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 …

Lipid–protein interactions in plasma membrane organization and function

T Sych, KR Levental, E Sezgin - Annual review of biophysics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Lipid–protein interactions in cells are involved in various biological processes, including
metabolism, trafficking, signaling, host–pathogen interactions, and transmembrane …

[HTML][HTML] Best practices for alchemical free energy calculations [article v1. 0]

ASJS Mey, BK Allen, HEB Macdonald… - Living journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alchemical free energy calculations are a useful tool for predicting free energy differences
associated with the transfer of molecules from one environment to another. The hallmark of …

PyLipID: a python package for analysis of protein–lipid interactions from molecular dynamics simulations

W Song, RA Corey, TB Ansell, CK Cassidy… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Lipids play important modulatory and structural roles for membrane proteins. Molecular
dynamics simulations are frequently used to provide insights into the nature of these protein …

CG2AT2: an enhanced fragment-based approach for serial multi-scale molecular dynamics simulations

ON Vickery, PJ Stansfeld - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Coarse-grained molecular dynamics provides a means for simulating the assembly and
interactions of macromolecular complexes at a reduced level of representation, thereby …

Identification and assessment of cardiolipin interactions with E. coli inner membrane proteins

RA Corey, W Song, AL Duncan, TB Ansell… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Integral membrane proteins are localized and/or regulated by lipids present in the
surrounding bilayer. While bacteria have relatively simple membranes, there is ample …

Defining how multiple lipid species interact with inward rectifier potassium (Kir2) channels

AL Duncan, RA Corey… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Protein–lipid interactions are a key element of the function of many integral membrane
proteins. These potential interactions should be considered alongside the complexity and …

Recent developments in free energy calculations for drug discovery

E King, E Aitchison, H Li, R Luo - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The grand challenge in structure-based drug design is achieving accurate prediction of
binding free energies. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations enable modeling of …

Specific interactions of peripheral membrane proteins with lipids: what can molecular simulations show us?

AH Larsen, LH John, MSP Sansom… - Bioscience …, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Peripheral membrane proteins (PMPs) can reversibly and specifically bind to biological
membranes to carry out functions such as cell signalling, enzymatic activity, or membrane …

How do molecular dynamics data complement static structural data of GPCRs

M Torrens-Fontanals, TM Stepniewski… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are implicated in nearly every physiological process
in the human body and therefore represent an important drug targeting class. Advances in X …