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ArticleJournal of computational chemistry2021

On the use of multiple-time-step algorithms to save computing effort in molecular dynamics simulations of proteins.

Maria Pechlaner, Chris Oostenbrink, Wilfred F van Gunsteren

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Maria PechlanerLaboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1615-5600
Chris OostenbrinkInstitute of Molecular Modelling and Simulation, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-4232-2556
Wilfred F van GunsterenLaboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland.

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Abstract

Computer simulation of proteins in aqueous solution at the atomic level of resolution is still limited in time span and system size due to limited computing power available and thus employs a variety of time-saving techniques that trade some accuracy against computational effort. Examples of such time-saving techniques are the application of constraints to particular degrees of freedom or the use of a multiple-time-step (MTS) algorithm distinguishing between particular forces when integrating Newton's equations of motion. The application of two types of MTS algorithms to bond-stretching forces versus the remaining forces in molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of a protein in aqueous solution or of liquid water is investigated and the results in terms of total energy conservation and the influence on various other properties are compared to those of MD simulations of the same systems using bond-length, and for water bond-angle, constraints. At comparable computational effort, the use of bond-length constraints in proteins leads to better energy conservation and less distorted properties than the two MTS algorithms investigated.

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AlgorithmsMolecular Dynamics SimulationProteinsTime FactorsProteinsconstraintsmolecular dynamicsmultiple-time-step integrationtrypsin inhibitorwater

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PMID33951201
PMCPMC8252490

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