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Subarna Sasmal¹, Triasha Pal¹, Glen M Hocky^1,2

¹Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States.

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

|April 25, 2024

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This study introduces frame-weighted shapeGMM, a novel method to accurately quantify biomolecular conformational ensembles from enhanced sampling simulations. This approach overcomes challenges with biased data, enabling precise thermodynamic property calculations and biophysical insights.

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Area of Science:

Computational Biophysics
Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Statistical Mechanics

Background:

Quantifying biomolecular conformational ensembles is crucial for understanding biological processes like protein folding and ligand binding.
Conventional molecular simulations often suffer from insufficient sampling, hindering accurate ensemble characterization.
Enhanced sampling methods, while improving sampling, introduce nonuniform frame weights that complicate downstream analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a rigorous method for incorporating nonuniform frame weights into structural clustering for accurate biomolecular ensemble quantification.
To create a generative model capable of computing thermodynamic properties from biased simulation data.

Main Methods:

Developed frame-weighted shapeGMM, a structural clustering method that rigorously includes nonuniform frame weights.
Applied frame-weighted shapeGMM to coarse-grained helix and alanine dipeptide systems using metadynamics simulations.
Utilized linear discriminant analysis on GMM states to identify hidden structures in complex transitions, such as actin polymerization.

Main Results:

Frame-weighted shapeGMM accurately quantifies conformational ensembles and computes thermodynamic properties like relative free energies and configurational entropy.
The method demonstrated quantitative agreement with direct simulations and accurately reproduced known free energy landscapes.
Identified previously hidden structural states during the actin globular to filamentous transition, providing novel biophysical insights.

Conclusions:

Frame-weighted shapeGMM is a powerful and accurate approach for quantifying biomolecular ensembles from biased simulations.
This method enables robust calculation of thermodynamic properties and facilitates the discovery of complex molecular mechanisms.
The approach significantly advances the analysis of enhanced sampling simulation data for biophysical investigations.