ABEEMσп/MM力场模型下的多肽构象

在ABEEM/MM蛋白质浮动电荷力场模型的基础上,加入孤对电子和π电荷位点,从而能够体现多肽和蛋白质分子中一些重要的各向异性极化性质,允许非化学键方向的电子转移和极化.利用从头计算数据拟合模型相关参数.计算得到的小分子团簇结合能、偶极矩、氢键键长等性质与从头计算结果符合很好.该经典极化模型力场能够重复量子场下丙氨酸二肽、丙氨酸四肽、甘氨酸三肽的各稳定构象,其稳定性顺序与精密从头计算结果相一致,其结构和能量性质较以往模型有一定提高,并优于其他力场模型.     

ABEEMσπ/MM力场模型下的多肽构象

在ABEEM/MM蛋白质浮动电荷力场模型的基础上,加入孤对电子和 电荷位点,从而能够体现多肽和蛋白质分子中一些重要的各向异性极化性质,允许非化学键方向的电子转移和极化。利用从头计算数据拟合模型相关参数。计算得到的小分子团簇结合能、偶极矩、氢键键长等性质与从头计算结果符合很好。该经典极化模型力场能够重复量子场下丙氨酸二肽、丙氨酸四肽、甘氨酸三肽的各稳定构象,其稳定性顺序与精密从头计算结果相一致,其结构和能量性质较以往模型有一定提高,并优于其他力场模型。     

脂肪族氨基酸二肽与水团簇的理论研究

用ABEEMσπ/MM模型和MP2/6-31+G(d)//B3LYP/6-31G(d)方法研究水合效应对脂肪族氨基酸二肽的影响.从结构和能量两方面说明Leu残基在蛋白质中起成旋作用,Val和Ⅱe残基在蛋白质中起解旋作用.同时得出:水分子严重影响了二肽分子的骨架二面角;对于结合相同数目水分子的团簇倾向于形成含有环状氢键的结构,并且含有环状氢键团簇的结合能大于含有链状氢键团簇的结合能.     

应用ABEEM/MM模型研究水分子团簇(H2O)n (n=11～16)的性质

应用ABEEM/MM 模型计算了较大的水分子团簇(H2O)n (n=11~16)的各种性质,如：优化的几何构型, 氢键个数, 结合能, 稳定性, ABEEM 电荷分布, 偶极矩, 以及结构参数、平均氢键个数和强度, 增加的团簇结合能等.结果表明,从立方体结构到笼状结构的过渡出现在n=12的水分子团簇中,随着类似于笼状结构特点的不断增强,五元环的富集程度有所增加.     

NH4+( (H2O)n(n＝1～9)的量子化学和ABEEM/MM的理论研究

运用量子化学和ABEEM/MM浮动电荷分子力场, 构建描述铵离子-水体系相互作用的精密势能函数, 对 - (H₂O)_n (n＝1～9)簇合物的结构和稳定性等性质进行了研究. 对团簇的结合能和电荷布居分析发现, 当n≤4时, 随着水分子数目的增加, 与水分子间尽可能多地形成线型氢键, 直至水分子在 周围形成完整的第一水合层|当n≥5时, 簇合物以 为中心, 通过氢键网络形成的环状和笼状结构为最稳定. 与第一水合层水分子的相互作用强于水分子之间的相互作用. 结果表明, ABEEM/MM方法的结果与量子化学方法得到的结果有很好的一致性.     

杂合型全局优化法优化水分子团簇结构

基于遗传算法、快速模拟退火及共轭梯度方法提出了一种快速的杂合型全局优化方法(fast hybrid global optimization algorithm, FHGOA),并将这一方法应用于TIP3P和TIPS2模型水分子团簇(H2O)n结构的优化.在进行TIP3P模型水分子团簇结构的优化过程中,发现了能量比文献值更低的团簇结构,且执行效率有较大提高.把该方法应用到优化TIPS2模型的水分子团簇,发现最优结构和采用TTM2-F模型优化的水分子团簇结构在n < 17时完全相同,为全表面结构;而在n=17、19、22时为单中心水分子笼状结构;在n=25、27时为双中心水分子笼状结构.说明随着团簇中水分子个数的增加,采用TIPS2和TTM2-F势能函数优化的团簇最优结构有相同的变化趋势.     

应用ABEEM/MM力场模型研究水分子团簇(H2O)n(n=7～35)的性质

应用ABEEM/MM模型研究和计算了水分子团簇(H2O)n(n=7～35)的各种性质,如:优化的几何构型,氢键个数,结合能,稳定性,ABEEM电荷分布,偶极矩,以及结构参数、平均氢键个数和强度、团簇的递增结合能等,并描述了六聚水区域中所反映的从二维结构(从二聚水到五聚水)到三维结构(n>6的水分子团簇)的过渡,又进一步地预测了从立方体结构到笼状结构的过渡出现在n=12的水分子团簇中,随着类似于笼状结构特点的不断增强,五元环的富集程度有所增加.以上研究不仅系统研究和分析了水团簇的各种性质,而且对比Ab initio研究和实验结果,进一步验证了ABEEM/MM模型的合理性以及参数的正确性和可转移性.     

水合氢离子团簇从头算和ABEEM/MM的理论研究

应用高水平的从头计算方法和ABEEM/MM模型, 研究了水合氢离子团簇H3O＋(H2O)n (n＝1～6), 优化得到了低能构象, 探讨了其结合能和稳定性, 显示出H3O＋(H2O)3局域结构的优势存在．对H3O＋(H2O)6VIa团簇的ABEEM电荷分布进行分析, 表明第一水合层水分子与水合氢离子之间的氢键相互作用要明显强于与第二水层水分子的氢键相互作用. 研究结果表明, ABEEM/MM方法计算的结果和从头算得到的结果存在很好的一致性.     

Pdn(n=2～13)团簇的密度泛函理论研究

采用密度泛函理论B3LYP方法计算并讨论钯原子团簇Pdn(n=2～13)结构模型.通过对钯原子团簇进行几何构型优化和振动频率计算,找出团簇总能量最低的同分异构体.由于Jahn-Teller效应的存在,团簇的最稳定结构采取对称性较低的几何构型.在钯原子数相同时,往往存在多个能量极为相近的稳定构型.单位原子平均静态极化率呈奇偶变化.     

乙酸离子与血红蛋白相互作用的可极化力场及分子片方法研究

本文应用传统的FF03力场、基于分子片的可极化力场模型以及基于能量的分子片量子化学方法,在B3LYP／6-31G（d）计算水平下,研究了乙酸负离子（CH3COO^-）与血红蛋白α亚基在4个作用靶点位（Lys16、Lys90、Arg92和Lys127）的相互作用．可极化力场模型得到的相互作用能大小顺序为：Arg92〉Lys127〉Lys90〉Lys16．通过分析每个分项对结合能的贡献发现,长程静电作用及立体效应共同控制CH3COO^-与血红蛋白的结合．     

Polarization energy gradients in combined quantum mechanics, effective fragment potential, and polarizable continuum model calculations

A method that combines quantum mechanics (QM), typically a solute, the effective fragment potential (EFP) discrete solvent model, and the polarizable continuum model is described. The EFP induced dipoles and polarizable continuum model (PCM) induced surface charges are determined in a self-consistent fashion. The gradients of these two energies with respect to molecular coordinate changes are derived and implemented. In general, the gradients can be formulated as simple electrostatic forces and torques among the QM nuclei, electrons, EFP static multipoles, induced dipoles, and PCM induced charges. Molecular geometry optimizations can be performed efficiently with these gradients. The formulas derived for EFPPCM can be generally applied to other combined molecular mechanics and continuum methods that employ induced dipoles and charges.     

Three-site and five-site fixed-charge water models compatible with AMOEBA force field

In a typical biomolecular simulation using Atomic Multipole Optimized Energetics for Biomolecular Applications (AMOEBA) force field, the vast majority molecules in the simulation box consist of water, and these water molecules consume the most CPU power due to the explicit mutual induction effect. To improve the computational efficiency, we here develop two new nonpolarizable water models (with flexible bonds and fixed charges) that are compatible with AMOEBA solute: the 3-site AW3C and 5-site AW5C. To derive the force-field parameters for AW3C and AW5C, we fit to six experimental liquid thermodynamic properties: liquid density, enthalpy of vaporization, dielectric constant, isobaric heat capacity, isothermal compressibility and thermal expansion coefficient, at a broad range of temperatures from 261.15 to 353.15 K under 1.0 atm pressure. We further validate our AW3C and AW5C water models by showing that they can well reproduce the radial distribution function g(r), self-diffusion constant D, and hydration free energy from the AMOEBA03 water model and the experimental observations. Furthermore, we show that our AW3C and AW5C water models can greatly accelerate (>5 times) the bulk water as well as biomolecular simulations when compared to AMOEBA water. Specifically, we demonstrate that the applications of AW3C and AW5C water models to simulate a DNA duplex lead to a threefold acceleration, and in the meanwhile well maintain the structural properties as the fully polarizable AMOEBA water. We expect that our AW3C and AW5C water models hold great promise to be widely applied to simulate complex bio-molecules using the AMOEBA force field.     

A multipole-based water potential with implicit polarization for biomolecular simulations

A new water potential, DMIP (distributed multipoles, implicit polarization), is constructed using distributed multipoles to describe the electrostatic interactions, while accounting for polarization implicitly. In this procedure, small clusters are randomly sampled from atomistic simulations of bulk water using the AMOEBA (Ren and Ponder, J Comput Chem 2002, 23, 1497) potential. The multipole moments of the central water in each cluster are obtained from ab initio densities for each cluster, and the moments are then averaged over all clusters. Properties of bulk water calculated using DMIP compare favorably with existing data from AMOEBA simulations and experiment, with a conservative estimate of reduction in compute time of roughly 40%. The implicit force-field is also shown to work compatibly with existing polarizable multipole-based force-fields for biomolecules.     

Molecular modeling and dynamics studies with explicit inclusion of electronic polarizability: theory and applications

A current emphasis in empirical force fields is on the development of potential functions that explicitly treat electronic polarizability. In the present article, the commonly used methodologies for modeling electronic polarization are presented along with an overview of selected application studies. Models presented include induced point-dipoles, classical Drude oscillators, and fluctuating charge methods. The theoretical background of each method is followed by an introduction to extended Lagrangian integrators required for computationally tractable molecular dynamics simulations using polarizable force fields. The remainder of the review focuses on application studies using these methods. Emphasis is placed on water models, for which numerous examples exist, with a more thorough discussion presented on the recently published models associated with the Drude-based CHARMM and the AMOEBA force fields. The utility of polarizable models for the study of ion solvation is then presented followed by an overview of studies of small molecules (e.g., CCl₄, alkanes, etc.) and macromolecule (proteins, nucleic acids and lipid bilayers) application studies. The review is written with the goal of providing a general overview of the current status of the field and to facilitate future application and developments.     

Analytic energy gradient in combined time-dependent density functional theory and polarizable force field calculation

Formulas for evaluating analytic energy gradient are derived for combined time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) and polarizable force field methods that incorporate dipole polarizability tensors and linearly induced point dipoles. The Z-vector method for determining relaxed one-particle difference density matrix in regular TDDFT methods is extended to include induced dipoles. The analytic gradient of the mutual polarization energy of the force field and the TDDFT excited state can be formulated by using the TDDFT difference density-induced dipoles and the transition state density-induced dipoles. All the forces and torques involving induced dipoles can be efficiently evaluated using standard electrostatic formulas as if the induced dipoles were permanent dipoles. The formulas are given in the most general form and are applicable to various flavors of polarizable force fields. Implementation and tests with a polarizable five-point water model show that the formulas are rigorous. The carbonyl vibration modes and infrared spectrum intensities of a cluster formed by acetone and two water molecules are studied.     

Charge-on-spring polarizable water models revisited: from water clusters to liquid water to ice

The properties of two improved versions of charge-on-spring (COS) polarizable water models (COS/G2 and COS/G3) that explicitly include nonadditive polarization effects are reported. In COS models, the polarization is represented via a self-consistently induced dipole moment consisting of a pair of separated charges. A previous polarizable water model (COS/B2), upon which the improved versions are based, was developed by Yu, Hansson, and van Gunsteren. To improve the COS/B2 model, which overestimated the dielectric permittivity, one additional virtual atomic site was used to reproduce the water monomer quadrupole moments besides the water monomer dipole moment in the gas phase. The molecular polarizability, residing on the virtual atomic site, and Lennard-Jones parameters for oxygen-oxygen interactions were varied to reproduce the experimental values for the heat of vaporization and the density of liquid water at room temperature and pressure. The improved models were used to study the properties of liquid water at various thermodynamic states as well as gaseous water clusters and ice. Overall, good agreement is obtained between simulated properties and those derived from experiments and ab initio calculations. The COS/G2 and COS/G3 models may serve as simple, classical, rigid, polarizable water models for the study of organic solutes and biopolymers. Due to its simplicity, COS type of polarization can straightforwardly be used to introduce explicit polarization into (bio)molecular force fields.     

Polarization energies in oligoacene semiconductor crystals

Characterization of the electronically polarized environment and the nuclear relaxation that accompanies charge carriers is fundamental to charge transport in crystalline, polycrystalline, and amorphous organic solids. To study the polarization effects of localized charged carriers, we use quantum/classical QM/MM approaches with charge redistribution and polarizable force field schemes and apply them to crystals of naphthalene through pentacene. We describe the results of a comprehensive investigation of the electronic polarization energies in molecular crystal structures of these oligoacenes and discuss as well the evolution of the nuclear relaxation energies calculated for model oligoacene systems.     

Effective polarization energy of the naphthalene molecular crystal: a study on the polarizable force field

polarization energy of the localized charge in organic solids consists of electronic polarization energy, permanent electrostatic interactions, and inter/intra molecular relaxation energies. The effective electronic polarization energies for an electron/hole carrier were successfully estimated by AMOEBA polarizable force field in naphthalene molecular crystals. Both electronic polarization energy and permanent electrostatic interaction were in agreement with the preview experimental values. In addition, the influence of the multipoles from different distributed mutipole analysis (DMA) fitting options on the electrostatic interactions are discussed in this paper. We found that the multipoles obtained from Gauss-Hermite quadrature without diffuse function or grid-based quadrature with 0.325 Å H atomic radius will give reasonable electronic polarization energies and permanent interactions for electron and hole carriers.     

Molecular dynamics simulations of methane hydrate using polarizable force fields

Molecular dynamics simulations of methane hydrate have been carried out using the polarizable AMOEBA and COS/G2 force fields. Properties calculated include the temperature dependence of the lattice constant, the OC and OO radial distribution functions, and the vibrational spectra. Both the AMOEBA and COS/G2 force fields are found to successfully account for the available experimental data, with overall somewhat better agreement with experiment being found for the AMOEBA model. Comparison is made with previous results obtained using TIP4P and SPC/E effective two-body force fields and the polarizable TIP4P-FQ force field, which allows for in-plane polarization only. Significant differences are found between the properties calculated using the TIP4P-FQ model and those obtained using the other models, indicating an inadequacy of restricting explicit polarization to in-plane only.