Design and simulation of DNA, RNA and hybrid protein–nucleic acid nanostructures with oxView

J Bohlin, M Matthies, E Poppleton, J Procyk, A Mallya… - Nature protocols, 2022 - nature.com
Molecular simulation has become an integral part of the DNA/RNA nanotechnology
research pipeline. In particular, understanding the dynamics of structures and single …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of molecular dynamics simulation in protein study

S Sinha, B Tam, SM Wang - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulations is increasingly used as a powerful tool to study
protein structure-related questions. Starting from the early simulation study on the …

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

J Šponer, G Bussi, M Krepl, P Banáš… - Chemical …, 2018 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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 …

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 …

SimRNA: a coarse-grained method for RNA folding simulations and 3D structure prediction

MJ Boniecki, G Lach, WK Dawson… - Nucleic acids …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
RNA molecules play fundamental roles in cellular processes. Their function and interactions
with other biomolecules are dependent on the ability to form complex three-dimensional …

RNA origami design tools enable cotranscriptional folding of kilobase-sized nanoscaffolds

C Geary, G Grossi, EKS McRae, PWK Rothemund… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
RNA origami is a framework for the modular design of nanoscaffolds that can be folded from
a single strand of RNA and used to organize molecular components with nanoscale …

Introducing improved structural properties and salt dependence into a coarse-grained model of DNA

BEK Snodin, F Randisi, M Mosayebi, P Šulc… - The Journal of …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We introduce an extended version of oxDNA, a coarse-grained model of deoxyribonucleic
acid (DNA) designed to capture the thermodynamic, structural, and mechanical properties of …

Design, optimization and analysis of large DNA and RNA nanostructures through interactive visualization, editing and molecular simulation

E Poppleton, J Bohlin, M Matthies… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
This work seeks to remedy two deficiencies in the current nucleic acid nanotechnology
software environment: the lack of both a fast and user-friendly visualization tool and a …

OxDNA. org: a public webserver for coarse-grained simulations of DNA and RNA nanostructures

E Poppleton, R Romero, A Mallya… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
OxDNA and oxRNA are popular coarse-grained models used by the DNA/RNA
nanotechnology community to prototype, analyze and rationalize designed DNA and RNA …

Martini coarse-grained force field: extension to RNA

JJ Uusitalo, HI Ingólfsson, SJ Marrink, I Faustino - Biophysical journal, 2017 - cell.com
RNA has an important role not only as the messenger of genetic information but also as a
regulator of gene expression. Given its central role in cell biology, there is significant interest …