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  • Computational chemistry and biophysics
  • Molecular dynamics simulations
  • Enhanced sampling techniques

Background:

  • Accelerated molecular dynamics (aMD) is an enhanced sampling method but faces challenges in accurate free energy calculations.
  • Previous aMD methods require predefined collective variables, limiting their application to complex systems.
  • Accurate free energy calculations are crucial for understanding biomolecular processes like protein folding and drug binding.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To implement and validate Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics (GaMD) in the NAMD package for enhanced sampling and free energy calculations.
  • To demonstrate GaMD's capability for unconstrained enhanced sampling of complex biomolecular systems.
  • To address the long-standing energetic reweighting problem in accelerated molecular dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Implementation of GaMD in the NAMD molecular dynamics package.
  • Validation using three model systems: alanine dipeptide, chignolin protein, and M3 muscarinic G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR).
  • Comparison of GaMD simulation results with conventional molecular dynamics (cMD) and analysis of free energy profiles.

Main Results:

  • GaMD simulations provided quantitatively accurate free energy profiles for alanine dipeptide, matching long cMD simulations.
  • GaMD successfully captured the folding pathways of the chignolin protein.
  • GaMD enabled the study of acetylcholine binding to the M3 muscarinic receptor, characterizing the binding pathway.

Conclusions:

  • GaMD is a powerful and widely applicable technique for enhanced sampling and free energy calculations of large biomolecules.
  • The implementation in NAMD enhances its scalability and accessibility for researchers.
  • GaMD overcomes previous limitations, offering significant advantages for studying complex biomolecular conformational changes and interactions.