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 …

Application of computational biology and artificial intelligence in drug design

Y Zhang, M Luo, P Wu, S Wu, TY Lee, C Bai - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Traditional drug design requires a great amount of research time and developmental
expense. Booming computational approaches, including computational biology, computer …

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 …

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 …

Martini 3 coarse-grained force field for carbohydrates

F Grünewald, MH Punt, EE Jefferys… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The Martini 3 force field is a full reparametrization of the Martini coarse-grained model for
biomolecular simulations. Due to the improved interaction balance, it allows for a more …

Copper toxicity links to pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and therapeutics approaches

HW Ejaz, W Wang, M Lang - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible, age-related progressive neurological disorder,
and the most common type of dementia in aged people. Neuropathological lesions of AD …

A Zn‐dependent structural transition of SOD1 modulates its ability to undergo phase separation

B Das, S Roychowdhury, P Mohanty, A Rizuan… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
The misfolding and mutation of Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) is commonly
associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). SOD1 can accumulate within stress …

Coacervate formation studied by explicit solvent coarse-grain molecular dynamics with the Martini model

M Tsanai, PWJM Frederix, CFE Schroer… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Complex coacervates are liquid–liquid phase separated systems, typically containing
oppositely charged polyelectrolytes. They are widely studied for their functional properties …

Two cooperative binding sites sensitize PI(4,5)P2 recognition by the tubby domain

V Thallmair, L Schultz, W Zhao, SJ Marrink, D Oliver… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Phosphoinositides (PIs) are lipid signaling molecules that operate by recruiting proteins to
cellular membranes via PI recognition domains. The dominant PI of the plasma membrane is …

Evaluating the efficiency of the Martini force field to study protein dimerization in aqueous and membrane environments

C Lamprakis, I Andreadelis, J Manchester… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein–protein complex assembly is one of the major drivers of biological response.
Understanding the mechanisms of protein oligomerization/dimerization would allow one to …