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ArticleNature methods2018

NAMD goes quantum: an integrative suite for hybrid simulations.

Marcelo C R Melo, Rafael C Bernardi, Till Rudack, Maximilian Scheurer, Christoph Riplinger, James C Phillips, Julio D C Maia, Gerd B Rocha, João V Ribeiro, John E Stone and 3 more

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Article in Nature methods, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

81 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Marcelo C R MeloNIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6901-1646
Rafael C BernardiNIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0758-2026
Till RudackNIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2693-9561
Maximilian ScheurerBiochemistry Center, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0592-3464
Christoph RiplingerFAccTs GmbH, Köln, Germany.
James C PhillipsNIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2296-3591
Julio D C MaiaCenter for Informatics, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0579-1094
Gerd B RochaDepartment of Chemistry, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-9805-9497
João V RibeiroNIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
John E StoneNIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Frank NeeseMax-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
Klaus SchultenNIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Zaida Luthey-SchultenNIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9749-8367

Funding

WHOLE CELL SIMULATIONP41GM104601 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI TAJKHORSHID, EMAD · 2012 to 2021
$19.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM104601
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hybrid methods that combine quantum mechanics (QM) and molecular mechanics (MM) can be applied to studies of reaction mechanisms in locations ranging from active sites of small enzymes to multiple sites in large bioenergetic complexes. By combining the widely used molecular dynamics and visualization programs NAMD and VMD with the quantum chemistry packages ORCA and MOPAC, we created an integrated, comprehensive, customizable, and easy-to-use suite (http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/qmmm). Through the QwikMD interface, setup, execution, visualization, and analysis are streamlined for all levels of expertise.

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Computer SimulationModels, BiologicalModels, ChemicalQuantum TheorySoftwareMolecular Dynamics SimulationStatic Electricity

Identifiers

PMID29578535
PMCPMC6095686

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