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Martini Coarse-Grained Force Field: Extension to RNA
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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 in studying the structural and dynamic behavior of RNA in relation to other biomolecules. Coarse-grain molecular dynamics simulations are a key tool to that end. Here, we have extended the coarse-grain Martini force field to include RNA after our recent extension to DNA. In the same way DNA was modeled, the tertiary structure of RNA is constrained using an elastic network. This model, therefore, is not designed for applications involving RNA folding but rather offers a stable RNA structure for studying RNA interactions with other (bio)molecules. The RNA model is compatible with all other Martini models and opens the way to large-scale explicit-solvent molecular dynamics simulations of complex systems involving RNA.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Uusitalo, J. J., Ingólfsson, H. I., Marrink, S. J., & Faustino, I.
- Affiliations
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Marrink, Siewert J.
- Venue
- Biophysical Journal
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-07
- Volume
- 113
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 246-256
- ISSN
- 0006-3495 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5529176
- OpenAlex
- W2401568999
- Cited by
- 259
- References
- 151
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 15
- FWCI
- 8.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
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- Biophysical Journal (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Emil Aaltonen Foundation
- Netherlands Scientific Organisation
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Physical and Theoretical Chemistry › Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions
- Keywords
- Martini force field, coarse-grained force field, RNA tertiary structure, elastic networks, RNA-DNA interactions, RNA-protein interactions, explicit solvent molecular dynamics
- MeSH terms
- Elasticity, Humans, Hydrogen Bonding, Ions, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Ribosomes, RNA, Solvents, Water, Thermus thermophilus, RNA Stability, Static Electricity, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Methanocaldococcus
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