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 …

Calculating structures and free energies of complex molecules: combining molecular mechanics and continuum models

PA Kollman, I Massova, C Reyes, B Kuhn… - Accounts of chemical …, 2000 - ACS Publications
A historical perspective on the application of molecular dynamics (MD) to biological
macromolecules is presented. Recent developments combining state-of-the-art force fields …

Theory and applications of the generalized Born solvation model in macromolecular simulations

V Tsui, DA Case - Biopolymers: Original Research on …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Generalized Born (GB) models provide an attractive way to include some thermodynamic
aspects of aqueous solvation into simulations that do not explicitly model the solvent …

Approaches to the description and prediction of the binding affinity of small‐molecule ligands to macromolecular receptors

H Gohlke, G Klebe - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The influence of a xenobiotic compound on an organism is usually summarized by the
expression biological activity. If a controlled, therapeutically relevant, and regulatory action …

New tricks for modelers from the crystallography toolkit: the particle mesh Ewald algorithm and its use in nucleic acid simulations

T Darden, L Perera, L Li, L Pedersen - Structure, 1999 - cell.com
The accurate simulation of DNA and RNA has been a goal of theoretical biophysicists for a
number of years. That is, given a high-resolution experimental structure, or perhaps a …

All‐atom empirical force field for nucleic acids: II. Application to molecular dynamics simulations of DNA and RNA in solution

AD MacKerell Jr, NK Banavali - Journal of computational …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular dynamics simulations based on empirical force fields can greatly enhance
knowledge of DNA and RNA structure and dynamics in solution. Presented are results on …

Theoretical methods for the description of the solvent effect in biomolecular systems

M Orozco, FJ Luque - Chemical Reviews, 2000 - ACS Publications
The environment plays a key role in the determination of the properties and reactivity of
substances in condensed phases. The complexity of chemical phenomena in solution has …

Application of a pairwise generalized Born model to proteins and nucleic acids: inclusion of salt effects

J Srinivasan, MW Trevathan, P Beroza… - Theoretical Chemistry …, 1999 - Springer
The Poisson–Boltzmann (PB) continuum solvent model shows considerable promise in
providing a description of electrostatic solvation effects in biomolecules, but it can be …

Molecular dynamics simulations of nucleic acids with a generalized Born solvation model

V Tsui, DA Case - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2000 - ACS Publications
A generalized Born (GB) model has been applied to molecular dynamics simulations of the
A-and B-forms of a duplex DNA d (CCAACGTTGG) 2 and the corresponding duplex RNA r …

Molecular dynamics simulation of nucleic acids: successes, limitations, and promise

TE Cheatham III, MA Young - Biopolymers: Original Research …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
In the last five years we have witnessed a significant increase in the number publications
describing accurate and reliable all‐atom molecular dynamics simulations of nucleic acids …