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ArticleBiophysical journal2024

Poisson-Boltzmann-based machine learning model for electrostatic analysis.

Jiahui Chen, Yongjia Xu, Xin Yang, Zixuan Cang, Weihua Geng, Guo-Wei Wei

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Jiahui ChenDepartment of Mathematics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Yongjia XuGoogle LLC, Mountain View, California.
Xin YangDepartment of Mathematics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
Zixuan CangDepartment of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Weihua GengDepartment of Mathematics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Electronic address: wgeng@smu.edu.
Guo-Wei WeiDepartment of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Electronic address: wei@math.msu.edu.

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AI-based platform for predicting emerging vaccine-escape variants and designing mutation-proof antibodiesR01AI164266 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI Guowei Wei, YONG-HUI ZHENG · 2022 to 2026
$2.7M
Discovery-Driven Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence for Biosciences and Drug DiscoveryR35GM148196 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI Guowei Wei · 2023 to 2026
$1.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI164266NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM148196
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electrostatics is of paramount importance to chemistry, physics, biology, and medicine. The Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) theory is a primary model for electrostatic analysis. However, it is highly challenging to compute accurate PB electrostatic solvation free energies for macromolecules due to the nonlinearity, dielectric jumps, charge singularity, and geometric complexity associated with the PB equation. The present work introduces a PB-based machine learning (PBML) model for biomolecular electrostatic analysis. Trained with the second-order accurate MIBPB solver, the proposed PBML model is found to be more accurate and faster than several eminent PB solvers in electrostatic analysis. The proposed PBML model can provide highly accurate PB electrostatic solvation free energy of new biomolecules or new conformations generated by molecular dynamics with much reduced computational cost.

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Machine LearningStatic ElectricityMolecular Dynamics SimulationPoisson DistributionThermodynamics

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PMID38356263
PMCPMC11393697

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