J 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

Štítky

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.

Návaznosti

ED1.1.00/02.0068, projekt VaV
Název: CEITEC - central european institute of technology