Tripeptide-Dynamics from Empirical and Machine-Learned Energy Functions

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Main Authors: Aydin, Sena, Andreichev, Valerii, Maragkoudakis, Pantelis, Meuwly, Markus
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author Aydin, Sena
Andreichev, Valerii
Maragkoudakis, Pantelis
Meuwly, Markus
author_facet Aydin, Sena
Andreichev, Valerii
Maragkoudakis, Pantelis
Meuwly, Markus
contents Molecular dynamics simulations for tripeptides in the gas phase and in solution using empirical and machine-learned energy functions are presented. For cationic AAA a machine-learned potential energy surface (ML-PES) trained on MP2 reference data yields quantitative agreement with measured splittings of the amide-I vibrations. Experimental spectroscopy in solution reports a splitting of 25 cm-1 which compares with 20 cm-1 from ML/MM-MD simulations of AAA in explicit solvent. For the AMA tripeptide a ML-PES describing both, the zwitterionic and neutral form is trained and used to map out the accessible conformational space. Due to cyclization and H-bonding between the termini in neutral AMA the NH- and OH-stretch spectra are strongly red-shifted below 3000 cm-1. The present work demonstrates that meaningful MD simulations on the nanosecond time scale are feasible and provides insight into experiments.
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spellingShingle Tripeptide-Dynamics from Empirical and Machine-Learned Energy Functions
Aydin, Sena
Andreichev, Valerii
Maragkoudakis, Pantelis
Meuwly, Markus
Chemical Physics
Biological Physics
Molecular dynamics simulations for tripeptides in the gas phase and in solution using empirical and machine-learned energy functions are presented. For cationic AAA a machine-learned potential energy surface (ML-PES) trained on MP2 reference data yields quantitative agreement with measured splittings of the amide-I vibrations. Experimental spectroscopy in solution reports a splitting of 25 cm-1 which compares with 20 cm-1 from ML/MM-MD simulations of AAA in explicit solvent. For the AMA tripeptide a ML-PES describing both, the zwitterionic and neutral form is trained and used to map out the accessible conformational space. Due to cyclization and H-bonding between the termini in neutral AMA the NH- and OH-stretch spectra are strongly red-shifted below 3000 cm-1. The present work demonstrates that meaningful MD simulations on the nanosecond time scale are feasible and provides insight into experiments.
title Tripeptide-Dynamics from Empirical and Machine-Learned Energy Functions
topic Chemical Physics
Biological Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.26145