Pragmatic coarse-graining of proteins: models and applications

L Borges-Araújo, I Patmanidis, AP Singh… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The molecular details involved in the folding, dynamics, organization, and interaction of
proteins with other molecules are often difficult to assess by experimental techniques …

Protein folds vs. protein folding: Differing questions, different challenges

SJ Chen, M Hassan, RL Jernigan… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Protein fold prediction using deep-learning artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed the
field of protein structure prediction (1–3). By combining physical and geometric constraints …

From system modeling to system analysis: The impact of resolution level and resolution distribution in the computer-aided investigation of biomolecules

M Giulini, M Rigoli, G Mattiotti, R Menichetti… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The ever increasing computer power, together with the improved accuracy of atomistic force
fields, enables researchers to investigate biological systems at the molecular level with …

Optimization of parallel implementation of UNRES package for coarse‐grained simulations to treat large proteins

AK Sieradzan, J Sans‐Duñó… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We report major algorithmic improvements of the UNRES package for physics‐based coarse‐
grained simulations of proteins. These include (i) introduction of interaction lists to optimize …

Theory and practice of coarse-grained molecular dynamics of biologically important systems

A Liwo, C Czaplewski, AK Sieradzan, AG Lipska… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Molecular dynamics with coarse-grained models is nowadays extensively used to simulate
biomolecular systems at large time and size scales, compared to those accessible to all …

Multiscale modelling of biopolymers

A Scacchi, M Vuorte, M Sammalkorpi - Advances in Physics: X, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This review overviews common biopolymer modelling approaches ranging from chemically
specific to highly coarse-grained techniques, along with their application ranges, strengths …

Modeling protein structures with the coarse-grained UNRES force field in the CASP14 experiment

A Antoniak, I Biskupek, KK Bojarski… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The UNited RESidue (UNRES) force field was tested in the 14th Community Wide
Experiment on the Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure Prediction …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-GPU UNRES for scalable coarse-grained simulations of very large protein systems

KM Ocetkiewicz, C Czaplewski, H Krawczyk… - Computer Physics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Graphical Processor Units (GPUs) are nowadays widely used in all-atom molecular
simulations because of the advantage of efficient partitioning of atom pairs between the …

A journey through mapping space: characterising the statistical and metric properties of reduced representations of macromolecules

R Menichetti, M Giulini, R Potestio - The European Physical Journal B, 2021 - Springer
A mapping of a macromolecule is a prescription to construct a simplified representation of
the system in which only a subset of its constituent atoms is retained. As the specific choice …

A Practical Guide to All-Atom and Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations Using Amber and Gromacs: A Case Study of Disulfide-Bond Impact on the …

P Smardz, MM Anila, P Rogowski, MS Li, B Rózycki… - Int. J. Mol. Sci, 2024 - europepmc.org
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) pose challenges to conventional experimental
techniques due to their large-scale conformational fluctuations and transient structural …