Reference Simulations of Noncanonical Nucleic Acids with Different chi Variants of the AMBER Force Field: Quadruplex DNA, Quadruplex RNA, and Z-DNA

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Publikace nespadá pod Fakultu sportovních studií, ale pod Středoevropský technologický institut. Oficiální stránka publikace je na webu muni.cz.
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KREPL Miroslav ZGARBOVA Marie STADLBAUER Petr OTYEPKA Michal BANÁŠ Pavel KOČA Jaroslav CHEATHAM Thomas E. JURECKA Petr ŠPONER Jiří

Rok publikování 2012
Druh Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

Středoevropský technologický institut

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www http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ct300275s?mi=tar3cx&af=R&pageSize=20&title=DNA
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ct300275s
Obor Biofyzika
Klíčová slova MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PARTICLE MESH EWALD; BASIS-SET CONVERGENCE; NOVA G-QUADRUPLEX; ANGSTROM RESOLUTION; POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS; CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE; LIQUID WATER; FREE-ENERGY; ORBITAL METHODS
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Popis Refinement of empirical force fields for nucleic acids requires their extensive testing using as wide range of systems as possible. However, finding unambiguous reference data is not easy. In this paper, we analyze four systems that we suggest should be included in standard portfolio of molecules to test nucleic acids force fields, namely, parallel and antiparallel stranded DNA guanine quadruplex stems, RNA quadruplex stem, and Z-DNA. We highlight parameters that should be monitored to assess the force field performance. The work is primarily based on 8.4 mu s of 100-250 ns trajectories analyzed in detail followed by 9.6 mu s of additional selected backup trajectories that were monitored to verify that the results of the initial analyses are correct. Four versions of the Cornell et al. AMBER force field are tested, including an entirely new parm chi(OL4) variant with chi dihedral specifically reparametrized for DNA molecules containing syn-nucleotides. We test also different water models and ion conditions. While improvement for DNA quadruplexes is visible, the force fields still do not fully reproduce the intricate Z-DNA backbone conformation.
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