A Multiscale Coarse-Graining Method for Biomolecular Systems

TitleA Multiscale Coarse-Graining Method for Biomolecular Systems
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2005
AuthorsIzvekov, S, Voth, GA
JournalJ Phys Chem B
Volume109
Pagination2469-73
KeywordsChemical Models, Chemistry, Molecular Models, Physical/*methods Computer Simulation Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine/*chemistry Lipid Bilayers/*chemistry Models, Statistical Molecular Conformation Phospholipids/*chemistry
Abstract

A new approach is presented for obtaining coarse-grained (CG) force fields from fully atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) trajectories. The method is demonstrated by applying it to derive a CG model for the dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) lipid bilayer. The coarse-graining of the interparticle force field is accomplished by an application of a force-matching procedure to the force data obtained from an explicit atomistic MD simulation of the biomolecular system of interest. Hence, the method is termed a "multiscale" CG (MS-CG) approach in which explicit atomistic-level forces are propagated upward in scale to the coarse-grained level. The CG sites in the lipid bilayer application were associated with the centers-of-mass of atomic groups because of the simplicity in the evaluation of the forces acting on them from the atomistic data. The resulting CG lipid bilayer model is shown to accurately reproduce the structural properties of the phospholipid bilayer.

DOI10.1021/jp044629q