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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
卷 25, 期 10, 页码 7466-7476出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d2cp05998c
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In this study, we assessed the performance of three popular force fields in predicting the conformational propensities of a beta-peptide foldamer. Our results showed the unanimous role of hydrogen bonds in shaping energy landscapes. These findings contribute to the improvement of force fields and understanding the role of solvents in peptide folding, crystallization, and engineering.
With the introduction of artificial peptides as antimicrobial agents and organic catalysts, numerous efforts have been made to design foldamers with desirable structures and functions. Computational tools are a helpful proxy for revealing the dynamic structures at atomic resolution and understanding foldamer's complex structure-function relationships. However, the performance of conventional force fields in predicting the structures of artificial peptides has not been systematically evaluated. In this study, we critically assessed three popular force fields, AMBER ff14SB, CHARMM36m, and OPLS-AA/L, in predicting conformational propensities of a beta-peptide foldamer at monomer and hexamer levels. Simulation results were compared to those obtained from quantum chemistry calculations and experimental data. We also utilised replica exchange molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the energy landscape of each force field and assess the similarities and differences between force fields. We compared different solvent systems in the AMBER ff14SB and CHARMM36m frameworks and confirmed the unanimous role of hydrogen bonds in shaping energy landscapes. We anticipate that our data will pave the way for further improvements to force fields and for understanding the role of solvents in peptide folding, crystallisation, and engineering.
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