MOLECULAR MECHANICS

2/1/99


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Table of Contents

{1} MOLECULAR MECHANICS

{2} The Molecular Mechanics description of a structure consists of...

{3} Molecular Mechanics Force Field Or Potential Functions

{4} What about the ellipsis, …?

{5} Force fields may be classified by...

{6} A Survey & Comparison of some Force Field Functions

{7} Some Bond Stretch Functions:

{8} However, since bond lengths don’t vary much at room temperature, the fit to bottom of “well” is judged more important and receives more weight.

{9} Comparison of some values:

{10} For example, the CA-C bond length potentials:

{11} Similarly, Bond Angle Functions:

{12} Comparison of some values:

{13} Torsion Angle Functions:

{14} Some other torsion potentials...

{15} NON-BONDING INTERACTIONS

{16} Other combination rules...

{17} Hill potentials, e.g. MM2:

{18} Buffered-14-7 potential (Halgren, 1992)

{19} Hill and Buffered-14-7 potentials are "Softer”, Lennard Jones is “Harder” for the same well depth and equilibrium distance.

{20} Electrostatic interactions

{21} Monopole models...

{22} Multipole models...

{23} with MM2, a dipole-dipole potential:

{24} with MM3, dipole-dipole potential is retained, but provision is made for interactions of a formal charge (e.g. -NH3+ groups) by ...

{25} Fixes for Coulombic Potentials

{26} Solvent screening...

{27} Each force field has added functions...

{28} …to fix problems, other geometrical constraints

{29} ...To fix problems, other geometrical constraints

{30} ...to fix H-bond geometry- added potential

{31} The CHARMM H-bond potential...

{32} ...to fix H-bond geometry- added potential

{33} The MM3 h-bond potential...

{34} ...to couple bond stretching and angle bending, i.e. off-diagonal terms

{35} Some examples...

{36} Some examples...

{37} …to add chemistry

{38} Adding chemistry...

Author: John E. Wampler

Email: wampler@bchiris.bmb.uga.edu

Home Page: http://bmbiris.bmb.uga.edu/BMB8200

References:

InsightII chapter on Force Fields (MGL copy)

Molecular Mechanics and Force Field Reference List