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  • Computational chemistry
  • Biophysics
  • Materials science

Background:

  • Coarse-grained (CG) models simplify complex molecular systems for large-scale simulations.
  • Accurately capturing electrostatic interactions in CG lipid models remains a challenge.
  • Existing methods may not fully represent the nuances of electrostatic forces in lipid bilayers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a robust methodology for deriving accurate electrostatic interactions in CG lipid models.
  • To integrate these electrostatic interactions with van der Waals (vdW) forces for a comprehensive nonbonded force field.
  • To apply the developed method to anionic lipid systems.

Main Methods:

  • Decomposition of all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) trajectory forces into electrostatic and vdW components.
  • Application of the multiscale coarse-graining (MS-CG) method for force decomposition.
  • Variational approach to derive the coarse-grained electrostatic potential by minimizing force residuals.
  • Fitting derived electrostatic interactions to screened electrostatics functions, including distance-dependent dielectrics and screened dipole-dipole interactions.
  • Separate derivation of vdW interactions.

Main Results:

  • A novel charged hybrid coarse-graining (CHCG) method was successfully developed.
  • The methodology accurately derives electrostatic interactions from all-atom trajectories.
  • The method incorporates appropriate screening functions and distance-dependent dielectrics.
  • Application to solvent-free three-site models of anionic lipids demonstrated the method's efficacy.

Conclusions:

  • The CHCG method provides an accurate and effective way to model electrostatic interactions in CG lipid systems.
  • This approach enhances the reliability of CG simulations for lipid-based systems.
  • The developed methodology offers a significant advancement for studying lipid behavior at larger scales.