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  • Computational chemistry and structural biology
  • Biomolecular simulations and drug discovery

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  • Static protein structures from methods like AlphaFold are insufficient for understanding dynamic biological processes.
  • Conventional molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are often too slow for drug design projects requiring microsecond to millisecond timescales.
  • Existing restraints for conformational sampling have limitations in simulating complex biological motions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel three-stage procedure for constructing realistic all-atom path collective variables (PCVs).
  • To introduce a new barrier restraint suitable for complex, conformationally driven biological events like allosteric modulation.
  • To demonstrate the utility of the new PCV and restraint within a hybrid sampling framework for drug discovery.

Main Methods:

  • Developed an all-atom PCV derived from all-atom MD trajectory frames.
  • Introduced a new barrier restraint utilizing a scaled reciprocal function for zero-tolerance violation.
  • Implemented the PCV and restraint in a hybrid sampling framework combining well-tempered metadynamics and extended-Lagrangian adaptive biasing force (meta-eABF).

Main Results:

  • Successfully applied the method to three pharmaceutically relevant examples: ubiquitin sampling in a complex, stabilizing JAK2-V617F, and inducing an activated STING state.
  • Demonstrated the effectiveness of the scaled reciprocal barrier restraint in molecular dynamics simulations.
  • Provided statistical analysis of meta-eABF free energy estimates for JAK2-V617F and STING examples.

Conclusions:

  • The developed PCV and barrier restraint method significantly enhances conformational sampling for complex biomolecules.
  • This approach offers a powerful tool for studying conformationally driven biological events in drug discovery.
  • The provided code enables reproducibility and application of the method to similar challenges.