United-Atom Acyl Chains for CHARMM Phospholipids

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TitleUnited-Atom Acyl Chains for CHARMM Phospholipids
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2008
AuthorsHénin J, Shinoda W, Klein ML
JournalJ. Phys. Chem. B.
Volume112
Pagination7008–7015
Abstract

In all-atom simulations of lipid membranes, explicit hydrogen atoms contained in the hydrocarbon region are described by a large number of degrees of freedom, although they convey only limited physical information. We propose an implicit-hydrogen model for saturated and monounsaturated acyl chains, aimed at complementing the all-atom CHARMM27 model for phospholipid headgroups. Torsional potentials and nonbonded parameters were fitted to reproduce experimental data and free energy surfaces of all-atom model systems. Comparative simulations of fluid-phase POPC bilayers were performed using the all-hydrogen force field and the present model. The hybrid model accelerates a typical bilayer simulation by about 50% while sacrificing a minimal amount of detail with respect to the fully atomistic description. In addition, the united-atom description is energetically compatible with all-atom CHARMM models, making it suitable for simulations of complex membrane systems.

DOI10.1021/jp800687p
Citation Key2008|1866