RNA structural dynamics as captured by molecular simulations: a comprehensive overview

J Sponer, G Bussi, M Krepl, P Banáš, S Bottaro… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
With both catalytic and genetic functions, ribonucleic acid (RNA) is perhaps the most
pluripotent chemical species in molecular biology, and its functions are intimately linked to …

Molecular dynamics simulations: advances and applications

A Hospital, JR Goñi, M Orozco… - … and Applications in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Molecular dynamics simulations have evolved into a mature technique that can be used
effectively to understand macromolecular structure-to-function relationships. Present …

Definition and testing of the GROMOS force-field versions 54A7 and 54B7

N Schmid, AP Eichenberger, A Choutko… - European biophysics …, 2011 - Springer
New parameter sets of the GROMOS biomolecular force field, 54A7 and 54B7, are
introduced. These parameter sets summarise some previously published force field …

Structural ensembles of intrinsically disordered proteins depend strongly on force field: a comparison to experiment

S Rauscher, V Gapsys, MJ Gajda… - Journal of chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are notoriously challenging to study both
experimentally and computationally. The structure of IDPs cannot be described by a single …

CHARMM general force field: A force field for drug‐like molecules compatible with the CHARMM all‐atom additive biological force fields

K Vanommeslaeghe, E Hatcher… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The widely used CHARMM additive all‐atom force field includes parameters for proteins,
nucleic acids, lipids, and carbohydrates. In the present article, an extension of the CHARMM …

Refinement of the Cornell et al. nucleic acids force field based on reference quantum chemical calculations of glycosidic torsion profiles

M Zgarbová, M Otyepka, J Sponer… - Journal of chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
We report a reparameterization of the glycosidic torsion χ of the Cornell et al. AMBER force
field for RNA, χOL. The parameters remove destabilization of the anti region found in the ff99 …

Rapid parameterization of small molecules using the force field toolkit

CG Mayne, J Saam, K Schulten… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The inability to rapidly generate accurate and robust parameters for novel chemical matter
continues to severely limit the application of molecular dynamics simulations to many …

All-Atom Empirical Potential for Molecular Modeling and Dynamics Studies of Proteins

AD MacKerell Jr, D Bashford, M Bellott… - The journal of …, 1998 - ACS Publications
New protein parameters are reported for the all-atom empirical energy function in the
CHARMM program. The parameter evaluation was based on a self-consistent approach …

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 …

COMPASS: an ab initio force-field optimized for condensed-phase applications overview with details on alkane and benzene compounds

H Sun - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 1998 - ACS Publications
A general all-atom force field for atomistic simulation of common organic molecules,
inorganic small molecules, and polymers was developed using state-of-the-art ab initio and …