A Heuristic Molecular Model of Hydrophobic Interactions

Details A Heuristic Molecular Model of Hydrophobic Interactions A Heuristic Molecular Model of Hydrophobic Interactions

1995-10-04

arxiv.org/abs/chem-ph/9510001v1

LA-UR-95-3486

Physics

Chemical Physics

8 pages, revtex, 3 figures

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Hydrophobic interactions provide driving forces for protein folding, membrane formation, and oil-water separation. Motivated by information theory, the poorly understood nonpolar solute interactions in water are investigated. A simple heuristic model of hydrophobic effects in terms of density fluctuations is developed. This model accounts quantitatively for the central hydrophobic phenomena of cavity formation and association of inert gas solutes; it therefore clarifies the underlying physics of hydrophobic effects and permits important applications to conformational equilibria of nonpolar solutes and hydrophobic residues in biopolymers.

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