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Automation of AMOEBA polarizable force field for small molecules: Poltype 2

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A next‐generation protocol (Poltype 2) has been developed which automatically generates AMOEBA polarizable force field parameters for small molecules. Both features and computational efficiency have been drastically improved. Notable advances… Click to show full abstract

A next‐generation protocol (Poltype 2) has been developed which automatically generates AMOEBA polarizable force field parameters for small molecules. Both features and computational efficiency have been drastically improved. Notable advances include improved database transferability using SMILES, robust torsion fitting, non‐aromatic ring torsion parameterization, coupled torsion‐torsion parameterization, Van der Waals parameter refinement using ab initio dimer data and an intelligent fragmentation scheme that produces parameters with dramatically reduced ab initio computational cost. Additional improvements include better local frame assignment for atomic multipoles, automated formal charge assignment, Zwitterion detection, smart memory resource defaults, parallelized fragment job submission, incorporation of Psi4 quantum package, ab initio error handling, ionization state enumeration, hydration free energy prediction and binding free energy prediction. For validation, we have applied Poltype 2 to ~1000 FDA approved drug molecules from DrugBank. The ab initio molecular dipole moments and electrostatic potential values were compared with Poltype 2 derived AMOEBA counterparts. Parameters were further substantiated by calculating hydration free energy (HFE) on 40 small organic molecules and were compared with experimental data, resulting in an RMSE error of 0.59 kcal/mol. The torsion database has expanded to include 3543 fragments derived from FDA approved drugs. Poltype 2 provides a convenient utility for applications including binding free energy prediction for computational drug discovery. Further improvement will focus on automated parameter refinement by experimental liquid properties, expansion of the Van der Waals parameter database and automated parametrization of modified bio‐fragments such as amino and nucleic acids.

Keywords: polarizable force; free energy; torsion; small molecules; amoeba polarizable; force field

Journal Title: Journal of Computational Chemistry
Year Published: 2022

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