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Sebastian Kmiecik¹, Dominik Gront¹, Michal Kolinski²

¹Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw , Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.

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Coarse-grained (CG) models simplify protein representations, enabling the study of large conformational spaces and long timescales. This review covers CG model design and applications in protein structure and dynamics, including multiscale strategies.

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Area of Science:

Computational biology
Biophysics
Protein modeling

Background:

Traditional all-atom computational modeling of protein structure, dynamics, and interactions is limited by large conformational spaces and simulation timescales.
Studying proteins at atomistic detail is computationally expensive and time-consuming.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide an overview of coarse-grained (CG) models for protein systems.
To discuss the design principles of CG models, including representation, energy functions, and conformational sampling.
To highlight applications of CG models in protein structure, dynamics, and interactions, with a focus on multiscale modeling.

Main Methods:

Review of existing literature on coarse-grained protein modeling.
Discussion of different levels of protein representation (all-atom vs. coarse-grained).
Analysis of energy function models and conformational sampling techniques for CG simulations.

Main Results:

Coarse-grained models offer a computationally efficient approach to overcome limitations of all-atom simulations for large protein systems.
CG models allow for the study of protein dynamics and interactions over longer timescales.
The review details the design choices and applications of CG models.

Conclusions:

Coarse-grained modeling is a powerful strategy for studying complex protein systems.
CG models facilitate efficient combinations with all-atom simulations in multiscale modeling approaches.
This approach expands the scope of computational protein science.