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On the use of intra-molecular distance and angle constraints to lengthen the time step in molecular and stochastic dynamics simulations of proteins

Journal

PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS
Volume 90, Issue 2, Pages 543-559

Publisher

WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/prot.26251

Keywords

classical equations of motion; constraints; molecular dynamics; stochastic dynamics; trypsin inhibitor

Funding

  1. Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich

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Computer simulations of proteins in aqueous solution are limited by computing power, employing various time-saving techniques such as constraints on bond lengths to increase time step. However, applying constraints on bond angles, dihedral angles, and hydrogen atoms may generate artificial side effects, with different effects on time step lengthening.
Computer simulation of proteins in aqueous solution at the atomic level of resolution is still limited in time span and system size due to limited computing power available and thus employs a variety of time-saving techniques that trade some accuracy against computational effort. An example of such a time-saving technique is the application of constraints to particular degrees of freedom when integrating Newton's or Langevin's equations of motion in molecular dynamics (MD) or stochastic dynamics (SD) simulations, respectively. The application of bond-length constraints is standard practice in protein simulations and allows for a lengthening of the time step by a factor of three. Applying recently proposed algorithms to constrain bond angles or dihedral angles, it is investigated, using the protein trypsin inhibitor as test molecule, whether bond angles and dihedral angles involving hydrogen atoms or even stiff proper (torsional) dihedral angles as well as improper ones (maintaining particular tetrahedral or planar geometries) may be constrained without generating too many artificial side effects. Constraining the relative positions of the hydrogen atoms in the protein allows for a lengthening of the time step by a factor of two. Additionally constraining the improper dihedral angles and the stiff proper (torsional) dihedral angles in the protein does not allow for an increase of the MD or SD time step.

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