Calculating Structures and Free Energies of Complex Molecules: Combining Molecular Mechanics and Continuum Models
Peter A. KollmanDepartment 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 84112Irina MassovaDepartment 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 84112Carolina ReyesDepartment 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 84112Bernd KuhnDepartment 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 84112Shuanghong HuoDepartment 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 84112Lillian T. ChongDepartment 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 84112Matthew LeeDepartment 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 84112Tai‐Sung LeeDepartment 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 84112Yong DuanDepartment 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 84112Wei WangDepartment 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 84112Oreola DoniniDepartment 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 84112Piotr CieplakDepartment 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 84112Jaysharee SrinivasanDepartment 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 84112David A. CaseDepartment 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 84112Thomas E. CheathamDepartment 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
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Abstract
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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