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Area of Science:

  • Biochemistry
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Chemical Physics

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  • Predicting biochemical reaction rates computationally is difficult.
  • Quantum mechanical (QM) methods are needed for bond breaking/formation but are computationally expensive.
  • Standard molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are too short to capture rare reaction events.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a practical protocol for calculating biochemical reaction rates.
  • To combine Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics (QM/MM) with Transition Path Sampling (TPS).
  • To provide a step-by-step guide using the Gromacs MD suite.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing a hybrid Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics (QM/MM) approach.
  • Employing Transition Path Sampling (TPS) to efficiently explore reaction pathways.
  • Implementing the combined QM/MM and TPS method within the Gromacs simulation package.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated the application of TPS and QM/MM for biochemical reaction rate calculations.
  • Provided a detailed protocol applicable to a toy system.
  • Made the Gromacs implementation publicly available.

Conclusions:

  • The combined QM/MM and TPS approach enables efficient and accurate prediction of biochemical reaction rates.
  • The provided protocol and Gromacs implementation facilitate broader application of this methodology.
  • This method addresses the challenge of long timescales in biochemical simulations.