Session K7: New Methods and Algorithms for Biomolecular Modeling
2:30 PM–5:30 PM, Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Baltimore Convention Center Room: 307
Sponsoring Unit:
DBP
Chair: Christopher Roland, North Carolina State University
Abstract ID: BAPS.2006.MAR.K7.4
Abstract: K7.00004 : Enhanced conformational sampling via novel variable transformations and very large time-step molecular dynamics
4:18 PM–4:54 PM
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Author:
Mark Tuckerman
(New York University)
One of the computational grand challenge problems is to develop methodology capable of sampling conformational equilibria in systems with rough energy landscapes. If met, many important problems, most notably protein folding, could be significantly impacted. In this talk, two new approaches for addressing this problem will be presented. First, it will be shown how molecular dynamics can be combined with a novel variable transformation designed to warp configuration space in such a way that barriers are reduced and attractive basins stretched. This method rigorously preserves equilibrium properties while leading to very large enhancements in sampling efficiency. Extensions of this approach to the calculation/exploration of free energy surfaces will be discussed. Next, a new very large time-step molecular dynamics method will be introduced that overcomes the resonances which plague many molecular dynamics algorithms. The performance of the methods is demonstrated on a variety of systems including liquid water, long polymer chains simple protein models, and oligopeptides.
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