ABSTRACT

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation has recently enjoyed consid-

erable success in modeling proteins since the MD methodology

based on molecular mechanics (MM) enable us to probe the

motions of proteins at the atomistic/molecular level [1-4]. With the

improvement of force fields as well as the increase of computational

power, MD simulations are able to provide accurate description

of protein motions efficiently. Therefore, MD simulation has been

widely accepted as a key complementary tool to experimental

techniques, such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and X-ray

crystallography, which provide very limited dynamical information

about proteins.