Scalable Molecular Dynamics with NAMD
Identifieur interne : 000691 ( Pmc/Corpus ); précédent : 000690; suivant : 000692Scalable Molecular Dynamics with NAMD
Auteurs : James C. Phillips ; Rosemary Braun ; Wei Wang ; James Gumbart ; Emad Tajkhorshid ; Elizabeth Villa ; Christophe Chipot ; Robert D. Skeel ; Laxmikant Kalé ; Klaus SchultenSource :
- Journal of computational chemistry [ 0192-8651 ] ; 2005.
Abstract
NAMD is a parallel molecular dynamics code designed for high-performance simulation of large biomolecular systems. NAMD scales to hundreds of processors on high-end parallel platforms, as well as tens of processors on low-cost commodity clusters, and also runs on individual desktop and laptop computers. NAMD works with AMBER and CHARMM potential functions, parameters, and file formats. This paper, directed to novices as well as experts, first introduces concepts and methods used in the NAMD program, describing the classical molecular dynamics force field, equations of motion, and integration methods along with the efficient electrostatics evaluation algorithms employed and temperature and pressure controls used. Features for steering the simulation across barriers and for calculating both alchemical and conformational free energy differences are presented. The motivations for and a roadmap to the internal design of NAMD, implemented in C++ and based on Charm++ parallel objects, are outlined. The factors affecting the serial and parallel performance of a simulation are discussed. Next, typical NAMD use is illustrated with representative applications to a small, a medium, and a large biomolecular system, highlighting particular features of NAMD, e.g., the Tcl scripting language. Finally, the paper provides a list of the key features of NAMD and discusses the benefits of combining NAMD with the molecular graphics/sequence analysis software VMD and the grid computing/collaboratory software BioCoRE. NAMD is distributed free of charge with source code at
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DOI: 10.1002/jcc.20289
PubMed: 16222654
PubMed Central: 2486339
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