title: Coarse-grained protein-protein stiffnesses and dynamics from all-atom simulations.
abstract: Large protein assemblies, such as virus capsids, may be coarse-grained as a set of rigid units linked by generalized (rotational and stretching) harmonic springs. We present an ab initio method to obtain the elastic parameters and overdamped dynamics for these springs from all-atom molecular-dynamics simulations of one pair of units at a time. The computed relaxation times of this pair give a consistency check for the simulation, and we can also find the corrective force needed to null systematic drifts. As a first application we predict the stiffness of an HIV capsid layer and the relaxation time for its breathing mode.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-2501, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Hicks
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Henley
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D002213:Capsid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D055119:Elastic Modulus; D006678:HIV / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011485:Protein Binding; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D011789:Quantum Theory
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins