Free-energy calculations - Theoretical Biophysics Group
Free-energy calculations - Theoretical Biophysics Group
Free-energy calculations - Theoretical Biophysics Group
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<strong>Free</strong>-<strong>energy</strong> perturbation <strong>calculations</strong> “Alchemical transformations”<br />
How can the free <strong>energy</strong> differences associated with the transformation of a chemical<br />
species into a different one be calculated?<br />
Computational process often called “alchemical transformation” refers to the the inaccessible<br />
dream of the proverbial alchemist to transmute matter.<br />
The potential <strong>energy</strong> function is sufficiently malleable from a computational standpoint,<br />
that it can be gently altered to transform one chemical system into another,<br />
slightly modified one. 20<br />
FEP applications of this approach include protein–ligand binding, host–guest chemistry,<br />
and solvation properties. 21<br />
20 CHIPOT, POHORILLE (2007)<br />
21 KOLLMAN (1993); KING (1993); KOLLMAN (1996); SIMONSON ET AL. (2002)<br />
Chris Chipot <strong>Free</strong>-<strong>energy</strong> <strong>calculations</strong>