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ArticleJournal of chemical information and modeling2023

NNP/MM: Accelerating Molecular Dynamics Simulations with Machine Learning Potentials and Molecular Mechanics.

Raimondas Galvelis, Alejandro Varela-Rial, Stefan Doerr, Roberto Fino, Peter Eastman, Thomas E Markland, John D Chodera, Gianni De Fabritiis

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8 authors.

Raimondas GalvelisAcellera Labs, C/Doctor Trueta 183, Barcelona 08005, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8431-1612
Alejandro Varela-RialAcellera Ltd, Devonshire House 582 Honeypot Lane, Stanmore Middlesex, HA7 1JS, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-6918-1765
Stefan DoerrAcellera Ltd, Devonshire House 582 Honeypot Lane, Stanmore Middlesex, HA7 1JS, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8678-8657
Roberto FinoAcellera Labs, C/Doctor Trueta 183, Barcelona 08005, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5323-4562
Peter EastmanDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, 337 Campus Drive, Stanford, California 94305, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9566-9684
Thomas E MarklandDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, 337 Campus Drive, Stanford, California 94305, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2747-0518
John D ChoderaComputational and Systems Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0542-119X
Gianni De FabritiisComputational Science Laboratory, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, C/Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3913-4877

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
OpenMM: Scalable biomolecular modeling, simulation, and machine learningR01GM140090 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Thomas Edward Markland · 2021 to 2026
$3.1M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM140090
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Machine learning potentials have emerged as a means to enhance the accuracy of biomolecular simulations. However, their application is constrained by the significant computational cost arising from the vast number of parameters compared with traditional molecular mechanics. To tackle this issue, we introduce an optimized implementation of the hybrid method (NNP/MM), which combines a neural network potential (NNP) and molecular mechanics (MM). This approach models a portion of the system, such as a small molecule, using NNP while employing MM for the remaining system to boost efficiency. By conducting molecular dynamics (MD) simulations on various protein-ligand complexes and metadynamics (MTD) simulations on a ligand, we showcase the capabilities of our implementation of NNP/MM. It has enabled us to increase the simulation speed by ∼5 times and achieve a combined sampling of 1 μs for each complex, marking the longest simulations ever reported for this class of simulations.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationNeural Networks, ComputerLigandsMachine LearningLigands

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PMID37694852
PMCPMC10577237

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