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ArticleComputational and structural biotechnology journal2025

EquilibraTor streamlines molecular dynamics simulations in a single execution.

José D D Cediel-Becerra, Jose Cleydson F Silva, Raquel Dias

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Article in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 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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José D D Cediel-BecerraDepartment of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Jose Cleydson F SilvaDepartment of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Raquel DiasDepartment of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.

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Abstract

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are powerful for investigating protein-ligand, protein-protein, and protein systems. However, manual setup remains time-consuming, error-prone for non-expert users, and existing web-based tools are limited by server resources and fragmented, step-wise workflows. We developed EquilibraTor, a Python command-line tool that streamlines the preparation, execution, and analysis of MD simulations within a single workflow. EquilibraTor automates file preprocessing, topology generation, simulation execution, and convergence diagnostics, producing both simulation metric plots and equilibrated representative PDB structures as outputs. This enables researchers to assess system stability and generate equilibrated structures ready for downstream analysis. We demonstrate the practical utility of these outputs by simulating the KALB_4073-preQ

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Energy MinimizationEquilibrationMolecular DynamicsProduction MDStructural Biology

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PMID41377122
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