Simulating Met-Enkephalin With Population Annealing Molecular Dynamics

Henrik Christiansen, Martin Weigel, Wolfhard Janke

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    Abstract

    Met-enkephalin, one of the smallest opiate peptides and an important neuro-transmitter, is a widely used benchmarking problem in the field of molecular simulation. Through its range of possible low-temperature conformations separated by free-energy barriers it was previously found to be hard to thermalize using straight canonical molecular dynamics simulations. Here, we demonstrate how one can use the recently proposed population annealing molecular dynamics scheme to overcome these difficulties. We show how the use of multi-histogram reweighting allows one to accurately estimate the density of states of the system and hence derive estimates such as the potential energy as quasi continuous functions of temperature. We further investigate the free-energy surface as a function of end-to-end distance and radius-of-gyration and observe two distinct basins of attraction.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number012006
    Number of pages7
    JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
    Volume2241
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2022
    Event33rd Annual CSP Workshop: Recent Developments in Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics - Virtual
    Duration: 17 Feb 202121 Mar 2021

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    Funder

    This project was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Grant No. 189 853 844 – SFB/TRR 102 (project B04), and further supported by the Deutsch-Franz¨osische Hochschule (DFH-UFA) through the Doctoral College “L 4” under Grant No. CDFA-02-07, the EU Marie Curie IRSES network DIONICOS under Grant No. PIRSES-GA-2013-612707, and the Leipzig Graduate School of Natural Sciences “BuildMoNa”.

    Funding

    FundersFunder number
    Deutsch-Französische HochschuleCDFA-02-07
    Seventh Framework Programme612707
    European CommissionPIRSES-GA-2013-612707
    Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft189 853 844 – SFB/TRR 102
    Deutsch-Französische Hochschule

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