All simulations were conducted with NAMD. All movies and images were made with VMD. Copyright (2006) Pawel Weronski. The movies can be freely downloaded and distributed but a reference to the corresponding scientific publications is required. More detail description of the systems and simulations can be found in the cited papers.
Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) adsorption at lipid bilayer (01:23) [1024 x 720 resolution available upon
request (136 MB)]. 20 ns long time evolution of the system containing a small PNA molecule at a lipid bilayer in water. The PNA molecule is composed of six nucleic bases: CGTACG. It has two standard termini, i.e., the charged groups —COO– and —NH3+. Reference: Weronski, P.; Jiang, Y.; Rasmussen, S. Molecular Dynamics Study of Small PNA Molecule in Lipid-Water System, Biophys. J. 92, 3081-3091 (2007). |
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Guanine-guanine dimer stacking: effect of complementary cytosine-cytosine dimer (03:28) [736 x 736 resolution available upon
request (49 MB)]. 50 ns long time evolution of the system containing two complementary PNA dimers: guanine-guanine and cytosine-cytosine in water. Both dimers have two neutral termini, i.e., the amidated C-terminus and acetylated N-terminus. Reference: Weronski, P.; Jiang, Y.; Rasmussen, S. Application of Molecular Dynamics Computer Simulations in the Design of a Minimal Self-Replicating Molecular Machine, Complexity 13, 10-17 (2008). |
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Sodium decanoate micelle formation (01:23) [736 x 736 resolution available upon
request (31 MB)]. 80 ns long time evolution of the system containing thirty six sodium cations and thirty six decanoate anions in water. Reference: Weronski, P.; Jiang, Y.; Rasmussen, S. MD simulations of micellar dynamics and stability, J. Chem. Phys. (in preparation). |
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Sodium decanoate micelle solvation (04:07) [736 x 736 resolution available upon
request (94 MB)]. 60 ns long time evolution of the system containing fifty six sodium cations and fifty six decanoate anions in water. Reference: Weronski, P.; Jiang, Y.; Rasmussen, S. MD simulations of micellar dynamics and stability, J. Chem. Phys. (in preparation). |
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Decanoate micelle splitting (00:58) [736 x 736 resolution available upon
request (23 MB)]. 14 ns long time evolution of the system containing fifty five decanoate anions in water. Reference: Weronski, P.; Jiang, Y.; Rasmussen, S. MD simulations of micellar dynamics and stability, J. Chem. Phys. (in preparation). |