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A New Multiscale Algorithm and its Application to Coarse-Grained Peptide Models for Self-Assembly.
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PMID:  22300263     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Peptide self-assembly plays a role in a number of diseases, in pharmaceutical degradation, and in emerging biomaterials. Here we aim to develop an accurate molecular-scale picture of this process using a multiscale computational approach. Recently, Shell [Shell, M. S., J. Chem. Phys. 2008, 129, 144108] developed a coarse-graining methodology that is based on a thermodynamic quantity called the relative entropy, a measure of how different two molecular ensembles behave. By minimizing the relative entropy between a coarse-grained peptide system and a reference all-atom system, with respect to the coarse-grained model's force-field parameters, an optimized coarse-grained model can be obtained. We have reformulated this methodology using a trajectory-reweighting and perturbation strategy that enables complex coarse-grained models with at least 100s of parameters to be optimized efficiently. This new algorithm allows for complex peptide systems to be coarse-grained into much simpler models that nonetheless recapitulate many correct features of detailed all-atom ones. In particular, we present results for a polyalanine case study, with attention to both individual peptide folding and large-scale fibril assembly.
Authors:
Scott Patrick Carmichael; M Scott Shell
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-2-2
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Title:  The journal of physical chemistry. B     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1520-5207     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Feb 
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Created Date:  2012-2-3     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  101157530     Medline TA:  J Phys Chem B     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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