Supra-Atomic Coarse-Grained GROMOS Force Field for Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in the Liquid Phase

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 2925-2937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas P. Eichenberger ◽  
Wei Huang ◽  
Sereina Riniker ◽  
Wilfred F. van Gunsteren
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Phase ◽  
Force Field ◽  
Aliphatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Gromos Force Field

scholarly journals Consistent Force Field Captures Homolog Resolved HP1 Phase Separation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew P. Latham ◽  
Bin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Phase Separation ◽  
Liquid Phase ◽  
Force Field ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Spatial Organization ◽  
Structural Difference ◽  
Liquid Phase Separation ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Disordered Proteins ◽  
Liquid Liquid Phase Separation

Many proteins have been shown to function via liquid-liquid phase separation. Computational modeling could offer much needed structural details of protein condensates and reveal the set of molecular interactions that dictate their stability. However, the presence of both ordered and disordered domains in these proteins places a high demand on the model accuracy. Here, we present an algorithm to derive a coarse-grained force field, MOFF, that can model both ordered and disordered proteins with consistent accuracy. It combines maximum entropy biasing, least-squares fitting, and basic principles of energy landscape theory to ensure that MOFF recreates experimental radii of gyration while predicting the folded structures for globular proteins with lower energy. The theta temperature determined from MOFF separates ordered and disordered proteins at 300 K and exhibits a strikingly linear relationship with amino acid sequence composition. We further applied MOFF to study the phase behavior of HP1, an essential protein for posttranslational modification and spatial organization of chromatin. The force field successfully resolved the structural difference of two HP1 homologs, despite their high sequence similarity. We carried out large scale simulations with hundreds of proteins to determine the critical temperature of phase separation and uncover multivalent interactions that stabilize higher-order assemblies. In all, our work makes significant methodological strides to connect theories of ordered and disordered proteins and provides a powerful tool for studying liquid-liquid phase separation with near-atomistic details.

scholarly journals Martini Coarse-Grained Force Field: Extension to RNA

2017 ◽  
Vol 113 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaakko J. Uusitalo ◽  
Helgi I. Ingólfsson ◽  
Siewert J. Marrink ◽  
Ignacio Faustino
Keyword(s):  
Force Field ◽  
Field Extension ◽  
Coarse Grained

scholarly journals A new protein nucleic-acid coarse-grained force field based on the UNRES and NARES-2P force fields

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (28) ◽  
pp. 2360-2370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam K. Sieradzan ◽  
Artur Giełdoń ◽  
Yanping Yin ◽  
Yi He ◽  
Harold A. Scheraga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nucleic Acid ◽  
Force Field ◽  
Force Fields ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Protein Nucleic Acid ◽  
New Protein

scholarly journals A Generic Force Field for Simulating Native Protein Structures Using Dissipative Particle Dynamics

Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rakesh K Vaiwala ◽  
Ganapathy Ayappa
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Force Field ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Dissipative Particle Dynamics ◽  
Protein Structures ◽  
Particle Dynamics ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Native Protein ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

A coarse-grained force field for molecular dynamics simulations of native structures of proteins in a dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) framework is developed. The parameters for bonded interactions are derived by...

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