RNA structural dynamics as captured by molecular simulations: a comprehensive overview

J Sponer, G Bussi, M Krepl, P Banáš, S Bottaro… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
With both catalytic and genetic functions, ribonucleic acid (RNA) is perhaps the most
pluripotent chemical species in molecular biology, and its functions are intimately linked to …

[HTML][HTML] Theory and practice of coarse-grained molecular dynamics of biologically important systems

A Liwo, C Czaplewski, AK Sieradzan, AG Lipska… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Molecular dynamics with coarse-grained models is nowadays extensively used to simulate
biomolecular systems at large time and size scales, compared to those accessible to all …

A general method for the derivation of the functional forms of the effective energy terms in coarse-grained energy functions of polymers. III. Determination of scale …

A Liwo, AK Sieradzan, AG Lipska… - The Journal of …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The general theory of the construction of scale-consistent energy terms in the coarse-
grained force fields presented in Paper I of this series has been applied to the revision of the …

[HTML][HTML] Computational modeling of DNA 3D structures: From dynamics and mechanics to folding

ZC Mu, YL Tan, J Liu, BG Zhang, YZ Shi - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
DNA carries the genetic information required for the synthesis of RNA and proteins and
plays an important role in many processes of biological development. Understanding the …

Insight into the initial stages of the folding process in onconase revealed by UNRES

E Hendrix, S Motta, RF Gahl, Y He - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The unfolded state of proteins presents many challenges to elucidate the structural basis for
biological function. This state is characterized by a large degree of structural heterogeneity …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling, simulations, and bioinformatics at the service of RNA structure

PD Dans, D Gallego, A Balaceanu, L Darré, H Gómez… - Chem, 2019 - cell.com
Although chemically close to DNA, RNA can adopt a wide range of structures from regular
helices to complex globular conformations, showing a complexity similar to that of proteins …

Brewing COFFEE: A Sequence-Specific Coarse-Grained Energy Function for Simulations of DNA− Protein Complexes

D Chakraborty, B Mondal… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
DNA–protein interactions are pervasive in a number of biophysical processes ranging from
transcription and gene expression to chromosome folding. To describe the structural and …

Scale-consistent approach to the derivation of coarse-grained force fields for simulating structure, dynamics, and thermodynamics of biopolymers

A Liwo, C Czaplewski, AK Sieradzan… - Progress in Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this chapter the scale-consistent approach to the derivation of coarse-grained force fields
developed in our laboratory is presented, in which the effective energy function originates …

[HTML][HTML] Ab initio predictions for 3D structure and stability of single-and double-stranded DNAs in ion solutions

ZC Mu, YL Tan, BG Zhang, J Liu… - PLOS Computational …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The three-dimensional (3D) structure and stability of DNA are essential to
understand/control their biological functions and aid the development of novel materials. In …

Simple and Effective Conformational Sampling Strategy for Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Using the UNRES Web Server

T Li, E Hendrix, Y He - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2023 - ACS Publications
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) contain more charged amino acids than folded
proteins, resulting in a lack of hydrophobic core (s) and a tendency to adopt rapidly …