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Efficacy of independence sampling in replica exchange simulations of ordered and disordered proteins
Author(s) -
Lee Kuo Hao,
Chen Jianhan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of computational chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.907
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1096-987X
pISSN - 0192-8651
DOI - 10.1002/jcc.24923
Subject(s) - replica , mixing (physics) , statistical physics , sampling (signal processing) , diffusion , independence (probability theory) , physics , chemistry , chemical physics , computer science , thermodynamics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , statistics , art , detector , optics , visual arts
Recasting temperature replica exchange (T‐RE) as a special case of Gibbs sampling has led to a simple and efficient scheme for enhanced mixing (Chodera and Shirts, J. Chem. Phys., 2011, 135, 194110). To critically examine if T‐RE with independence sampling (T‐REis) improves conformational sampling, we performed T‐RE and T‐REis simulations of ordered and disordered proteins using coarse‐grained and atomistic models. The results demonstrate that T‐REis effectively increase the replica mobility in temperatures space with minimal computational overhead, especially for folded proteins. However, enhanced mixing does not translate well into improved conformational sampling. The convergences of thermodynamic properties interested are similar, with slight improvements for T‐REis of ordered systems. The study re‐affirms the efficiency of T‐RE does not appear to be limited by temperature diffusion, but by the inherent rates of spontaneous large‐scale conformational re‐arrangements. Due to its simplicity and efficacy of enhanced mixing, T‐REis is expected to be more effective when incorporated with various Hamiltonian‐RE protocols. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.