Human Learning for Molecular Simulations: The Collective Variables Dashboard in VMD.

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TitleHuman Learning for Molecular Simulations: The Collective Variables Dashboard in VMD.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsHénin J, Lopes LJS, Fiorin G
JournalJ Chem Theory Comput
Volume18
Issue3
Pagination1945-1956
Date Published2022 Mar 08
ISSN1549-9626
Abstract

The Collective Variables Dashboard is a software tool for real-time, seamless exploration of molecular structures and trajectories in a customizable space of collective variables. The Dashboard arises from the integration of the Collective Variables Module (also known as Colvars) with the visualization software VMD, augmented with a fully discoverable graphical interface offering interactive workflows for the design and analysis of collective variables. Typical use cases include a priori design of collective variables for enhanced sampling and free energy simulations as well as analysis of any type of simulation or collection of structures in a collective variable space. A combination of those cases commonly occurs when preliminary simulations, biased or unbiased, reveal that an optimized set of collective variables is necessary to improve sampling in further simulations. Then the Dashboard provides an efficient way to intuitively explore the space of likely collective variables, validate them on existing data, and use the resulting collective variable definitions directly in further biased simulations using the Collective Variables Module. Visualization of biasing energies and forces is proposed to help analyze or plan biased simulations. We illustrate the use of the Dashboard on two applications: discovering coordinates to describe ligand unbinding from a protein binding site and designing volume-based variables to bias the hydration of a transmembrane pore.

DOI10.1021/acs.jctc.1c01081
Alternate JournalJ Chem Theory Comput
Citation Key2022|2152
PubMed ID35143194