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ArticleCommunications in computational physics2011

Image Charge Method for Reaction Fields in a Hybrid Ion-Channel Model.

Zhenli Xu, Wei Cai, Xiaolin Cheng

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Article in Communications in computational physics, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Fast Analytical Methods for Macroscopic Electrostatic Models in Biomolecular Simulations.SIAM review. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics · 2011
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3 authors.

Zhenli XuDepartment of Mathematics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
Wei Cai
Xiaolin Cheng

Funding

Fast and Accurate Numerical Methods of Electrostatic Interactions in BiomoleculesR01GM083600 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE · PI CAI, WEI · 2007 to 2010
$1.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM083600
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A multiple-image method is proposed to approximate the reaction-field potential of a source charge inside a finite length cylinder due to the electric polarization of the surrounding membrane and bulk water. When applied to a hybrid ion-channel model, this method allows a fast and accurate treatment of the electrostatic interactions of protein with membrane and solvent. To treat the channel/membrane interface boundary conditions of the electric potential, an optimization approach is used to derive image charges by fitting the reaction-field potential expressed in terms of cylindric harmonics. Meanwhile, additional image charges are introduced to satisfy the boundary conditions at the planar membrane interfaces. In the end, we convert the electrostatic interaction problem in a complex inhomogeneous system of ion channel/membrane/water into one in a homogeneous free space embedded with discrete charges (the source charge and image charges). The accuracy of this method is then validated numerically in calculating the solvation self-energy of a point charge.

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cylindrical harmonicselectrostatic interactionsimage chargesIon channels

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PMID23504509
PMCPMC3596020

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