TY - JOUR
T1 - Biomolecular modeling: Goals, problems, perspectives
AU - Van Gunsteren, Wilfred F.
AU - Bakowies, Dirk
AU - Baron, Riccardo
AU - Chandrasekhar, Indira
AU - Christen, Markus
AU - Daura, Xavier
AU - Gee, Peter
AU - Geerke, Daan P.
AU - Glättli, Alice
AU - Hünenberger, Philippe H.
AU - Kastenholz, Mika A.
AU - Oostenbrink, Chris
AU - Schenk, Merijn
AU - Trzesniak, Daniel
AU - Van Der Vegt, Nico F.A.
AU - Yu, Haibo B.
PY - 2006/6/19
Y1 - 2006/6/19
N2 - Computation based on molecular models is playing an increasingly important role in biology, biological chemistry, and biophysics. Since only a very limited number of properties of biomolecular systems is actually accessible to measurement by experimental means, computer simulation can complement experiment by providing not only averages, but also distributions and time series of any definable quantity, for example, conformational distributions or interactions between parts of systems. Present day biomolecular modeling is limited in its application by four main problems: 1) the force-field problem, 2) the search (sampling) problem, 3) the ensemble (sampling) problem, and 4) the experimental problem. These four problems are discussed and illustrated by practical examples. Perspectives are also outlined for pushing forward the limitations of biomolecular modeling. © 2006 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.
AB - Computation based on molecular models is playing an increasingly important role in biology, biological chemistry, and biophysics. Since only a very limited number of properties of biomolecular systems is actually accessible to measurement by experimental means, computer simulation can complement experiment by providing not only averages, but also distributions and time series of any definable quantity, for example, conformational distributions or interactions between parts of systems. Present day biomolecular modeling is limited in its application by four main problems: 1) the force-field problem, 2) the search (sampling) problem, 3) the ensemble (sampling) problem, and 4) the experimental problem. These four problems are discussed and illustrated by practical examples. Perspectives are also outlined for pushing forward the limitations of biomolecular modeling. © 2006 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.
KW - Computer simulation
KW - Force-field techniques
KW - GROMOS
KW - Molecular dynamics
KW - Molecular modeling
U2 - 10.1002/anie.200502655
DO - 10.1002/anie.200502655
M3 - Review article
SN - 1433-7851
VL - 45
SP - 4064
EP - 4092
JO - Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
JF - Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
IS - 25
ER -