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 …

Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics: Principles and applications

J Wang, PR Arantes, A Bhattarai… - Wiley …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics (GaMD) is a robust computational method for
simultaneous unconstrained enhanced sampling and free energy calculations of …

Modeling and simulations of polymers: a roadmap

TE Gartner III, A Jayaraman - Macromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
Molecular modeling and simulations are invaluable tools for the polymer science and
engineering community. These computational approaches enable predictions and provide …

Insights into protein–ligand interactions: mechanisms, models, and methods

X Du, Y Li, YL **a, SM Ai, J Liang, P Sang… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Molecular recognition, which is the process of biological macromolecules interacting with
each other or various small molecules with a high specificity and affinity to form a specific …

Driving force and pathway in polyelectrolyte complex coacervation

S Chen, ZG Wang - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
There is notable discrepancy between experiments and coarse-grained model studies
regarding the thermodynamic driving force in polyelectrolyte complex coacervation …

Alchemical binding free energy calculations in AMBER20: Advances and best practices for drug discovery

TS Lee, BK Allen, TJ Giese, Z Guo, P Li… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Predicting protein–ligand binding affinities and the associated thermodynamics of
biomolecular recognition is a primary objective of structure-based drug design. Alchemical …

Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics: unconstrained enhanced sampling and free energy calculation

Y Miao, VA Feher, JA McCammon - Journal of chemical theory …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics (GaMD) approach for simultaneous enhanced
sampling and free energy calculation of biomolecules is presented. By constructing a boost …

Three-body aggregation of guest molecules as a key step in methane hydrate nucleation and growth

W Hu, C Chen, J Sun, N Zhang, J Zhao, Y Liu… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Gas hydrates have an important role in environmental and astrochemistry, as well as in
energy materials research. Although it is widely accepted that gas accumulation is an …

Isolation of a structural mechanism for uncoupling T cell receptor signaling from peptide-MHC binding

LV Sibener, RA Fernandes, EM Kolawole, CB Carbone… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
TCR-signaling strength generally correlates with peptide-MHC binding affinity; however,
exceptions exist. We find high-affinity, yet non-stimulatory, interactions occur with high …

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 …