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Improving generalized Born models by exploiting connections to polarizable continuum models. II. Corrections for salt effects

A. W. Lange and J. M. Herbert
J. Chem. Theory Comput. 8, 4381–4392 (2012)

Abstract

A previous analytical investigation of the generalized Born (GB) implicit solvation model is extended to solvents of non-zero ionic strength. The GB model with salt effects (GB-SE) is shown to resemble the Debye–Hückel-like screening model (DESMO), a polarizable continuum model (PCM) that we have recently developed for salty solutions. DESMO may be regarded either as a generalization of the conductor-like PCM (C-PCM) that extends C-PCM to electrolyte solutions, or alternatively as a generalization of Debye-Hückel theory to arbitrary cavity shapes. The connection between GB-SE and DESMO suggests how the former can be modified to account for exclusion of mobile ions from the cavity interior, an effect that is typically absent in GB-SE models. We propose two simple GB-SE models that are exact for a point charge in a spherical cavity and that introduce the ability to account, albeit approximately, for the finite size of the mobile ions. The accuracy of these new models is demonstrated by applications to both model systems and real proteins. These tests also demonstrate the accuracy of the DESMO approach, as compared to more sophisticated PCMs developed for electrolyte solutions.

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