Atomistic and coarse-grained computer simulations of raft-like lipid mixtures

Methods in Molecular Biology
Sagar A Pandit, H L Scott

Abstract

Computer modeling can provide insights into the existence, structure, size, and thermodynamic stability of localized raft-like regions in membranes. However, the challenges in the construction and simulation of accurate models of heterogeneous membranes are great. The primary obstacle in modeling the lateral organization within a membrane is the relatively slow lateral diffusion rate for lipid molecules. Microsecond or longer time-scales are needed to fully model the formation and stability of a raft in a membra ne. Atomistic simulations currently are not able to reach this scale, but they do provide quantitative information on the intermolecular forces and correlations that are involved in lateral organization. In this chapter, the steps needed to carry out and analyze atomistic simulations of hydrated lipid bilayers having heterogeneous composition are outlined. It is then shown how the data from a molecular dynamics simulation can be used to construct a coarse-grained model for the heterogeneous bilayer that can predict the lateral organization and stability of rafts at up to millisecond time-scales.

Citations

May 27, 2009·The Journal of Chemical Physics·Fernando E Herrera, Sergio Pantano

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