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Using quantum mechanical approaches to study biological systems
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Conspectus Quantum mechanics (QM) has revolutionized our understanding of the
structure and reactivity of small molecular systems. Given the tremendous impact
of QM in this research area, it is attractive to believe that this could also be
brought into the biological realm where systems of a few thousand atoms and
beyond are routine. Applying QM methods to biological problems brings an improved
representation to these systems by the direct inclusion of inherently QM effects
such as polarization and charge transfer. Because of the improved representation,
novel insights can be gleaned from the application of QM tools to
biomacromolecules in aqueous solution. To achieve this goal, the computational
bottlenecks of QM methods had to be addressed. In semiempirical theory, matrix
diagonalization is rate limiting, while in density functional theory or
Hartree-Fock theory electron repulsion integral computation is rate-limiting. In
this Account, we primarily focus on semiempirical models where the divide and
conquer (D&C) approach linearizes the matrix diagonalization step with respect to
the system size. Through the D&C approach, a number of applications to biological
problems became tractable. Herein, we provide examples of QM studies on
biological systems that focus on protein solvation as viewed by QM, QM enabled
structure-based drug design, and NMR and X-ray biological structure refinement
using QM derived restraints. Through the examples chosen, we show the power of QM
to provide novel insights into biological systems, while also impacting practical
applications such as structure refinement. While these methods can be more
expensive than classical approaches, they make up for this deficiency by the more
realistic modeling of the electronic nature of biological systems and in their
ability to be broadly applied. Of the tools and applications discussed in this
Account, X-ray structure refinement using QM models is now generally available to
the community in the refinement package Phenix. While the power of this approach
is manifest, challenges still remain. In particular, QM models are generally
applied to static structures, so ways in which to include sampling is an ongoing
challenge. Car-Parrinello or Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics approaches
address the short time scale sampling issue, but how to effectively use QM to
study phenomenon covering longer time scales will be the focus of future
research. Finally, how to accurately and efficiently include electron correlation
effects to facilitate the modeling of, for example, dispersive interactions, is
also a major hurdle that a broad range of groups are addressing The use of QM
models in biology is in its infancy, leading to the expectation that the most
significant use of these tools to address biological problems will be seen in the
coming years. It is hoped that while this Account summarizes where we have been,
it will also help set the stage for future research directions at the interface
of quantum mechanics and biology.