Benchmark Study for Calculations of pK a Values of Metal Ligands in Proteins
We have compared the performance of 64 different computational methods, based on combined quantum mechanical (QM) and molecular mechanical (QM/MM) or QM-cluster calculations in a continuum solvent, to estimate the acid constant (pK a) of metal-bound ligands in proteins. As a calibration set, we use 12 experimental pK a...