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ArticleNature communications2026

Multiscale machine learning molecular mechanics for mechanism and stereoselectivity of Diels-Alderase catalysis.

Xujian Wang, Haocheng Tang, Xiongwu Wu, Bernard R Brooks, Junmei Wang, Wan-Lu Li

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. High-throughput physics-based enzyme engineering.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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6 authors.

Xujian WangAiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-0146-9991
Haocheng TangDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Computational Chemical Genomics Screening Center, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-5702-2847
Xiongwu WuLaboratory of Computation Biology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9883-7241
Bernard R BrooksLaboratory of Computation Biology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Junmei WangDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Computational Chemical Genomics Screening Center, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. JUW79@pitt.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9607-8229
Wan-Lu LiAiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA. wal019@ucsd.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0098-0670

Funding

New Generation of General AMBER Force Field for Biomedical ResearchR01GM147673 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI WANG, JUNMEI, YANG, WEI · 2022 to 2025
$1.5M
AI-Powered Biased Ligand DesignR01GM149705 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Junmei Wang · 2023 to 2026
$1.3M
ACS | American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (ACS Petroleum Research Fund) 69037-DNI10National Science Foundation (NSF) 1955260NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM147673NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM149705U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01GM147673U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01GM149705
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enzymes catalyze complex chemical transformations with remarkable efficiency and selectivity, yet their atomistic mechanisms remain challenging to capture because conventional simulations trade accuracy for efficiency. Here we introduce a reactive machine learning/molecular mechanics (ML/MM) framework that bridges quantum chemistry with long-timescale sampling, enabling direct exploration of enzymatic transition states and free-energy landscapes. Coupled with metadynamics, this approach achieves nanosecond sampling of bond-forming reactions and quantitatively predicts activation barriers, mutational effects, and stereoselectivity. Applied to Diels-Alderases, the framework not only reproduces experimental activity and endo/exo preferences with sub-kcal mol

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Cycloaddition ReactionMachine LearningMolecular Dynamics SimulationBiocatalysisCatalysisStereoisomerismThermodynamics

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PMID42129205
PMCPMC13377127

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