Polarizable force fields for biomolecular simulations: Recent advances and applications

Z Jing, C Liu, SY Cheng, R Qi, BD Walker… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Realistic modeling of biomolecular systems requires an accurate treatment of electrostatics,
including electronic polarization. Due to recent advances in physical models, simulation …

Metal ion modeling using classical mechanics

P Li, KM Merz Jr - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Metal ions play significant roles in numerous fields including chemistry, geochemistry,
biochemistry, and materials science. With computational tools increasingly becoming …

Thermodynamics of Metal–Acetate Interactions

M Jafari, Z Li, LF Song, L Sagresti… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Metal ions play crucial roles in protein-and ligand-mediated interactions. They not only act
as catalysts to facilitate biological processes but are also important as protein structural …

Extending the nonbonded cationic dummy model to account for ion-induced dipole interactions

Q Liao, A Pabis, B Strodel… - The journal of physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Modeling metalloproteins often requires classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations in
order to capture their relevant motions, which in turn necessitates reliable descriptions of the …

Evaluation of the AMOEBA force field for simulating metal halide perovskites in the solid state and in solution

P Rathnayake, S Bernardi… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we compare the existing nonpolarizable force fields developed to study the
solid or solution phases of hybrid organic-inorganic halide perovskites with the AMOEBA …

Hydration gibbs free energies of open and closed shell trivalent lanthanide and actinide cations from polarizable molecular dynamics

A Marjolin, C Gourlaouen, C Clavaguéra… - Journal of molecular …, 2014 - Springer
The hydration free energies, structures, and dynamics of open-and closed-shell trivalent
lanthanide and actinide metal cations are studied using molecular dynamics simulations …

Hybrid Functional and Plane Waves based Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study of the Aqueous Fe2+/Fe3+ Redox Reaction**

S Mandal, R Kar, B Meyer, NN Nair - ChemPhysChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Kohn‐Sham density functional theory and plane wave basis set based ab initio molecular
dynamics (AIMD) simulation is a powerful tool for studying complex reactions in solutions …

Classical Drude Polarizable Force Field Model for Methyl Phosphate and Its Interactions with Mg2+

F Villa, AD MacKerell Jr, B Roux… - The Journal of Physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Phosphate groups are essential components of nucleic acids and proteins, whose
interactions with solvent, metal ions, and ionic side chains help control folding and binding …

Computational investigation of O 2 diffusion through an intra-molecular tunnel in AlkB; influence of polarization on O 2 transport

H Torabifard, GA Cisneros - Chemical science, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
E. Coli AlkB catalyzes the direct dealkylation of various alkylated bases in damaged DNA.
The diffusion of molecular oxygen to the active site in AlkB is an essential step for the …

Evidence for an egg-box-like structure in iron (ii)–polygalacturonate hydrogels: a combined EXAFS and molecular dynamics simulation study

AM Du Poset, A Zitolo, F Cousin, A Assifaoui… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The local structure of Fe2+ in Fe2+–polygalacturonic acid (polyGalA) hydrogels has been
studied by coupling Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy and …