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Entropy and Free Energy in Structural Biology

From Thermodynamics to Statistical Mechanics to Computer Simulation
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Computer simulation has become the main engine of development in statistical mechanics. In structural biology, computer simulation constitutes the main theoretical tool for structure determination of proteins and for calculation of the free energy of binding, which are important in drug design. Entropy and Free Energy in Structural Biology leads the reader to the simulation technology in a systematic way. The book, which is structured as a course, consists of four parts: Part I is a short course on probability theory emphasizing (1) the distinction between the notions of experimental probability, probability space, and the experimental probability on a computer, and (2) elaborating on the mathematical structure of product spaces. These concepts are essential for solving probability problems and devising simulation methods, in particular for calculating the entropy. Part II starts with a short review of classical thermodynamics from which a non-traditional derivation of statistical mechanics is devised. Theoretical aspects of statistical mechanics are reviewed extensively. Part III covers several topics in non-equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics close to equilibrium, such as Onsager relations, the two Fick's laws, and the Langevin and master equations. The Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics procedures are discussed as well. Part IV presents advanced simulation methods for polymers and protein systems, including techniques for conformational search and for calculating the potential of mean force and the chemical potential. Thermodynamic integration, methods for calculating the absolute entropy, and methodologies for calculating the absolute free energy of binding are evaluated. Enhanced by a number of solved problems and examples, this volume will be a valuable resource to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry biophysics, pharmacology, and computational biology.

Author Biography:

Hagai Meirovitch is professor Emeritus in the Department of Computational and Systems Biology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He earned an MSc degree in nuclear physics from the Hebrew University, a PhD degree in chemical physics from the Weizmann Institute, and conducted postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Professor Harold A. Scheraga at Cornell University. His research focused on developing computer simulation methodologies within the scope of statistical mechanics, as highlighted below. He devised novel methods for extracting the absolute entropy from Monte Carlo samples and techniques for generating polymer chains, which were used to study phase transitions in polymers, magnetic, and lattice gas systems. These methods, together with conformational search techniques for proteins, led to a free energy-based approach for treating molecular flexibility. This approach was used to analyze NMR relaxation data from cyclic peptides and to study structural preferences of surface loops in bound and free enzymes. He developed a new methodology for calculating the free energy of ligand/protein binding, which unlike standard techniques, provides the decrease in the ligand’s entropy upon binding. Dr Meirovitch conducted part of the research depicted above, and other studies, at the Supercomputer Computations Research Institute of the Florida State University, Tallahassee.
Release date Australia
September 3rd, 2020
Pages
374
Audience
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations
24 Tables, black and white
ISBN-13
9780367406929
Product ID
33118745

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