title: A Combined Metadynamics and Umbrella Sampling Method for the Calculation of Ion Permeation Free Energy Profiles.
abstract: Free energy calculations are one of the most useful methods for the study of ion transport mechanisms through confined spaces such as protein ion channels. Their reliability depends on a correctly defined reaction coordinate (RC). A straight line is usually not a proper RC for such complicated processes so in this work a combined metadynamics/umbrella sampling (MTD/US) method is proposed. In the combined method, the ion transport pathway is first identified by the MTD method and then the free energy profile or potential of mean force (PMF) along the path is calculated using umbrella sampling. This combined method avoids the discontinuity problem often associated with normal umbrella sampling calculations that assume a straight line RC and it provides a more physically accurate PMF for such processes. The method is demonstrated for the proton transport process through the protein channel of aquaporin-1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and Computation Institute, University of Chicago, 5735 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and Computation Institute, University of Chicago, 5735 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637.
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