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ArticleBiomolecules2023

LongBondEliminator: A Molecular Simulation Tool to Remove Ring Penetrations in Biomolecular Simulation Systems.

Daipayan Sarkar, Martin Kulke, Josh V Vermaas

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Article in Biomolecules, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Daipayan SarkarMSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4167-2108
Martin KulkeMSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2689-2428
Josh V VermaasMSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3139-6469

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We develop a workflow, implemented as a plugin to the molecular visualization program VMD, that can fix ring penetrations with minimal user input. LongBondEliminator, detects ring piercing artifacts by the long, strained bonds that are the local minimum energy conformation during minimization for some assembled simulation system. The LongBondEliminator tool then automatically treats regions near these long bonds using multiple biases applied through NAMD. By combining biases implemented through the collective variables module, density-based forces, and alchemical techniques in NAMD, LongBondEliminator will iteratively alleviate long bonds found within molecular simulation systems. Through three concrete examples with increasing complexity, a lignin polymer, an viral capsid assembly, and a large, highly glycosylated protein aggrecan, we demonstrate the utility for this method in eliminating ring penetrations from classical MD simulation systems. The tool is available via gitlab as a VMD plugin, and has been developed to be generically useful across a variety of biomolecular simulations.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationMolecular Conformationligninminimizationmolecular simulationprotein glycosylationring penetrationvirus

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PMID36671493
PMCPMC9856086

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