: Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are a collection of computational tools that can be used to trace intermolecular interactions at the sub-nanometer level. They offer possibilities that are often unavailable to experimental methods, making MD an ideal complementary technique for the understanding a plethora of biological processes. Thanks to significant efforts by many groups of developers around the world, setting up and running MD simulations has become progressively simpler. However, simulating ionic permeation through membrane channels still presents significant caveats.MD simulations of connexin (Cx) hemichannels (HCs) are particularly problematic because HCs create wide pores in the plasma membrane, and the lateral sizes of the extracellular and intracellular regions are quite different. In this chapter, we provide a detailed instruction to perform MD simulations aimed at computationally modeling the permeation of inorganic ions and larger molecules through Cx HCs.

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Permeation Through Connexin Channels

Zonta F.
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Mammano F.
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2024

Abstract

: Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are a collection of computational tools that can be used to trace intermolecular interactions at the sub-nanometer level. They offer possibilities that are often unavailable to experimental methods, making MD an ideal complementary technique for the understanding a plethora of biological processes. Thanks to significant efforts by many groups of developers around the world, setting up and running MD simulations has become progressively simpler. However, simulating ionic permeation through membrane channels still presents significant caveats.MD simulations of connexin (Cx) hemichannels (HCs) are particularly problematic because HCs create wide pores in the plasma membrane, and the lateral sizes of the extracellular and intracellular regions are quite different. In this chapter, we provide a detailed instruction to perform MD simulations aimed at computationally modeling the permeation of inorganic ions and larger molecules through Cx HCs.
2024
Connexin Hemichannels: Methods and Protocols
9781071638415
9781071638422
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