Assessing SIRAH's Capability to Simulate Intrinsically Disordered Proteins and Peptides

J Chem Theory Comput. 2021 Feb 9;17(2):599-604. doi: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00948. Epub 2021 Jan 7.

Abstract

The challenges posed by intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) to atomistic and coarse-grained (CG) simulations are boosting efforts to develop and reparametrize current force fields. An assessment of the dynamical behavior of IDPs' and unstructured peptides with the CG SIRAH force field suggests that the current version achieves a fair description of IDPs' conformational flexibility. Moreover, we found a remarkable capability to capture the effect of point mutations in loosely structured peptides.

MeSH terms

  • Intrinsically Disordered Proteins / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods
  • Models, Chemical*
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation
  • Peptides / chemistry*
  • Protein Conformation

Substances

  • Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
  • Peptides