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 …

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 …

Lipid21: complex lipid membrane simulations with AMBER

CJ Dickson, RC Walker, IR Gould - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We extend the modular AMBER lipid force field to include anionic lipids, polyunsaturated
fatty acid (PUFA) lipids, and sphingomyelin, allowing the simulation of realistic cell …

[HTML][HTML] CHARMM-GUI supports the Amber force fields

J Lee, M Hitzenberger, M Rieger, NR Kern… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
As part of our ongoing efforts to support diverse force fields and simulation programs in
CHARMM-GUI, this work presents the development of FF-Converter to prepare Amber …

OpenMM 7: Rapid development of high performance algorithms for molecular dynamics

P Eastman, J Swails, JD Chodera… - PLoS computational …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
OpenMM is a molecular dynamics simulation toolkit with a unique focus on extensibility. It
allows users to easily add new features, including forces with novel functional forms, new …

GPU-accelerated molecular dynamics and free energy methods in Amber18: performance enhancements and new features

TS Lee, DS Cerutti, D Mermelstein, C Lin… - Journal of chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We report progress in graphics processing unit (GPU)-accelerated molecular dynamics and
free energy methods in Amber18. Of particular interest is the development of alchemical free …

Structural insights into µ-opioid receptor activation

W Huang, A Manglik, AJ Venkatakrishnan… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Activation of the μ-opioid receptor (μOR) is responsible for the efficacy of the most effective
analgesics. To shed light on the structural basis for μOR activation, here we report a 2.1 Å X …

Long-time-step molecular dynamics through hydrogen mass repartitioning

CW Hopkins, S Le Grand, RC Walker… - Journal of chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Previous studies have shown that the method of hydrogen mass repartitioning (HMR) is a
potentially useful tool for accelerating molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. By …

Alchemical binding free energy calculations in AMBER20: Advances and best practices for drug discovery

TS Lee, BK Allen, TJ Giese, Z Guo, P Li… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Predicting protein–ligand binding affinities and the associated thermodynamics of
biomolecular recognition is a primary objective of structure-based drug design. Alchemical …

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 …