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Structure and function of nucleic acids
 
 
 
CHARMM polarizable force field based on Classical Drude oscillator model; FITCHARGE; FITPARAM; Rotational, Vibrational and Translational entropy; non-linear fitting, Levenberg-Marquardt algirithm
 
 
 

ISOEFF computer program.
 
Theory of semiempirical linear scaling LocalSCF method

When dealing with large biological systems speed determines the utility of the computational method. Therefore in order to bring quantum-mechanical (QM) methods to computational studies of biomolecules it is necessary to significantly reduce their resource requirement. In this light semiempirical QM methods are particularly encouraging because of their modest computational cost combined with potentially high accuracy. However, even semiempirical methods are frequently found to be too demanding for typical biological applications which require extensive conformational sampling. Significant speed up is obtained in the linear scaling LocalSCF method which is based on the variational finite localized molecular orbital (VFL) approximation. The VFL provides an approximate variational solution to the Hartree-Fock-Roothaan equation by seeking the density matrix and energy of the system in the basis of compact molecular orbitals using constrained atomic orbital expansion (CMO). Gradual release of the expansion constraints leads to determination of theoretically most localized solution under small non-orthogonality of CMOs. Validation tests confirm good agreement of the LocalSCF method with matrix diagonalization results on partial atomic charges, dipole moment, conformational energies, and geometry gradients while the method exhibits low computer memory and CPU time requirements. We observe stable dynamics when using the LocalSCF method.

 

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