Converging ligand-binding free energies obtained with free-energy perturbations at the quantum mechanical level
Olsson, Martin A. LU ; Söderhjelm, Pär LU and Ryde, Ulf LU
(2016)
In Journal of Computational Chemistry
37(17).
p.1589-1600
- Abstract
In this article, the convergence of quantum mechanical (QM) free-energy simulations based on molecular dynamics simulations at the molecular mechanics (MM) level has been investigated. We have estimated relative free energies for the binding of nine cyclic carboxylate ligands to the octa-acid deep-cavity host, including the host, the ligand, and all water molecules within 4.5 Å of the ligand in the QM calculations (158-224 atoms). We use single-step exponential averaging (ssEA) and the non-Boltzmann Bennett acceptance ratio (NBB) methods to estimate QM/MM free energy with the semi-empirical PM6-DH2X method, both based on interaction energies. We show that ssEA with cumulant expansion gives a better convergence and uses half as many QM... (More)
In this article, the convergence of quantum mechanical (QM) free-energy simulations based on molecular dynamics simulations at the molecular mechanics (MM) level has been investigated. We have estimated relative free energies for the binding of nine cyclic carboxylate ligands to the octa-acid deep-cavity host, including the host, the ligand, and all water molecules within 4.5 Å of the ligand in the QM calculations (158-224 atoms). We use single-step exponential averaging (ssEA) and the non-Boltzmann Bennett acceptance ratio (NBB) methods to estimate QM/MM free energy with the semi-empirical PM6-DH2X method, both based on interaction energies. We show that ssEA with cumulant expansion gives a better convergence and uses half as many QM calculations as NBB, although the two methods give consistent results. With 720,000 QM calculations per transformation, QM/MM free-energy estimates with a precision of 1 kJ/mol can be obtained for all eight relative energies with ssEA, showing that this approach can be used to calculate converged QM/MM binding free energies for realistic systems and large QM partitions.
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- author
- Olsson, Martin A.
LU
; Söderhjelm, Pär
LU
and Ryde, Ulf
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2016-06-30
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- host-guest systems, ligand binding, non-Boltzmann Bennett acceptance ratio method, octa-acid host, QM/MM free-energy perturbation, quantum mechanics, semi-empirical methods, single-step exponential averaging
- in
- Journal of Computational Chemistry
- volume
- 37
- issue
- 17
- pages
- 12 pages
- publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
- external identifiers
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- pmid:27117350
- wos:000379162800007
- scopus:84992301030
- ISSN
- 0192-8651
- DOI
- 10.1002/jcc.24375
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- d1df120d-6d0e-4d9a-9528-8a0ccd8d743b
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- 2016-09-27 12:18:55
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- 2025-01-12 12:12:12
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author = {{Olsson, Martin A. and Söderhjelm, Pär and Ryde, Ulf}},
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keywords = {{host-guest systems; ligand binding; non-Boltzmann Bennett acceptance ratio method; octa-acid host; QM/MM free-energy perturbation; quantum mechanics; semi-empirical methods; single-step exponential averaging}},
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title = {{Converging ligand-binding free energies obtained with free-energy perturbations at the quantum mechanical level}},
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