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Poisson-Boltzmann Solvents in Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Jun Wang, Chunhu Tan, Yu-Hong Tan, Qiang Lu & Ray Luo

Commun. Comput. Phys., 3 (2008), pp. 1010-1031.

Published online: 2008-03

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Recent years have witnessed significant improvement in implicit solvents based on the Poisson-Boltzmann theory, whether in the forms of numerical solution or analytical approximation. Especially worth noting are the improvements and revisions of those implicit solvents for stable dynamics simulations. Given these technical advancements, attentions are now paid to the quality of implicit solvents as compared with the more expensive explicit solvents. The new developments in nonpolar solvents mentioned above and reviewed elsewhere will also result in more accurate simulations of biomolecules. We have also touched the new challenges facing the implicit solvents. That is how to incorporate these solvents in the emerging polarizable force fields. New challenges could also arise from the assumptions underlying all implicit solvents, as recently explored to couple electrostatic and nonelectrostatic components together. In addition, hybrid solvents could eventually become a reality for dynamics simulation even this has been proposed in the early days of computational biochemistry. It is likely that such hybrid solvents will offer the necessary accuracy, as they no longer average out the very degrees of freedom that are of interest in studies where solute/solvent coupling is crucial.

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Recent years have witnessed significant improvement in implicit solvents based on the Poisson-Boltzmann theory, whether in the forms of numerical solution or analytical approximation. Especially worth noting are the improvements and revisions of those implicit solvents for stable dynamics simulations. Given these technical advancements, attentions are now paid to the quality of implicit solvents as compared with the more expensive explicit solvents. The new developments in nonpolar solvents mentioned above and reviewed elsewhere will also result in more accurate simulations of biomolecules. We have also touched the new challenges facing the implicit solvents. That is how to incorporate these solvents in the emerging polarizable force fields. New challenges could also arise from the assumptions underlying all implicit solvents, as recently explored to couple electrostatic and nonelectrostatic components together. In addition, hybrid solvents could eventually become a reality for dynamics simulation even this has been proposed in the early days of computational biochemistry. It is likely that such hybrid solvents will offer the necessary accuracy, as they no longer average out the very degrees of freedom that are of interest in studies where solute/solvent coupling is crucial.

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TY - JOUR T1 - Poisson-Boltzmann Solvents in Molecular Dynamics Simulations AU - Jun Wang, Chunhu Tan, Yu-Hong Tan, Qiang Lu & Ray Luo JO - Communications in Computational Physics VL - 5 SP - 1010 EP - 1031 PY - 2008 DA - 2008/03 SN - 3 DO - http://doi.org/ UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/7886.html KW - AB -

Recent years have witnessed significant improvement in implicit solvents based on the Poisson-Boltzmann theory, whether in the forms of numerical solution or analytical approximation. Especially worth noting are the improvements and revisions of those implicit solvents for stable dynamics simulations. Given these technical advancements, attentions are now paid to the quality of implicit solvents as compared with the more expensive explicit solvents. The new developments in nonpolar solvents mentioned above and reviewed elsewhere will also result in more accurate simulations of biomolecules. We have also touched the new challenges facing the implicit solvents. That is how to incorporate these solvents in the emerging polarizable force fields. New challenges could also arise from the assumptions underlying all implicit solvents, as recently explored to couple electrostatic and nonelectrostatic components together. In addition, hybrid solvents could eventually become a reality for dynamics simulation even this has been proposed in the early days of computational biochemistry. It is likely that such hybrid solvents will offer the necessary accuracy, as they no longer average out the very degrees of freedom that are of interest in studies where solute/solvent coupling is crucial.

Jun Wang, Chunhu Tan, Yu-Hong Tan, Qiang Lu and Ray Luo. (2008). Poisson-Boltzmann Solvents in Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Communications in Computational Physics. 3 (5). 1010-1031. doi:
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