scholarly journals COFFDROP: A Coarse-Grained Nonbonded Force Field for Proteins Derived from All-Atom Explicit-Solvent Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Amino Acids

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 5178-5194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casey T. Andrews ◽  
Adrian H. Elcock
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Amino Acids ◽  
Force Field ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Explicit Solvent ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

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...

scholarly journals Molecular dynamics simulations of cholesterol-rich membranes using a coarse-grained force field for cyclic alkanes

2015 ◽  
Vol 143 (24) ◽  
pp. 243144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher M. MacDermaid ◽  
Hemant K. Kashyap ◽  
Russell H. DeVane ◽  
Wataru Shinoda ◽  
Jeffery B. Klauda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Force Field ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Cyclic Alkanes ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

scholarly journals Refining amino acid hydrophobicity for dynamics simulation of membrane proteins

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald D Hills, Jr
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Membrane Proteins ◽  
Force Field ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Interfacial Behavior ◽  
Potentials Of Mean Force ◽  
Arginine Residues ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

Coarse-grained simulations enable the study of membrane proteins in the context of their native environment but require reliable parameters. The CgProt force field is assessed by comparing the potentials of mean force for sidechain insertion in a DOPC bilayer to results reported for atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. The reassignment of polar sidechain sites was found to improve the attractive interfacial behavior of tyrosine, phenylalanine and asparagine as well as charged lysine and arginine residues. The solvation energy at membrane depths of 0, 1.3 and 1.7 nm correlate with experimental partition coefficients in aqueous mixtures of cyclohexane, octanol and POPC, respectively, for sidechain analogs and Wimley-White peptides. These data points can be used to further discriminate between alternate force field parameters. Available partitioning data was also used to reparameterize the representation of the polar peptide backbone for non-alanine residues. The newly developed force field, CgProt 2.4, correctly predicts the global energy minimum in the potentials of mean force for insertion of the uncharged membrane-associated peptides LS3 and WALP23. CgProt will find application in molecular dynamics simulations of a variety of membrane protein systems.

scholarly journals Pyranose Ring Puckering Thermodynamics for Glycan Monosaccharides Associated with Vertebrate Proteins

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 473
Author(s):  
Olgun Guvench ◽  
Devon Martin ◽  
Megan Greene
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Force Field ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Biomolecular Dynamics ◽  
Explicit Solvent ◽  
Conformational Properties ◽  
Adaptive Biasing ◽  
Charmm Force Field ◽  
Ring Puckering ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

The conformational properties of carbohydrates can contribute to protein structure directly through covalent conjugation in the cases of glycoproteins and proteoglycans and indirectly in the case of transmembrane proteins embedded in glycolipid-containing bilayers. However, there continue to be significant challenges associated with experimental structural biology of such carbohydrate-containing systems. All-atom explicit-solvent molecular dynamics simulations provide a direct atomic resolution view of biomolecular dynamics and thermodynamics, but the accuracy of the results depends on the quality of the force field parametrization used in the simulations. A key determinant of the conformational properties of carbohydrates is ring puckering. Here, we applied extended system adaptive biasing force (eABF) all-atom explicit-solvent molecular dynamics simulations to characterize the ring puckering thermodynamics of the ten common pyranose monosaccharides found in vertebrate biology (as represented by the CHARMM carbohydrate force field). The results, along with those for idose, demonstrate that the CHARMM force field reliably models ring puckering across this diverse set of molecules, including accurately capturing the subtle balance between 4C1 and 1C4 chair conformations in the cases of iduronate and of idose. This suggests the broad applicability of the force field for accurate modeling of carbohydrate-containing vertebrate biomolecules such as glycoproteins, proteoglycans, and glycolipids.

scholarly journals Refining amino acid hydrophobicity for dynamics simulation of membrane proteins

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald D Hills, Jr
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Membrane Proteins ◽  
Force Field ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Interfacial Behavior ◽  
Potentials Of Mean Force ◽  
Arginine Residues ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

Coarse-grained simulations enable the study of membrane proteins in the context of their native environment but require reliable parameters. The CgProt force field is assessed by comparing the potentials of mean force for sidechain insertion in a DOPC bilayer to results reported for atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. The reassignment of polar sidechain sites was found to improve the attractive interfacial behavior of tyrosine, phenylalanine and asparagine as well as charged lysine and arginine residues. The solvation energy at membrane depths of 0, 1.3 and 1.7 nm correlate with experimental partition coefficients in aqueous mixtures of cyclohexane, octanol and POPC, respectively, for sidechain analogs and Wimley-White peptides. These data points can be used to further discriminate between alternate force field parameters. Available partitioning data was also used to reparameterize the representation of the polar peptide backbone for non-alanine residues. The newly developed force field, CgProt 2.4, correctly predicts the global energy minimum in the potentials of mean force for insertion of the uncharged membrane-associated peptides LS3 and WALP23. CgProt will find application in molecular dynamics simulations of a variety of membrane protein systems.

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