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. 2018 Sep 13;115(8):1445–1456. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.09.002

Table 1.

Summary of All Molecular Dynamics Simulations Reported in This Work

System Notes Length of Each Simulation Temperature and Number of Repeats
CG_LpxR Coarse-grained system 2 μs 310 K (×2)
323 K (×1)
Apo Model X-ray structure with water and Ca2+ as reported by Rutten et al. (5) 300 ns (×2) 310 K
1 μs (×1) 323 K
Apo Modela As above but with positional restraints for the first 100 ns 300 ns (×2) 310 K
1 μs (×1) 323 K
Apo Unbiased X-ray structure with key water and Ca2+ removed from the starting structure 300 ns (×2) 310 K
1 μs (×1) 323 K
Ligand-Bound Model X-ray structure with water and Ca2+ and modeled in substrate as reported by Rutten et al. (5) 300 ns (×2) 310 K
1 μs (×1) 323 K
Ligand-Bound Modela As above but with positional restraints for the first 100 ns 300 ns (×2) 310 K
1 μs (×1) 323 K
Ligand-Bound Unbiased X-ray structure with modeled in substrate but without water and Ca2+ 300 ns (×2) 310 K
1 μs (×1) 323 K
H122_pb H122 is Nε protonated 300 ns (×2) 310 K
1 μs (×1) 323 K
D10A Single point mutation in protein 300 ns (×2) 310 K
1 μs (×1) 323 K
D11A Single point mutation in protein 300 ns (×2) 310 K
1 μs (×1) 323 K
T34A Single point mutation in protein 300 ns (×2) 310 K
1 μs (×1) 323 K
H122A Single point mutation in protein 300 ns (×2) 310 K
1 μs (×1) 323 K
Bond Break Model Scissile bond removed in substrate 500 ns 310 K (×2)
323 K (×1)
Bond Break Unbiased As above but with key water and Ca2+ removed from the starting structure 500 ns 310 K (×2)
323 K (×1)
Micelle Protein in self-assembled DPC micelle 500 ns 323 K (×3)
Apo_DPPC X-ray structure inserted into simple DPPC membrane 500 ns 310 K (×2)
323 K (×1)

The total simulation time was 29.6 μs.

a

In these systems, the protein, Ca2+ ion, and modeled water molecule were subjected to positional restraints for the first 100 ns of simulation; see Methods for more details.

b

H122 is Nε protonated in this simulation, whereas it is Nδ protonated in all other simulations.