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  • Computational Chemistry
  • Biophysics
  • Statistical Mechanics

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  • Analyzing complex biomolecular systems requires accurate methods to understand reaction pathways and free-energy landscapes.
  • Existing methods like Markov state models can struggle with high-dimensional systems and require extensive sampling.
  • Nonequilibrium simulations offer rich dynamic information but are challenging to analyze for equilibrium properties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To extend the nonparametric reaction coordinate optimization framework to nonequilibrium ensembles.
  • To develop a novel adaptive sampling method for enhanced configuration space exploration.
  • To provide a rigorous and accurate alternative to Markov state models for biomolecular simulations.

Main Methods:

  • Nonparametric reaction coordinate optimization applied to nonequilibrium trajectory ensembles.
  • Development and application of transition-state ensemble enrichment for adaptive sampling.
  • Calculation of equilibrium free-energy profiles along the committor function.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated ability to obtain equilibrium free-energy profiles from nonequilibrium data.
  • Successfully applied the transition-state ensemble enrichment method to sample configuration space effectively.
  • Illustrated the framework's utility on a 50-dimensional model and a protein folding trajectory.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed framework provides a robust and accurate tool for analyzing large biomolecular systems.
  • The method is immune to the curse of dimensionality and does not require system-specific information.
  • It offers a powerful alternative to Markov state models for rigorous simulation analysis.