2013
Toward Improved Description of DNA Backbone: Revisiting Epsilon and Zeta Torsion Force Field Parameters
ZGARBOVA, Marie; Javier F. LUQUE; Jiří ŠPONER; Thomas E III CHEATHAM; Michal OTYEPKA et. al.Základní údaje
Originální název
Toward Improved Description of DNA Backbone: Revisiting Epsilon and Zeta Torsion Force Field Parameters
Autoři
ZGARBOVA, Marie; Javier F. LUQUE; Jiří ŠPONER; Thomas E III CHEATHAM; Michal OTYEPKA a Petr JUREČKA
Vydání
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, WASHINGTON, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2013, 1549-9618
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Článek v odborném periodiku
Obor
10403 Physical chemistry
Stát vydavatele
Spojené státy
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Odkazy
Impakt faktor
Impact factor: 5.310
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14740/13:00069532
Organizační jednotka
Středoevropský technologický institut
UT WoS
000319184800020
Klíčová slova anglicky
MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PHOSPHORUS CHEMICAL-SHIFTS; SUGAR-PHOSPHATE BACKBONE; NUCLEIC-ACID STRUCTURES; BASIS-SET CONVERGENCE; B-II TRANSITIONS; CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES; A-TRACT; CONFORMATIONAL PROPERTIES; RELATIVE FLEXIBILITY
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 11. 4. 2014 00:48, Olga Křížová
Anotace
V originále
We present a refinement of the backbone torsion parameters epsilon and zeta of the Cornell et al. AMBER force field for DNA simulations. The new parameters, denoted as epsilon zeta(OL1), were derived from quantum-mechanical calculations with inclusion of conformation-dependent solvation effects according to the recently reported methodology (J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2012, 7 (9), 2886-2902). The performance of the refined parameters was analyzed by means of extended molecular dynamics (MD) simulations for several representative systems. The results showed that the epsilon zeta(OL1) refinement improves the backbone description of B-DNA double helices and the G-DNA stem. In B-DNA simulations, we observed an average increase of the helical twist and narrowing of the major groove, thus achieving better agreement with X-ray and solution NMR data. The balance between populations of BI and BII backbone substates was shifted toward the BII state, in better agreement with ensemble-refined solution experimental results. Furthermore, the refined parameters decreased the backbone RMS deviations in B-DNA MD simulations. In the antiparallel guanine quadruplex (G-DNA), the epsilon zeta(OL1) modification improved the description of noncanonical alpha/gamma backbone substates, which were shown to be coupled to the epsilon/zeta torsion potential. Thus, the refinement is suggested as a possible alternative to the current epsilon/zeta torsion potential, which may enable more accurate modeling of nucleic acids. However, long-term testing is recommended before its routine application in DNA simulations.
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