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CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
Volume 72, Issue -, Pages 9-17Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2021.07.004
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- National Science Foundation [CBET-1704266, CBET-1846426]
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface Grant [1010755]
- Exxon Mobil Research and Engineering
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Computational prediction of enzyme mechanism and protein function requires accurate physics-based models and suitable sampling methods. Recent advances have reduced the cost of high-accuracy models in large-scale quantum mechanical (QM) modeling of biochemical systems. However, limitations still exist in conventional density-functional theory and classical molecular mechanics force fields for describing noncovalent interactions. Therefore, convergence tests and systematic methods for quantifying QM-level interactions are needed in order to improve predictions of enzyme action, free energy barriers, and mechanisms in QM/MM models.
Computational prediction of enzyme mechanism and protein function requires accurate physics-based models and suitable sampling. We discuss recent advances in large-scale quantum mechanical (QM) modeling of biochemical systems that have reduced the cost of high-accuracy models. Tradeoffs between sampling and accuracy have motivated modeling with molecular mechanics (MM) in a multiscale QM/MM or iterative approach. Limitations to both conventional density-functional theory and classical MM force fields remain for describing noncovalent interactions in comparison to experiment or wavefunction theory. Because predictions of enzyme action (i.e. electrostatics), free energy barriers, and mechanisms are sensitive to the protocol and embedding method in QM/MM, convergence tests and systematic methods for quantifying QM-level interactions are a needed, active area of development.
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