Repository logo
  • Log In
    Log in via Symplectic to deposit your publication(s).
Repository logo
  • Communities & Collections
  • Research Outputs
  • Statistics
  • Log In
    Log in via Symplectic to deposit your publication(s).
  1. Home
  2. Faculty of Engineering
  3. Mechanical Engineering
  4. Mechanical Engineering
  5. A coarse-grained MARTINI model for mucins
 
  • Details
A coarse-grained MARTINI model for mucins
File(s)
a-coarse-grained-martini-model-for-mucins.pdf (5.76 MB)
Published online version
Author(s)
Kanesalingam, Thilakan
Weiand, Erik
Cann, Philippa M
Masen, Marc
Ewen, James P
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Highly glycosylated proteins known as mucins are the principal components of mucus, the gel-like secretion that protects and lubricates many tissues in the human body. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are a useful tool to investigate the nanoscale structure and function of proteins; however, the high molecular weight of mucins makes them a challenging target for atomistic MD simulations. To enable long-time MD simulations of large mucins, we develop and validate new coarse-grained force field parameters within the MARTINI 3 framework for the glycosylated domains of salivary mucin, MUC5B. We use atomistic MD simulations of segments of the protein backbone connected to O-glycans with the CHARMM36m force field to parameterize the bonded parameters. The structural properties of MUC5B from the MD simulations with MARTINI 3, including the radius of gyration, end-to-end distance, and solvent accessible surface area, agree well with the atomistic simulations. Our MARTINI 3 parameters reproduce the bottlebrush structure of MUC5B observed in atomistic MD simulations and previous experiments. The power-law scaling of the radius of gyration with molecular weight is within the range observed in previous experiments of mucins. Accordingly, the MARTINI 3 parameters developed and validated in this study will facilitate accurate and efficient MD simulations of mucins and other glycoproteins for a variety of application areas including food science, drug delivery, and biomaterials.
Date Issued
2025-12-31
Date Acceptance
2025-12-18
Citation
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2025
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/126726
URL
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.5c01655
DOI
10.1021/acs.jctc.5c01655
ISSN
1549-9618
Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
Copyright Statement
© 2025 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society. This publication is licensed under CC-BY 4.0 .
License URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publication Status
Published online
Date Publish Online
2025-12-31
About
Spiral Depositing with Spiral Publishing with Spiral Symplectic
Contact us
Open access team Report an issue
Other Services
Scholarly Communications Library Services
logo

Imperial College London

South Kensington Campus

London SW7 2AZ, UK

tel: +44 (0)20 7589 5111

Accessibility Modern slavery statement Cookie Policy

Built with DSpace-CRIS software - Extension maintained and optimized by 4Science

  • Cookie settings
  • Privacy policy
  • End User Agreement
  • Send Feedback