Enhanced sampling methods for molecular dynamics simulations

J Hénin, T Lelièvre, MR Shirts, O Valsson… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Enhanced sampling algorithms have emerged as powerful methods to extend the utility of
molecular dynamics simulations and allow the sampling of larger portions of the …

Protein ensembles: how does nature harness thermodynamic fluctuations for life? The diverse functional roles of conformational ensembles in the cell

G Wei, W Xi, R Nussinov, B Ma - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
All soluble proteins populate conformational ensembles that together constitute the native
state. Their fluctuations in water are intrinsic thermodynamic phenomena, and the …

Complete protein–protein association kinetics in atomic detail revealed by molecular dynamics simulations and Markov modelling

N Plattner, S Doerr, G De Fabritiis, F Noé - Nature chemistry, 2017 - nature.com
Protein–protein association is fundamental to many life processes. However, a microscopic
model describing the structures and kinetics during association and dissociation is lacking …

Artificial intelligence: machine learning for chemical sciences

A Karthikeyan, UD Priyakumar - Journal of Chemical Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Research in molecular sciences witnessed the rise and fall of Artificial Intelligence
(AI)/Machine Learning (ML) methods, especially artificial neural networks, few decades ago …

Advances in the simulation of protein aggregation at the atomistic scale

M Carballo-Pacheco, B Strodel - The journal of physical chemistry …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Protein aggregation into highly structured amyloid fibrils is associated with various diseases
including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and type II diabetes. Amyloids can also …

Accuracy of current all-atom force-fields in modeling protein disordered states

F Palazzesi, MK Prakash, M Bonomi… - Journal of chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Molecular Dynamics (MD) plays a fundamental role in characterizing protein disordered
states that are emerging as crucial actors in many biological processes. Here we assess the …

Enhanced sampling techniques in biomolecular simulations

V Spiwok, Z Sucur, P Hosek - Biotechnology advances, 2015 - Elsevier
Biomolecular simulations are routinely used in biochemistry and molecular biology
research; however, they often fail to match expectations of their impact on pharmaceutical …

Coacervation of poly-electrolytes in the presence of lipid bilayers: mutual alteration of structure and morphology

S Mondal, Q Cui - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Many intrinsically disordered peptides have been shown to undergo liquid–liquid phase
separation and form complex coacervates, which play various regulatory roles in the cell …

Evaluating the efficiency of the Martini force field to study protein dimerization in aqueous and membrane environments

C Lamprakis, I Andreadelis, J Manchester… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein–protein complex assembly is one of the major drivers of biological response.
Understanding the mechanisms of protein oligomerization/dimerization would allow one to …

Revision of the GROMOS 56A6CARBO force field: Improving the description of ring‐conformational equilibria in hexopyranose‐based carbohydrates chains

W Plazinski, A Lonardi… - Journal of computational …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This article describes a revised version 56A6CARBO_R of the GROMOS 56A6CARBO force
field for hexopyranose‐based carbohydrates. The simulated properties of unfunctionalized …