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Calculating Structures and Free Energies of Complex Molecules: Combining Molecular Mechanics and Continuum Models
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A historical perspective on the application of molecular dynamics (MD) to biological macromolecules is presented. Recent developments combining state-of-the-art force fields with continuum solvation calculations have allowed us to reach the fourth era of MD applications in which one can often derive both accurate structure and accurate relative free energies from molecular dynamics trajectories. We illustrate such applications on nucleic acid duplexes, RNA hairpins, protein folding trajectories, and protein-ligand, protein-protein, and protein-nucleic acid interactions.
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- Authors
- Kollman, P. A., Massova, I., Reyes, C., Kuhn, B., Huo, S., Chong, L., Lee, M., Lee, T., Duan, Y., Wang, W., Donini, O., Cieplak, P., Srinivasan, J., Case, D. A., & Cheatham, T. E.
- Affiliations
- Scripps Research Institute (US)
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, The Scripps Research Institute, LaJolla, California 92037, and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
- ORCID
- Venue
- Accounts of Chemical Research
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2000-10-04
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 889-897
- ISSN
- 0001-4842 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-4898
- OpenAlex
- W1975580333
- Cited by
- 4,978
- References
- 61
- Citations by year
- 2026: 261 · 2025: 323 · 2024: 299 · 2023: 345 · 2022: 313 · 2021: 336 · 2020: 290 · 2019: 259 · 2018: 249 · 2017: 248 · 2016: 243 · 2015: 197 · 2014: 236 · 2013: 233 · 2012: 220
- FWCI
- 13.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Accounts of Chemical Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Rutgers University Community Repository (Rutgers University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (2r01ca025644-22)
- National Cancer Institute (CA25644)
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM029072, GM29072)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Physical and Theoretical Chemistry › Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
- Keywords
- molecular dynamics, biological macromolecules, force fields, implicit solvent, relative free energy, molecular mechanics, nucleic acid duplexes, RNA hairpin, protein folding, protein-ligand interactions, protein-protein interaction, protein-nucleic acid interactions, structural calculation
- MeSH terms
- Base Sequence, DNA, Models, Molecular, Proteins, RNA, Thermodynamics, Molecular Structure
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