Hospital Adam, Goñi Josep Ramon, Orozco Modesto, Gelpí Josep L
Institute for Research in Biomedicine, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Joint BSC-IRB Research Program in Computational Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ; Barcelona Supercomputing Center, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Adv Appl Bioinform Chem. 2015 Nov 19;8:37-47. doi: 10.2147/AABC.S70333. eCollection 2015.
Molecular dynamics simulations have evolved into a mature technique that can be used effectively to understand macromolecular structure-to-function relationships. Present simulation times are close to biologically relevant ones. Information gathered about the dynamic properties of macromolecules is rich enough to shift the usual paradigm of structural bioinformatics from studying single structures to analyze conformational ensembles. Here, we describe the foundations of molecular dynamics and the improvements made in the direction of getting such ensemble. Specific application of the technique to three main issues (allosteric regulation, docking, and structure refinement) is discussed.
分子动力学模拟已经发展成为一种成熟的技术,可有效地用于理解大分子结构与功能的关系。目前的模拟时间已接近生物学相关时间。收集到的关于大分子动态特性的信息非常丰富,足以使结构生物信息学的常规范式从研究单一结构转变为分析构象集合。在此,我们描述分子动力学的基础以及在获取此类集合方面所取得的进展。讨论了该技术在三个主要问题(变构调节、对接和结构优化)上的具体应用。