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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 6.
Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Biophys. 2019 Mar 27;48:371–394. doi: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-070317-033349

Table 1.

Polarizable force fields for biomolecules and available software

Force field Polarization Electrostatics Coverage Software
Penetration Anisotropy Protein DNA RNA Sugar Lipid
AMBER Induced
dipole
N/A N/A Yes Yes Yes No No AMBER
AMOEBA Induced
dipole
N/A Multipole Yes Yes Yes No Yes TINKER,
AMBER,
OpenMM
CHARMM-Drude Drude N/A Distributed charges Yes Yes No Yes Yes CHARMM,
NAMD,
AMBER,
GROMACS,
OpenMM
CHARMM-FQ Fluctuating charge N/A N/A Yes No No No Yes CHARMM
SIBFA Induced dipole Yes Multipole Yes No No No No TINKER
ABEEMσπ Fluctuation charge N/A Distributed charges Yes Yes No No No TINKER