From adaptive resolution to molecular dynamics of open systems

R Cortes-Huerto, M Praprotnik, K Kremer… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
We provide an overview of the Adaptive Resolution Simulation method (AdResS) based on
discussing its basic principles and presenting its current numerical and theoretical …

BAR‐Based Multi‐Dimensional Nonequilibrium Pulling for Indirect Construction of QM/MM Free Energy Landscapes: Varying the QM Region

Z Sun, Z Liu - Advanced Theory and Simulations, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The indirect free energy simulation at quantum mechanics (QM)/molecular mechanics (MM)
levels provides a feasible alternative to direct QM/MM simulations. The main idea under the …

SAMPL7 trimertrip host–guest binding poses and binding affinities from spherical-coordinates-biased simulations

Z Sun - Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design, 2021 - Springer
Host–guest binding remains a major challenge in modern computational modelling. The
newest 7th statistical assessment of the modeling of proteins and ligands (SAMPL) …

Theoretical understanding of the thermodynamics and interactions in transcriptional regulator TtgR–ligand binding

Z Sun, X Wang, JZH Zhang - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The transcriptional regulator TtgR belongs to the TetR family of transcriptional repressors. It
depresses the transcription of the TtgABC operon and itself and thus regulates the extrusion …

[HTML][HTML] Steering a solute between coexisting solvation states: revisiting nonequilibrium work relations and the calculation of free energy differences

M Heidari, R Cortes-Huerto, R Potestio… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
By analogy with single-molecule pulling experiments, we present a computational
framework to obtain free energy differences between complex solvation states. To illustrate …

Thermodynamic insights of base flipping in TNA duplex: force fields, salt concentrations, and free energy simulation methods

Z Sun, JZH Zhang - 2020 - chemrxiv.org
Threofuranosyl nucleic acid (TNA) is an analogue of DNA. Its inter-nucleotide linkages are
shifted from the wild-type 5'-to-3'one to the 3'-to-2'one. As a result, the number of covalent …

[PDF][PDF] Topical Issue on Dielectric Spectroscopy Applied to Soft Matter

S Napolitano - The European Physical Journal E, 2020 - Springer
Broadband Dielectric spectroscopy (BDS) is a well-established experimental technique,
successfully employed to characterize soft matter at the molecular level. The technique is …

[PDF][PDF] Predicting affinities of ligands targeting G-protein coupled receptors: Advances in hybrid multiscale simulation approaches

K Korshunova - 2021 - scholar.archive.org
Abstract Human G-Protein Coupled Receptors (hGPCRs) play an immense role for modern
pharmacology: as many as 34% of all FDA-approved drugs target these membrane …

[PDF][PDF] Topical Issue on Advances in Computational Methods for Soft Matter Systems

L Rovigatti, F Romano, J Russo - The European Physical Journal E, 2018 - Springer
We like to think of scientific articles as stories, and this Topical Issue is a collection of some
of the best stories in the computational Soft Matter genre. As a field, Soft Matter is rapidly …

[PDF][PDF] Thermodynamic Insights of Base Flipping in TNA

JZH Zhang - 2020 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Threofuranosyl nucleic acid (TNA) is an analogue of DNA. Its inter-nucleotide linkages are
shifted from the wild-type 5'-to-3'one to the 3'-to-2'one. As a result, the number of covalent …