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ArticleBiophysical journal2006

Simulating force-induced conformational transitions in polysaccharides with the SMD replica exchange method.

Zhenyu Lu, Hao Hu, Weitao Yang, Piotr E Marszalek

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Zhenyu LuDepartment of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Hao Hu
Weitao Yang
Piotr E Marszalek
Duke University · US

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Abstract

Conventional steered molecular dynamics (SMD) simulations do not readily reproduce equilibrium conditions of atomic force microscopy (AFM) stretch and release measurements of polysaccharides undergoing force-induced conformational transitions because of the gap between the timescales of computer simulations ( approximately 1 mus) and AFM measurements ( approximately 1 s). To circumvent this limitation, we propose using the replica exchange method (REM) to enhance sampling during SMD simulations. By applying REM SMD to a small polysaccharide system and comparing the results with those from AFM stretching experiments, we demonstrate that REM SMD reproduces the experimental results not only qualitatively but quantitatively, approaching near equilibrium conditions of AFM measurements. As tested in this work, hysteresis and computational time of REM SMD simulations of short polysaccharide chains are significantly reduced as compared to regular SMD simulations, making REM SMD an attractive tool for studying forced-induced conformational transitions of small biopolymer systems.

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Computer SimulationDextransElasticityMicroscopy, Atomic ForceMolecular ConformationPolysaccharidesDextransPolysaccharides

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PMID16829559
PMCPMC1557546
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