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Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have become a widely used tool in the scientific community for understanding molecular scale phenomena that are challenging to address with wet-lab techniques. Coarse-grained simulations, in which multiple atoms are combined into single beads, allow for larger systems and longer time scales to be explored than atomistic techniques. Here, we describe the procedures and equipment required to set up coarse-grained simulations of membrane-bound proteins in a lipid bilayer that can mimic many membrane environments.
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Buyan, A., Corry, B. (2022). Initiating Coarse-Grained MD Simulations for Membrane-Bound Proteins. In: Cranfield, C.G. (eds) Membrane Lipids. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2402. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1843-1_11
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