New developments in force fields for biomolecular simulations

PS Nerenberg, T Head-Gordon - Current opinion in structural biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Biomolecular force fields (FFs) have progressed rapidly in the past five
years.•Fixed-charge FF accuracy has improved, but challenges remain for complex …

The dynamic, motile and deformative properties of RNA nanoparticles facilitate the third milestone of drug development

X Li, AS Bhullar, DW Binzel, P Guo - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Besides mRNA, rRNA, and tRNA, cells contain many other noncoding RNA that display
critical roles in the regulation of cellular functions. Human genome sequencing revealed that …

Improving the performance of the amber RNA force field by tuning the hydrogen-bonding interactions

P Kuhrova, V Mlynsky, M Zgarbová… - Journal of chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations became a leading tool for investigation of structural
dynamics of nucleic acids. Despite recent efforts to improve the empirical potentials (force …

Simple adjustment of intranucleotide base-phosphate interaction in the ol3 amber force field improves RNA simulations

V Mlynsky, P Kuhrova, P Stadlbauer… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations represent an established tool to study RNA
molecules. The outcome of MD studies depends, however, on the quality of the force field …

Software Infrastructure for Next-Generation QM/MM− ΔMLP Force Fields

TJ Giese, J Zeng, L Lerew, E McCarthy… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We present software infrastructure for the design and testing of new quantum
mechanical/molecular mechanical and machine-learning potential (QM/MM− ΔMLP) force …

Toward convergence in folding simulations of RNA tetraloops: Comparison of enhanced sampling techniques and effects of force field modifications

V Mlynsky, M Janeček, P Kuhrova… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations represent an established technique for
investigation of RNA structural dynamics. Despite continuous development, contemporary …

On the Power and Challenges of Atomistic Molecular Dynamics to Investigate RNA Molecules

S Muscat, G Martino, J Manigrasso… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
RNA molecules play a vital role in biological processes within the cell, with significant
implications for science and medicine. Notably, the biological functions exerted by specific …

Fine-tuning of the AMBER RNA force field with a new term adjusting interactions of terminal nucleotides

V Mlýnský, P Kührová, T Kühr… - Journal of chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Determination of RNA structural-dynamic properties is challenging for experimental
methods. Thus, atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations represent a helpful …

Adjusting the energy profile for CH–O interactions leads to improved stability of RNA stem-loop structures in MD simulations

LE Raguette, SS Gunasekera… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The role of ribonucleic acid (RNA) in biology continues to grow, but insight into important
aspects of RNA behavior is lacking, such as dynamic structural ensembles in different …

Conformational ensembles of noncoding elements in the SARS-CoV-2 genome from molecular dynamics simulations

S Bottaro, G Bussi… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The 5′ untranslated region (UTR) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) genome is a conserved, functional and structured genomic region consisting …