Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
T92 |
0-216 |
Sentence |
denotes |
To study the dynamic behavior, stability, and conformational flexibility RBD-ACE2- naltrexone complex, all-atoms MD simulations were performed as reported previously (Dehury et al., 2014; 2017; Girdhar et al., 2019). |
T93 |
217-331 |
Sentence |
denotes |
CHARMM36 force fields were used for topology building of protein in GROMACSv2019.4 package (Abraham et al., 2015). |
T94 |
332-465 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The ligand topology was derived from CHARMM General Force Field (https://cgenff.umaryland.edu/) (Vanommeslaeghe and MacKerell, 2012). |
T95 |
466-535 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The structure was solvated in a cubic water box in TIP3P water model. |
T96 |
536-623 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The system charge was electro-neutralized by adding 0.15 M NaCl to the solvated system. |
T97 |
624-752 |
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denotes |
To eliminate bad contacts in the complex system energy minimization was done with the steepest descent algorithm in 5,000 steps. |
T98 |
753-938 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The non-hydrogen atoms of the ligands were restrained, and system equilibration was done in two steps including NVT and NPT ensembles in 10 ns at 300 K in atmospheric condition (1 atm). |
T99 |
939-1054 |
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denotes |
Finally, production MD was performed 100 ns at 300 K with a 2-femtosecond (fs) time step using Leapfrog integrator. |
T100 |
1055-1197 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The resultant trajectory was explored to understand the structural dynamics of the complex system through various utility toolkits of GROMACS. |
T101 |
1198-1437 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Stability parameters including backbone root mean square deviation (RMSD), the radius of gyration (Rg), Cα-root mean squared fluctuations (RMSF), and intermolecular hydrogen bond (H-bond) distributions were computed for the complex system. |
T102 |
1438-1541 |
Sentence |
denotes |
2D graphs were plotted using XMGrace, while, interaction images were plotted using BIVIA DSV and PyMOL. |