Q6: A comprehensive toolkit for empirical valence bond and related free energy calculations

Paul Bauer, Alexandre Barrozo, Miha Purg, Beat Anton Amrein, Mauricio Esguerra, Philippe Barrie Wilson, Dan Thomas Major, Johan Åqvist, Shina Caroline Lynn Kamerlin

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Abstract

Atomistic simulations have become one of the main approaches to study the chemistry and dynamics of biomolecular systems in solution. Chemical modelling is a powerful way to understand biochemistry, with a number of different programs available to perform specialized calculations. We present here Q6, a new version of the Q software package, which is a generalized package for empirical valence bond, linear interaction energy, and other free energy calculations. In addition to general technical improvements, Q6 extends the reach of the EVB implementation to fast approximations of quantum effects, extended solvent descriptions and quick estimation of the contributions of individual residues to changes in the activation free energy of reactions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)388-395
Number of pages8
JournalSoftwareX
Volume7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2018

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Keywords

  • Empirical valence bond
  • Free energy perturbation
  • Molecular dynamics simulations
  • Path integral calculations

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