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ArticleLiving journal of computational molecular science2025

Structure-Based Experimental Datasets for Benchmarking Protein Simulation Force Fields [Article v1.0].

Chapin E Cavender, David A Case, Julian C-H Chen, Lillian T Chong, Daniel A Keedy, Kresten Lindorff-Larsen, David L Mobley, O H Samuli Ollila, Chris Oostenbrink, Paul Robustelli and 4 more

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Article in Living journal of computational molecular science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Chapin E CavenderSkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5899-7953
David A CaseDepartment of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2314-2346
Julian C-H ChenBioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0341-165X
Lillian T ChongDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0590-483X
Daniel A KeedyStructural Biology Initiative, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, City College of New York, New York, NY, USA; PhD Programs in Biochemistry, Biology, and Chemistry, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9184-7586
Kresten Lindorff-LarsenLinderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-4750-6039
David L MobleyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1083-5533
O H Samuli OllilaInstitute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-8728-1006
Chris OostenbrinkInstitute for Molecular Modeling and Simulation, BOKU University, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-4232-2556
Paul RobustelliDepartment of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9282-8993
Vincent A VoelzDepartment of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1054-2124
Michael E WallComputer, Computational, and Statistical Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA; The Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1000-688X
David C WychComputer, Computational, and Statistical Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA; The Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9209-4371
Michael K GilsonSkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3375-1738

Funding

Open data-driven infrastructure for building biomolecular force fields for predictive biophysics and drug designR01GM132386 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI SHIRTS, MICHAEL R · 2020 to 2023
$3.1M
Markov State Model approaches for folding, binding and designR01GM123296 · NIGMS · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI VOELZ, VINCENT · 2017 to 2025
$3.1M
Nanuq Cryocooling SystemR35GM133769 · NIGMS · ADVANCED SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER · PI Daniel A Keedy · 2019 to 2026
$2.9M
Characterizing the binding mechanisms of castration-resistant prostate cancer therapeutics to the intrinsically disordered N-terminal domain of the androgen receptorR35GM142750 · NIGMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Paul Robustelli · 2021 to 2026
$2.4M
Accelerating drug discovery via ML-guided iterative design and optimizationR35GM148236 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI David Lowell Mobley · 2023 to 2026
$2.2M
Developing a nucleic acid force field with direct chemical perception for computational modeling of nucleic acid therapeuticsF32GM150240 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CAVENDER, CHAPIN E · 2023 to 2024
$143k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review article provides an overview of structurally oriented experimental datasets that can be used to benchmark protein force fields, focusing on data generated by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and room temperature (RT) protein crystallography. We discuss what the observables are, what they tell us about structure and dynamics, what makes them useful for assessing force field accuracy, and how they can be connected to molecular dynamics simulations carried out using the force field one wishes to benchmark. We also touch on best practices for setup and analysis of benchmark simulations. We hope this article will be particularly useful to computational researchers and trainees who develop, benchmark, or use protein force fields or machine learning models that generate protein ensembles.

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