Two decades of Martini: Better beads, broader scope

SJ Marrink, L Monticelli, MN Melo… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The Martini model, a coarse‐grained force field for molecular dynamics simulations, has
been around for nearly two decades. Originally developed for lipid‐based systems by the …

Computational modeling of realistic cell membranes

SJ Marrink, V Corradi, PCT Souza, HI Ingolfsson… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Cell membranes contain a large variety of lipid types and are crowded with proteins,
endowing them with the plasticity needed to fulfill their key roles in cell functioning. The …

Martini 3: a general purpose force field for coarse-grained molecular dynamics

PCT Souza, R Alessandri, J Barnoud, S Thallmair… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The coarse-grained Martini force field is widely used in biomolecular simulations. Here we
present the refined model, Martini 3 (http://cgmartini. nl), with an improved interaction …

Emerging diversity in lipid–protein interactions

V Corradi, BI Sejdiu, H Mesa-Galloso… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Membrane lipids interact with proteins in a variety of ways, ranging from providing a stable
membrane environment for proteins to being embedded in to detailed roles in complicated …

Protein–ligand binding with the coarse-grained Martini model

PCT Souza, S Thallmair, P Conflitti… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The detailed understanding of the binding of small molecules to proteins is the key for the
development of novel drugs or to increase the acceptance of substrates by enzymes …

Computational Lipidomics with insane: A Versatile Tool for Generating Custom Membranes for Molecular Simulations

TA Wassenaar, HI Ingólfsson… - Journal of chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
For simulations of membranes and membrane proteins, the generation of the lipid bilayer is
a critical step in the setup of the system. Membranes comprising multiple components pose …

Perspective on the Martini model

SJ Marrink, DP Tieleman - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The Martini model, a coarse-grained force field for biomolecular simulations, has found a
broad range of applications since its release a decade ago. Based on a building block …

Multifaceted computational modeling in glycoscience

S Perez, O Makshakova - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Glycoscience assembles all the scientific disciplines involved in studying various molecules
and macromolecules containing carbohydrates and complex glycans. Such an ensemble …

The power of coarse graining in biomolecular simulations

HI Ingólfsson, CA Lopez, JJ Uusitalo… - Wiley …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Computational modeling of biological systems is challenging because of the multitude of
spatial and temporal scales involved. Replacing atomistic detail with lower resolution …

Plant lipids: Key players of plasma membrane organization and function

AM Cassim, P Gouguet, J Gronnier, N Laurent… - Progress in Lipid …, 2019 - Elsevier
The plasma membrane (PM) is the biological membrane that separates the interior of all
cells from the outside. The PM is constituted of a huge diversity of proteins and lipids. In this …