| Literature DB >> 20387919 |
Satoru G Itoh1, Hisashi Okumura, Yuko Okamoto.
Abstract
We present a new type of the Hamiltonian replica-exchange method, where the van der Waals radius parameter and not the temperature is exchanged. By decreasing the van der Waals radii, which control spatial sizes of atoms, this Hamiltonian replica-exchange method overcomes the steric restrictions and energy barriers. Furthermore, the simulation based on this method escapes from the local-minimum free-energy states and realizes effective sampling in the conformational space. We applied this method to an alanine dipeptide in aqueous solution and showed the effectiveness of the method by comparing the results with those obtained from the conventional canonical and replica-exchange methods.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20387919 DOI: 10.1063/1.3372767
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Chem Phys ISSN: 0021-9606 Impact factor: 3.488