Pragmatic coarse-graining of proteins: models and applications

L Borges-Araújo, I Patmanidis, AP Singh… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The molecular details involved in the folding, dynamics, organization, and interaction of
proteins with other molecules are often difficult to assess by experimental techniques …

[HTML][HTML] Transcription factor-based biosensors for screening and dynamic regulation

J Tellechea-Luzardo, MT Stiebritz… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Advances in synthetic biology and genetic engineering are bringing into the spotlight a wide
range of bio-based applications that demand better sensing and control of biological …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular dynamics simulation of an entire cell

JA Stevens, F Grünewald, PAM van Tilburg… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The ultimate microscope, directed at a cell, would reveal the dynamics of all the cell's
components with atomic resolution. In contrast to their real-world counterparts …

Martini 3 coarse-grained force field for cholesterol

L Borges-Araújo, AC Borges-Araújo… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cholesterol plays a crucial role in biomembranes by regulating various properties, such as
fluidity, rigidity, permeability, and organization of lipid bilayers. The latest version of the …

CGCompiler: Automated Coarse-Grained Molecule Parametrization via Noise-Resistant Mixed-Variable Optimization

KS Stroh, PCT Souza, L Monticelli… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Coarse-grained force fields (CG FFs) such as the Martini model entail a predefined, fixed set
of Lennard-Jones parameters (building blocks) to model virtually all possible nonbonded …

Extension of the MolMod Database to Transferable Force Fields

S Schmitt, G Kanagalingam… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
MolMod, a web-based database for classical force fields for molecular simulations of fluids
[Mol. Sim. 45, 10 (2019), 806–814], was extended to transferable force fields. Eight …

[HTML][HTML] Interfacial structurization between triolein and water from pH and buffer ions

M Frigerio, RVM Freire, TA Soares, H Amenitsch… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Understanding and manipulating the oil/water interface is important across
various industries, including food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and detergents. Many of …

Towards design of drugs and delivery systems with the Martini coarse-grained model

LR Kjølbye, GP Pereira, A Bartocci, M Pannuzzo… - QRB …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Coarse-grained (CG) modelling with the Martini force field has come of age. By combining a
variety of bead types and sizes with a new mapping approach, the newest version of the …

A practical introduction to martini 3 and its application to protein-ligand binding simulations

R Alessandri, S Thallmair, CG Herrero… - A Practical Guide to …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The Martini force field is one of the most popular coarse-grained (CG) models used in
molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, with many applications in diverse fields, from …

Pathways to a shiny future: Building the foundation for computational physical chemistry and biophysics in 2050

D Biriukov, R Vácha - ACS Physical Chemistry Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
In the last quarter-century, the field of molecular dynamics (MD) has undergone a
remarkable transformation, propelled by substantial enhancements in software, hardware …