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ArticleThe journal of physical chemistry. B2025

Simulating Biomolecules with the Variable Protonation State: A Tutorial for Constant-pH Molecular Dynamics in NAMD.

Sarah Moe, Brian K Radak, Christophe Chipot, Benoît Roux

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Article in The journal of physical chemistry. B, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. pH-Driven βACS omega · 2026
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  3. GPU-Accelerated Implementation of Constant-pH Molecular Dynamics in NAMD.Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2025
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Sarah MoeDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States.ORCID 0009-0009-1528-7079
Brian K RadakTheoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, Beckman Institute, and Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8628-5972
Christophe ChipotTheoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, Beckman Institute, and Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9122-1698
Benoît RouxDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5254-2712

Funding

Molecular dynamics studies of K+ and Na+ channels and biomembranes based on a polarizable force fieldR35GM152124 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI BENOIT ROUX · 2024 to 2026
$2.2M
HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR MOLECULAR MODELING: STRUCTURAL BIOLOGYS10RR019216 · NCRR · WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIV · PI ROUX, BENOIT · 2004 to 2004
$496k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR019216NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM152124
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This tutorial examines the application of constant-pH molecular dynamics simulations, a method that addresses the critical problem of modeling systems that can adopt multiple protonation states. While conventional molecular dynamics simulations generally assume fixed protonation states, using a constant-pH technique actively explores dynamic shifts in protonation as the simulation progresses. Once completed, constant-pH simulations can be analyzed to yield titration curves that can be readily compared to experiment.

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PMID40758407
PMCPMC12721405

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