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 …

CHARMM: the biomolecular simulation program

BR Brooks, CL Brooks III… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract CHARMM (Chemistry at HARvard Molecular Mechanics) is a highly versatile and
widely used molecular simulation program. It has been developed over the last three …

[HTML][HTML] Scalable molecular dynamics on CPU and GPU architectures with NAMD

JC Phillips, DJ Hardy, JDC Maia, JE Stone… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
NAMD is a molecular dynamics program designed for high-performance simulations of very
large biological objects on CPU-and GPU-based architectures. NAMD offers scalable …

Using collective variables to drive molecular dynamics simulations

G Fiorin, ML Klein, J Hénin - Molecular Physics, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
A software framework is introduced that facilitates the application of biasing algorithms to
collective variables of the type commonly employed to drive massively parallel molecular …

NAMD goes quantum: an integrative suite for hybrid simulations

MCR Melo, RC Bernardi, T Rudack, M Scheurer… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Hybrid methods that combine quantum mechanics (QM) and molecular mechanics (MM) can
be applied to studies of reaction mechanisms in locations ranging from active sites of small …

Markov state models to study the functional dynamics of proteins in the wake of machine learning

KA Konovalov, IC Unarta, S Cao, EC Goonetilleke… - JACS Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
Markov state models (MSMs) based on molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are routinely
employed to study protein folding, however, their application to functional conformational …

Activation pathway of Src kinase reveals intermediate states as targets for drug design

D Shukla, Y Meng, B Roux, VS Pande - Nature communications, 2014 - nature.com
Unregulated activation of Src kinases leads to aberrant signalling, uncontrolled growth and
differentiation of cancerous cells. Reaching a complete mechanistic understanding of large …

Principles and overview of sampling methods for modeling macromolecular structure and dynamics

T Maximova, R Moffatt, B Ma, R Nussinov… - PLoS computational …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Investigation of macromolecular structure and dynamics is fundamental to understanding
how macromolecules carry out their functions in the cell. Significant advances have been …

Computations of standard binding free energies with molecular dynamics simulations

Y Deng, B Roux - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2009 - ACS Publications
An increasing number of studies have reported computations of the standard (absolute)
binding free energy of small ligands to proteins using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations …

Free energy methods for the description of molecular processes

C Chipot - Annual Review of Biophysics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Efforts to combine theory and experiment to advance our knowledge of molecular processes
relevant to biophysics have been considerably enhanced by the contribution of statistical …