Nuclear magnetic resonance and metadynamics simulations reveal the atomistic binding of L-serine and O-phospho-L-serine at disordered calcium phosphate surfaces of biocements
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Interactions between biomolecules and structurally disordered calcium phosphate (CaP) surfaces are crucial for the regulation of bone mineralization by noncollagenous proteins, the organization of complexes of casein and amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) in milk, as well as for structure–function relationships of hybrid organic/inorganic interfaces in biomaterials. By a combination of advanced solid-state NMR experiments and metadynamics simulations, we examine the detailed binding of O-phospho-l-serine (Pser) and l-serine (Ser) with ACP in bone-adhesive CaP cements, whose capacity of gluing fractured bone together stems from the close integration of the organic molecules with ACP over a subnanometer scale. The proximity of each carboxy, aliphatic, and amino group of Pser/Ser to the Ca2+ and phosphate species of ACP observed from the metadynamics-derived models agreed well with results from heteronuclear solid-state NMR experiments that are sensitive to the 13C–31P and 15N–31P distances. The inorganic/organic contacts in Pser-doped cements are also contrasted with experimental and modeled data on the Pser binding at nanocrystalline HA particles grown from a Pser-bearing aqueous solution. The molecular adsorption is driven mainly by electrostatic interactions between the negatively charged carboxy/phosphate groups and Ca2+ cations of ACP, along with H bonds to either protonated or nonprotonated inorganic phosphate groups. The Pser and Ser molecules anchor at their phosphate/amino and carboxy/amino moieties, respectively, leading to an extended molecular conformation across the surface, as opposed to an “upright standing” molecule that would result from the binding of one sole functional group.
Date Issued
2022-10-11
Date Acceptance
2022-09-26
Citation
Chemistry of Materials, 2022, 34 (19), pp.8815-8830
ISSN
0897-4756
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Start Page
8815
End Page
8830
Journal / Book Title
Chemistry of Materials
Volume
34
Issue
19
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society. This work is licensed under a CC BY licence.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Chemistry, Physical
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry
Materials Science
HYDROXYAPATITE 0001
MINERAL INTERFACE
STRUCTURAL ROLE
RANGE STRUCTURE
LOCAL-STRUCTURE
CRYSTAL-GROWTH
FORCE-FIELD
P-31 NMR
STATE
BONE
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2022-09-26