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The Rosetta All-Atom Energy Function for Macromolecular Modeling and Design

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Alford, Rebecca F., Leaver-Fay, Andrew, Jeliazkov, Jeliazko R., O’Meara, Matthew J., DiMaio, Frank P., Park, Hahnbeom, Shapovalov, Maxim V., Renfrew, P. Douglas +12 more·2017·Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

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Over the past decade, the Rosetta biomolecular modeling suite has informed diverse biological questions and engineering challenges ranging from interpretation of low-resolution structural data to design of nanomaterials, protein therapeutics, and vaccines. Central to Rosetta's success is the energy function: a model parametrized from small-molecule and X-ray crystal structure data used to approximate the energy associated with each biomolecule conformation. This paper describes the mathematical models and physical concepts that underlie the latest Rosetta energy function, called the Rosetta Energy Function 2015 (REF15). Applying these concepts, we explain how to use Rosetta energies to identify and analyze the features of biomolecular models. Finally, we discuss the latest advances in the energy function that extend its capabilities from soluble proteins to also include membrane proteins, peptides containing noncanonical amino acids, small molecules, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, and other macromolecules.

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Alford, R. F., Leaver-Fay, A., Jeliazkov, J. R., O’Meara, M. J., DiMaio, F. P., Park, H., Shapovalov, M. V., Renfrew, P. D., Mulligan, V. K., Kappel, K., Labonte, J. W., Pacella, M. S., Bonneau, R., Bradley, P., Dunbrack, R. L., Das, R., Baker, D., Kuhlman, B., Kortemme, T., & Gray, J. J.
Affiliations
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
  • Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 120 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • University of Washington (US)
  • Fox Chase Cancer Center (US)
  • Simons Foundation (US)
  • Stanford University (US)
  • Fred Hutch Cancer Center (US)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Corresponding author
Gray, Jeffrey J.
Venue
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
Published
2017-05-12
Volume
13
Issue
6
Pages
3031-3048
ISSN
  • 1549-9618 (ISSN-L)
  • 1549-9626
OpenAlex
W2606439133
Cited by
1,532
References
121
Citations by year
2026: 214 · 2025: 220 · 2024: 209 · 2023: 189 · 2022: 201 · 2021: 179 · 2020: 153 · 2019: 99 · 2018: 52 · 2017: 15
FWCI
35.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc
Locations
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (publishedVersion)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
  • UNC Libraries
Funders
  • National Cancer Institute (F32-CA189246)
  • Hertz Foundation
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM-078221, GM-084453, GM-092802, GM-110089, GM-111819, GM-114961, GM-117189, GM-73141)
  • Simons Foundation
  • National Science Foundation
  • Division of Materials Research (1507736)
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 › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Computational Drug Discovery Methods
Keywords
energy function, biomolecular modeling, protein structure prediction, protein design, membrane proteins, unnatural amino acids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, small molecules, conformational energy, force field parameterization
MeSH terms
Mutation, Protein Conformation, Thermodynamics, HIV Protease, Macromolecular Substances, Static Electricity, Molecular Dynamics Simulation

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