Polarizable empirical force field for hexopyranose monosaccharides based on the classical Drude oscillator
Dhilon S Patel1, Xibing He, Alexander D MacKerell
1Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland , 20 Penn Street HSF II, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States.
Abstract:
A polarizable empirical force field based on the classical Drude oscillator is presented for the hexopyranose form of selected monosaccharides. Parameter optimization targeted quantum mechanical (QM) dipole moments, solute-water interaction energies, vibrational frequencies, and conformational energies. Validation of the model was based on experimental data on crystals, densities of aqueous-sugar solutions, diffusion constants of glucose, and rotational preferences of the exocylic hydroxymethyl of d-glucose and d-galactose in aqueous solution as well as additional QM data. Notably, the final model involves a single electrostatic model for all sixteen diastereomers of the monosaccharides, indicating the transferability of the polarizable model. The presented parameters are anticipated to lay the foundation for a comprehensive polarizable force field for saccharides that will be compatible with the polarizable Drude parameters for lipids and proteins, allowing for simulations of glycolipids and glycoproteins.
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