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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 92, 期 12, 页码 4157-4167出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.087130
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Molecular dynamics simulations of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) lipid bilayers using the CHARMM27 force field in the tensionless isothermal- isobaric (NPT) ensemble give highly ordered, gel-like bilayers with an area per lipid of similar to 48 angstrom(2). To obtain fluid (La) phase properties of DPPC bilayers represented by the CHARMM energy function in this ensemble, we reparameterized the atomic partial charges in the lipid headgroup and upper parts of the acyl chains. The new charges were determined from the electron structure using both the Mulliken method and the restricted electrostatic potential fitting method. We tested the derived charges in molecular dynamics simulations of a fully hydrated DPPC bilayer. Only the simulation with the new restricted electrostatic potential charges shows significant improvements compared with simulations using the original CHARMM27 force field resulting in an area per lipid of 60.4 +/- 0.1 angstrom(2). Compared to the 48 angstrom(2), the new value of 60.4 angstrom(2) is in fair agreement with the experimental value of 64 angstrom(2). In addition, the simulated order parameter profile and electron density profile are in satisfactory agreement with experimental data. Thus, the biologically more interesting fluid phase of DPPC bilayers can now be simulated in all-atom simulations in the NPT ensemble by employing our modified CHARMM27 force field.
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