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基于物理的原子自由能模型的核酸折叠从头算模拟

Ab Initio Nucleic Acid Folding Simulations Using a Physics-Based Atomistic Free Energy Model

Chi H. Mak

摘要:

进行核酸折叠的全分辨率原子模拟一直是生物分子建模的挑战。了解核酸如何折叠以及它们在展开和再折叠时如何在不同折叠结构之间转换对生物学具有重要意义。本文报道了DNA反向重复序列从头折叠的理论模型和计算机模拟。该配方是基于通过链闭合的糖-磷酸骨架的全原子构象模型,并且它结合了三个主要的分子水平驱动力-碱基堆积,反离子诱导的骨架自相互作用和碱基配对-通过单独的分析理论,旨在捕获和再现溶剂的影响,而无需在模拟中明确的水和离子。为了加快计算吞吐量,一个混合的数值/分析算法计算的骨干构象体积被纳入到Monte Carlo模拟,并采用特殊的随机采样技术,以实现所需的计算效率从头开始折叠核酸。本文介绍了实施细节,基准测试结果和这种方法的优点和技术挑战。

英文摘要:

Performing full-resolution atomistic simulations of nucleic acid folding has remained a challenge for biomolecular modeling. Understanding how nucleic acids fold and how they transition between different folded structures as they unfold and refold has important implications for biology. This paper reports a theoretical model and computer simulation of the ab initio folding of DNA inverted repeat sequences. The formulation is based on an all-atom conformational model of the sugar-phosphate backbone via chain closure, and it incorporates three major molecular-level driving forces - base stacking, counterion-induced backbone self-interactions and base pairing - via separate analytical theories designed to capture and reproduce the effects of the solvent without requiring explicit water and ions in the simulation. To accelerate computational throughput, a mixed numerical/analytical algorithm for the calculation of the backbone conformational volume is incorporated into the Monte Carlo simulation, and special stochastic sampling techniques were employed to achieve the computational efficiency needed to fold nucleic acids from scratch. This paper describes implementation details, benchmark results and the advantages and technical challenges with this approach.

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