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Free energy perturbation

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Free energy perturbation (FEP) is a method based on statistical mechanics that is used in computational chemistry for computing free energy differences from molecular dynamics or Metropolis Monte Carlo simulations. [1]

31 relations: Acid dissociation constant, AMBER, Bennett acceptance ratio, Boltzmann constant, BOSS (molecular mechanics), CHARMM, Computational chemistry, Desmond (software), Drug discovery, Embarrassingly parallel, Force field (chemistry), GROMACS, MacroModel, Metropolis–Hastings algorithm, Molecular dynamics, Molecular mechanics, Mutagenesis, NAMD, Potential of mean force, Q (software), QM/MM, Quantum mechanics, Reaction coordinate, Solvent effects, Statistical mechanics, Temperature, Thermodynamic free energy, Thermodynamic integration, Tinker (software), Umbrella sampling, Virtual screening.

Acid dissociation constant

An acid dissociation constant, Ka, (also known as acidity constant, or acid-ionization constant) is a quantitative measure of the strength of an acid in solution.

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AMBER

Assisted Model Building with Energy Refinement (AMBER) is a family of force fields for molecular dynamics of biomolecules originally developed by Peter Kollman's group at the University of California, San Francisco.

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Bennett acceptance ratio

The Bennett acceptance ratio method (sometimes abbreviated to BAR) is an algorithm for estimating the difference in free energy between two systems (usually the systems will be simulated on the computer).

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Boltzmann constant

The Boltzmann constant, which is named after Ludwig Boltzmann, is a physical constant relating the average kinetic energy of particles in a gas with the temperature of the gas.

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BOSS (molecular mechanics)

Biochemical and Organic Simulation System (BOSS) is a general-purpose molecular modeling program that performs molecular mechanics calculations, Metropolis Monte Carlo statistical mechanics simulations, and semiempirical Austin Model 1 (AM1), PM3, and PDDG/PM3 quantum mechanics calculations.

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CHARMM

Chemistry at Harvard Macromolecular Mechanics (CHARMM) is the name of a widely used set of force fields for molecular dynamics, and the name for the molecular dynamics simulation and analysis computer software package associated with them.

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Computational chemistry

Computational chemistry is a branch of chemistry that uses computer simulation to assist in solving chemical problems.

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Desmond (software)

Desmond is a software package developed at D. E. Shaw Research to perform high-speed molecular dynamics simulations of biological systems on conventional computer clusters.

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Drug discovery

In the fields of medicine, biotechnology and pharmacology, drug discovery is the process by which new candidate medications are discovered.

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Embarrassingly parallel

In parallel computing, an embarrassingly parallel workload or problem (also called perfectly parallel or pleasingly parallel) is one where little or no effort is needed to separate the problem into a number of parallel tasks.

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Force field (chemistry)

In the context of molecular modeling, a force field (a special case of energy functions or interatomic potentials; not to be confused with force field in classical physics) refers to the functional form and parameter sets used to calculate the potential energy of a system of atoms or coarse-grained particles in molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics simulations.

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GROMACS

GROningen MAchine for Chemical Simulations (GROMACS) is a molecular dynamics package mainly designed for simulations of proteins, lipids and nucleic acids.

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MacroModel

MacroModel is a computer program for molecular modelling of organic compounds and biopolymers.

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Metropolis–Hastings algorithm

In statistics and in statistical physics, the Metropolis–Hastings algorithm is a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method for obtaining a sequence of random samples from a probability distribution for which direct sampling is difficult.

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Molecular dynamics

Molecular dynamics (MD) is a computer simulation method for studying the physical movements of atoms and molecules.

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Molecular mechanics

Molecular mechanics uses classical mechanics to model molecular systems.

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Mutagenesis

Mutagenesis is a process by which the genetic information of an organism is changed, resulting in a mutation.

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NAMD

Nanoscale Molecular Dynamics (NAMD, formerly Not Another Molecular Dynamics Program) is computer software for molecular dynamics simulation, written using the Charm++ parallel programming model.

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Potential of mean force

When examining a system computationally one may be interested to know how the free energy changes as a function of some inter- or intramolecular coordinate (such as the distance between two atoms or a torsional angle).

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Q (software)

Q is a computer software package for molecular dynamics (MD) simulation (current release: Q6).

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QM/MM

The hybrid QM/MM (quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics) approach is a molecular simulation method that combines the strengths of the QM (accuracy) and MM (speed) approaches, thus allowing for the study of chemical processes in solution and in proteins.

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Quantum mechanics

Quantum mechanics (QM; also known as quantum physics, quantum theory, the wave mechanical model, or matrix mechanics), including quantum field theory, is a fundamental theory in physics which describes nature at the smallest scales of energy levels of atoms and subatomic particles.

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Reaction coordinate

In chemistry, a reaction coordinate is an abstract one-dimensional coordinate which represents progress along a reaction pathway.

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Solvent effects

In chemistry, solvent effects are the influence of a solvent on chemical reactivity or molecular associations.

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Statistical mechanics

Statistical mechanics is one of the pillars of modern physics.

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Temperature

Temperature is a physical quantity expressing hot and cold.

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Thermodynamic free energy

The thermodynamic free energy is the amount of work that a thermodynamic system can perform.

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Thermodynamic integration

Thermodynamic integration is a method used to compare the difference in free energy between two given states (e.g., A and B) whose potential energies U_A and U_B have different dependences on the spatial coordinates.

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Tinker (software)

Tinker, stylized as TINKER, is a computer software application for molecular dynamics simulation with a complete and general package for molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics, with some special features for biopolymers.

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Umbrella sampling

Umbrella sampling is a technique in computational physics and chemistry, used to improve sampling of a system (or different systems) where ergodicity is hindered by the form of the system's energy landscape.

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Virtual screening

Virtual screening (VS) is a computational technique used in drug discovery to search libraries of small molecules in order to identify those structures which are most likely to bind to a drug target, typically a protein receptor or enzyme.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_energy_perturbation

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