Order parameter prediction from molecular dynamics simulations in proteins

Details Order parameter prediction from molecular dynamics simulations in proteins Order parameter prediction from molecular dynamics simulations in proteins

2011-08-05

arxiv.org/abs/1108.1360v1

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Biological Physics

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A molecular understanding of how protein function is related to protein structure will require an ability to understand large conformational changes between multiple states. Unfortunately these states are often separated by high free energy barriers and within a complex energy landscape. This makes it very difficult to reliably connect, for example by all-atom molecular dynamics calculations, the states, their energies and the pathways between them. A major issue needed to improve sampling on the intermediate states is an order parameter -- a reduced descriptor for the major subset of degrees of freedom -- that can be used to aid sampling for the large conformational change. We present a novel way to combine information from molecular dynamics using non-linear time series and dimensionality reduction, in order to quantitatively determine an order parameter connecting two large-scale conformationally distinct protein states. This new method suggests an implementation for molecular dynamics calculations that may dramatically enhance sampling of intermediate states.

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