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TL;DR: The use of free energy perturbation methods to study mutant proteins, the conformation and dynamics of DNA and DNA-drug complexes, and the use of computers with parallel architectures are discussed in this paper.
Abstract: Computer simulation techniques are now an essential part of modern structural molecular biology. They are used in many different ways in order to study the conformation, dynamics and interactions of proteins and nucleic acids. In this paper, I shall review several of these applications and then focus on three specific areas, namely the conformation and dynamics of proteins including the use of free energy perturbation methods to study mutant proteins, the conformation and dynamics of DNA and DNA-drug complexes, and the use of computers with parallel architectures. Although simulation of molecules as large and complex as proteins and nucleic acids may be considered a grand challenge in itself, there are even greater challenges for the future.
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