios for the resulting fragments. Generally, the molecule disintegrates into more and smaller fragments the higher the degree of ionization is. I det föreliggande arbetet undersöks fragmenteringen av en joniserad molekyl Cystin, som simulerats medelst molekyldynamik och kvantmekanik. Cystin betraktas som ett modellsystem för större peptidstrukturer -- något som i längden kan bidra till större förståelse för fotofragmentering av proteiner, vilket i sin tur är avgörande inom nya metoder för strukturbestämning. Analysprogrammet skrevs i Python och delvis i samarbete med en annan student. Molekylens fotofragmentering analyseras med avseende på bindningsintegritet över tid, samt mass-laddningskvot hos de resulterande fragmenten. I allmänhet sönderfaller molekylen till fler och mindre fragment ju högre joniseringsnivån är. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-416437FYSAST ; FYSKAND1127application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic biophysics
python
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Biophysics
Biofysik
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python
simulation
Biophysics
Biofysik
Danielsson, Emma
Towards a better understanding of protein structures : assessing the sulfur bridge in Cystine through photofragmentation
description This work aims to investigate the fragmentation of an ionized Cystine molecule, as simulated in the framework of molecular dynamics and quantum mechanics. Cystine is viewed as a model system for larger sets of peptides -- ultimately contributing to the understanding of protein photofragmentation, which is crucial for determining the structure of a protein using new methods. The analysis software was written in Python, partly in conjunction with another student. The photofragmentation of the molecule is analyzed in terms of bond integrity versus time and mass-to-charge ratios for the resulting fragments. Generally, the molecule disintegrates into more and smaller fragments the higher the degree of ionization is. === I det föreliggande arbetet undersöks fragmenteringen av en joniserad molekyl Cystin, som simulerats medelst molekyldynamik och kvantmekanik. Cystin betraktas som ett modellsystem för större peptidstrukturer -- något som i längden kan bidra till större förståelse för fotofragmentering av proteiner, vilket i sin tur är avgörande inom nya metoder för strukturbestämning. Analysprogrammet skrevs i Python och delvis i samarbete med en annan student. Molekylens fotofragmentering analyseras med avseende på bindningsintegritet över tid, samt mass-laddningskvot hos de resulterande fragmenten. I allmänhet sönderfaller molekylen till fler och mindre fragment ju högre joniseringsnivån är.
author Danielsson, Emma
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title Towards a better understanding of protein structures : assessing the sulfur bridge in Cystine through photofragmentation
title_short Towards a better understanding of protein structures : assessing the sulfur bridge in Cystine through photofragmentation
title_full Towards a better understanding of protein structures : assessing the sulfur bridge in Cystine through photofragmentation
title_fullStr Towards a better understanding of protein structures : assessing the sulfur bridge in Cystine through photofragmentation
title_full_unstemmed Towards a better understanding of protein structures : assessing the sulfur bridge in Cystine through photofragmentation
title_sort towards a better understanding of protein structures : assessing the sulfur bridge in cystine through photofragmentation
publisher Uppsala universitet, Materialteori
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