An overview of the Amber biomolecular simulation package

R Salomon‐Ferrer, DA Case… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular dynamics (MD) allows the study of biological and chemical systems at the
atomistic level on timescales from femtoseconds to milliseconds. It complements experiment …

Atomistic simulations of pristine and nanoparticle reinforced hydrogels: A review

R Kumar, A Parashar - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogel is a three‐dimensional cross‐linked hydrophilic network that can imbibe a large
amount of water inside its structure (up to 99% of its dry weight). Due to their unique …

Higher infectivity of the SARS‐CoV‐2 new variants is associated with K417N/T, E484K, and N501Y mutants: an insight from structural data

A Khan, T Zia, M Suleman, T Khan… - Journal of cellular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of the SARS‐CoV‐2 new variants reported to be 70% more contagious than
the earlier one is now spreading fast worldwide. There is an instant need to discover how …

AlphaFold2 models indicate that protein sequence determines both structure and dynamics

HB Guo, A Perminov, S Bekele, G Kedziora… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract AlphaFold 2 (AF2) has placed Molecular Biology in a new era where we can
visualize, analyze and interpret the structures and functions of all proteins solely from their …

Systematic comparison of the structural and dynamic properties of commonly used water models for molecular dynamics simulations

SP Kadaoluwa Pathirannahalage… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Water is a unique solvent that is ubiquitous in biology and present in a variety of solutions,
mixtures, and materials settings. It therefore forms the basis for all molecular dynamics …

Hydrolysis of LiPF6-Containing Electrolyte at High Voltage

M Liu, J Vatamanu, X Chen, L **ng, K Xu… - ACS Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
While lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6) still prevails as the main conducting salt in
commercial lithium-ion batteries, its prominent disadvantage is high sensitivity toward water …

New ways to boost molecular dynamics simulations

E Krieger, G Vriend - Journal of computational chemistry, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We describe a set of algorithms that allow to simulate dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR, a
common benchmark) with the AMBER all‐atom force field at 160 nanoseconds/day on a …

Simulating water with rigid non-polarizable models: a general perspective

C Vega, JLF Abascal - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the last forty years many computer simulations of water have been performed using
rigid non-polarizable models. Since these models describe water interactions in an …

Flexible simple point-charge water model with improved liquid-state properties

Y Wu, HL Tepper, GA Voth - The Journal of chemical physics, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
In order to introduce flexibility into the simple point-charge (SPC) water model, the impact of
the intramolecular degrees of freedom on liquid properties was systematically studied in this …

Ultra-strong bio-glue from genetically engineered polypeptides

C Ma, J Sun, B Li, Y Feng, Y Sun, L **ang, B Wu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The development of biomedical glues is an important, yet challenging task as seemingly
mutually exclusive properties need to be combined in one material, ie strong adhesion and …