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 …

Practical aspects of free-energy calculations: a review

N Hansen, WF Van Gunsteren - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Free-energy calculations in the framework of classical molecular dynamics simulations are
nowadays used in a wide range of research areas including solvation thermodynamics …

Tinker 8: software tools for molecular design

JA Rackers, Z Wang, C Lu, ML Laury… - Journal of chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The Tinker software, currently released as version 8, is a modular molecular mechanics and
dynamics package written primarily in a standard, easily portable dialect of Fortran 95 with …

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 …

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 …

FreeSolv: a database of experimental and calculated hydration free energies, with input files

DL Mobley, JP Guthrie - Journal of computer-aided molecular design, 2014 - Springer
This work provides a curated database of experimental and calculated hydration free
energies for small neutral molecules in water, along with molecular structures, input files …

Improved reweighting of accelerated molecular dynamics simulations for free energy calculation

Y Miao, W Sinko, L Pierce, D Bucher… - Journal of chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Accelerated molecular dynamics (aMD) simulations greatly improve the efficiency of
conventional molecular dynamics (cMD) for sampling biomolecular conformations, but they …

CHARMM at 45: Enhancements in accessibility, functionality, and speed

W Hwang, SL Austin, A Blondel… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Since its inception nearly a half century ago, CHARMM has been playing a central role in
computational biochemistry and biophysics. Commensurate with the developments in …

Cyclosporin structure and permeability: from A to Z and beyond

KM Corbett, L Ford, DB Warren… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cyclosporins are natural or synthetic undecapeptides with a wide range of actual and
potential pharmaceutical applications. Several members of the cyclosporin compound family …

Taming rugged free energy landscapes using an average force

H Fu, X Shao, W Cai, C Chipot - Accounts of chemical research, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The observation of complex structural transitions in biological and abiological
molecular objects within time scales amenable to molecular dynamics (MD) simulations is …