Electrostatic interactions in protein structure, folding, binding, and condensation

HX Zhou, X Pang - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Charged and polar groups, through forming ion pairs, hydrogen bonds, and other less
specific electrostatic interactions, impart important properties to proteins. Modulation of the …

Dielectric continuum methods for quantum chemistry

JM Herbert - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes the theory and implementation of implicit solvation models based on
continuum electrostatics. Within quantum chemistry this formalism is sometimes …

On the dielectric “constant” of proteins: smooth dielectric function for macromolecular modeling and its implementation in DelPhi

L Li, C Li, Z Zhang, E Alexov - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Implicit methods for modeling protein electrostatics require dielectric properties of the system
to be known, in particular, the value of the dielectric constant of protein. While numerous …

Generalized Born model with a simple, robust molecular volume correction

J Mongan, C Simmerling, JA McCammon… - Journal of chemical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Generalized Born (GB) models provide a computationally efficient means of representing the
electrostatic effects of solvent and are widely used, especially in molecular dynamics (MD) …

Calculating the binding free energies of charged species based on explicit-solvent simulations employing lattice-sum methods: An accurate correction scheme for …

GJ Rocklin, DL Mobley, KA Dill… - The Journal of chemical …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
The calculation of a protein-ligand binding free energy based on molecular dynamics (MD)
simulations generally relies on a thermodynamic cycle in which the ligand is alchemically …

ABSINTH: a new continuum solvation model for simulations of polypeptides in aqueous solutions

A Vitalis, RV Pappu - Journal of computational chemistry, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A new implicit solvation model for use in Monte Carlo simulations of polypeptides is
introduced. The model is termed ABSINTH for self‐Assembly of Biomolecules Studied by an …

Biomolecular electrostatics and solvation: a computational perspective

P Ren, J Chun, DG Thomas, MJ Schnieders… - Quarterly reviews of …, 2012 - cambridge.org
An understanding of molecular interactions is essential for insight into biological systems at
the molecular scale. Among the various components of molecular interactions, electrostatics …

MIBPB: a software package for electrostatic analysis

D Chen, Z Chen, C Chen, W Geng… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Poisson–Boltzmann equation (PBE) is an established model for the
electrostatic analysis of biomolecules. The development of advanced computational …

Second-order Poisson–Nernst–Planck solver for ion transport

Q Zheng, D Chen, GW Wei - Journal of computational physics, 2011 - Elsevier
Abstract The Poisson–Nernst–Planck (PNP) theory is a simplified continuum model for a
wide variety of chemical, physical and biological applications. Its ability of providing …

Differential geometry based solvation model I: Eulerian formulation

Z Chen, NA Baker, GW Wei - Journal of computational physics, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper presents a differential geometry based model for the analysis and computation of
the equilibrium property of solvation. Differential geometry theory of surfaces is utilized to …