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2005
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2005 Publications     back to index

"Transesterification thio effects of phosphate diesters: free energy barriers, kinetic and equilibrium isotope effects from density-functional theory" , Yun Liu, Brent A. Gregersen, Alvan Hengge and Darrin M. York Biochemistry, submitted.
"CHARMM force field parameters for simulation of reactive intermediates in native and thio-substituted ribozymes" , Evelyn Mayaan, Adam Moser, Alexander D. Mackerell, Jr. and Darrin M. York J. Comput. Chem., submitted.
"Density-functional study of the in-line mechanism of methanolysis of cyclic phosphate and thiophosphate esters in solution: insight into thio effects in RNA transesterification" , Yun Liu, Brent A. Gregersen, Xabier Lopez and Darrin M. York , J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 19987-20003 (2005). [Abstract][PDF]
"Theoretical Studies of Dissociative Phosphoryl Transfer in Interconversion of Phosphoenolpyruvate to Phosphonopyruvate: Solvent Effects, Thio Effects, and Implications for Enzymatic Reactions" , Dingguo Xu, Hua Guo, Yun Liu and Darrin M. York, J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 13827-13834 (2005). [Abstract][PDF]
"Improvement of semiempirical response properties with charge-dependent response density" , Timothy J. Giese and Darrin M. York, J. Chem. Phys., in press.
"A charge-scaling implementation of the variational electrostatic projection method" , Brent A. Gregersen and Darrin M. York, J. Comput. Chem., in press.
"Simuations of phosphoryl transfer reactions using multi-scale quantum models", Brent A. Gregersen, Timothy J. Giese, Yun Liu, Evelyn Mayaan, Kwangho Nam, Kevin Range, and Darrin M. York, Royal Society of Chemistry special issue (WATOC 2005), in press.
"Benchmark calculations of proton affinities and gas phase basicities of molecules important in the study of biological phosphoryl transfer", Kevin Range, Demian Riccardi, Qiang Cui, Marcus Elstner and Darrin M. York, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 7, 3070-3079 (2005). [Abstract][PDF]
"A semiempirical quantum model for hydrogen bonded nucleic acid base pairs", Timothy J. Giese and Edward C. Sherer and Christopher J. Cramer and Darrin M. York, J. Chem. Theory Comput., in press.
"High-order discretization schemes for biochemical applications of boundary element solvation and variational electrostatic projection methods", Brent A. Gregersen and Darrin M. York, J. Chem. Phys., 122, 194110 (2005).[Abstract][PDF]
"An efficient linear-scaling Ewald method for long-range electrostatic interactions in combined QM/MM calculations", Kwangho Nam, Jiali Gao and Darrin M. York, J. Chem. Theory Comput., 1, 2-13 (2005). [Abstract][PDF]
"Kinetic isotope effects on thio-substituted biological phosphoryl transfer reactions from density-functional theory", Yun Liu, Xabier Lopez and Darrin M. York, Chem. Commun. , 31, 3909-3911 (2005). [Abstract][PDF]
"Ellipticity: A convenient tool to characterize electrocyclic reactions", Carlos Silva López, Olalla Nieto Faza, Fernando P. Cossío, Darrin M. York and Angel R. de Lera, Chem. Eur. J., 11, 1734-1738 (2005). [Abstract][PDF]
"Pseudorotation barriers of biological oxyphosphoranes: a challenge for simulations of ribozyme catalysis", Carlos Silva López, Olalla Nieto Faza, Angel R. de Lera, and Darrin M. York, Chem. Eur. J., 11, 2081-2093 (2005). [Abstract][PDF]
"The contribution of phosphate-phosphate repulsions to the free energy of DNA bending", Kevin Range, Evelyn Mayaan, L. James Maher, III, and Darrin M. York, Nucleic Acids Res., 33, 1257-1268 (2005). [Abstract][PDF]
"Variational electrostatic projection (VEP) methods for efficient modeling of the macromolecular electrostatic and solvation environment in activated dynamics simulations", Brent A. Gregersen and Darrin M. York, J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 536-556 (2005). [Abstract][PDF]
"Smooth solvation method for d-orbital semiempirical calculations of biological reactions I: Implementation", Jana Khandogin, Brent A. Gregersen, Walter Thiel and Darrin M. York, J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 9799-9809 (2005). [Abstract][PDF]
"Smooth solvation method for d-orbital semiempirical calculations of biological reactions II: application to transphosphorylation thio effects in solution.", Brent A. Gregersen, Jana Khandogin, Walter Thiel and Darrin M. York, J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 9810-9817 (2005). [Abstract][PDF]
"Theoretical methods that help understanding the structure and reactivity of gas phase ions",  J. M. Mercero, J. M. Matxain, X. Lopez, Darrin M. York , A. Largo, L. A. Eriksson and J. M. Ugalde, Int. J. Mass. Spectrom., 240, 37-99 (2005). [Abstract][PDF]



2004 Publications     back to index

"Structure and binding of Mg(II) ions and di-metal bridge complexes with biological phosphates and phosphoranes", Evelyn A. Mayaan, Kevin M. Range and Darrin M. York, J. Biol. Inorg. Chem., 9, 807-817 (2004). [Abstract][PDF]
"Many-body force field models based solely on pairwise Coulomb screening do not simultaneously reproduce correct gas-phase and condensed-phase polarizability limits", Timothy J. Giese and Darrin M. York, J. Chem. Phys., (Communication) 120, 9903-9906 (2004). [Abstract][PDF]
Also featured in: Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, 7 (10), (2004).
"Hybrid QM/MM study of thio effects in transphosphorylation reactions: the role of solvation", Brent A. Gregersen, Xabier Lopez and Darrin M. York, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 7504-7513 (2004). [Abstract][PDF]
"Theoretical Study of the Vinyl Allene Oxide to Cyclopent-2- en-1-one Rearrangement: Mechanism, Torquoselectivity and Solvent Effects", Carlos Silva López, Olalla Nieto Faza, Darrin M. York and Angel R. de Lera, J. Org. Chem., 69, 3635-3644 (2004). [Abstract][PDF]
"Pseudorotation of natural and chemically modified biological phosphoranes: implications for RNA catalysis", Carlos Silva López, Olalla Nieto Faza, Brent A. Gregersen, Xabier Lopez, Angel R. de Lera, and Darrin M. York, Chem. Phys. Chem., (Communication) 5, 1045-1049 (2004). [Abstract][PDF]
"Complete basis set extrapolated potential energy, dipole, and polarizability surfaces of alkali halide ion-neutral weakly avoided crossings with and without applied electric fields", Timothy J. Giese and Darrin M. York, J. Chem. Phys., 120, 7939-7948 (2004). [Abstract][PDF]
"Quantum descriptors for biological macromolecules from linear-scaling electronic structure methods", Jana Khandogin and Darrin M. York, Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics, 56, 724-737 (2004). [Abstract][PDF]
"High-level ab initio methods for calculation of potential energy surfaces of van der Waals complexes", Timothy J. Giese and Darrin M. York, Int. J. Quantum Chem., 98, 388-408 (2004). [Abstract][PDF]
"Design and application of a multi-coefficient correlation method for dispersion interactions", Timothy J. Giese and Darrin M. York, J. Chem. Phys.120, 590-602 (2004). [Abstract][PDF]
"The structure and stability of biological metaphosphate, phosphate and phosphorane compounds in the gas phase and in solution", Kevin Range, Matthew J. McGrath, Xabier Lopez and Darrin M. York, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 1654-1665 (2004). [Abstract][PDF]



2000-2003 Publications     back to index
"Examination of the Correlation Energy and Second Virial Coefficients from Accurate ab initio Calculations of Rare Gas Dimers", Timothy J. Giese, Vanessa M. Audette and Darrin M. York, J. Chem. Phys., 119, 2618-2622 (2003). [Abstract][PDF]
  
"Insights into the regioselectivity and RNA binding affinity of HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein from linear-scaling quantum methods",  Jana Khandogin, Karin Musier-Forsyth and Darrin M. York, J. Mol. Biol. 330, 993-1004 (2003). [Abstract][PDF]
"Hybrid QM/MM study of thio effects in transphosphorylation reactions", Brent A. Gregersen, Xabier Lopez and Darrin M. York, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Communication) 125, 7178-7179 (2003). [Abstract][PDF]

"Parameterization of semiempirical methods to treat nucleophilic attacks to biological phosphates: AM1/d parameters for phosphorus", Xabier Lopez and Darrin M. York, Theor. Chem. Acc. 109, 149-159 (2003). [Abstract][PDF]
"Fast Approximate Methods for Calculating Nucleic Acid Base Pair Interaction Energies", Edward C. Sherer, Darrin M. York and Christopher J. Cramer, J. Comput. Chem.24, 57-67 (2003). [Abstract][PDF]
"Theoretical Studies on the Hydrolysis of Phosphate Diesters in the Gas Phase, Solution, and RNase A", Xabier Lopez, Darrin M. York, Annick Dejaegere and Martin Karplus, Int. J. Quantum Chem. 86, 10-26 (2002). [Abstract][PDF]
"Spectroscopic Properties of Tyrosyl Radicals in Dipeptides", Idelisa Ayala, Kevin Range, Darrin  M. York and Bridgette A. Barry, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 5496-5505 (2002). [Abstract][PDF]
"Quantum Mechanical Characterization of Nucleic Acids in Solution: A Linear-Scaling Study of Charge Fluctuations in DNA and RNA", Jana Khandogin and Darrin M. York, J. Phys. Chem. B 106, 7693-7703 (2002). [Abstract][PDF]
"Time-dependent density functional theory calculations of molecular static and dynamic polarizabilities, cauchy coefficients and their anisotropies with atomic numerical basis functions", Anguang Hu, Darrin M. York and Tom K. Woo, J. Mol. Struct. (Theochem)591, 255-266 (2002). [Abstract][PDF]
"Electronic Structure Properties of Solvated Biomolecules: A Quantum Approach for Macromolecular Characterization", Jana Khandogin, Anguang Hu and Darrin M. York,  J. Comput. Chem. 21, 1562-1571 (2000). [Abstract][PDF]



1990-1999 Publications     back to index
"A smooth solvation potential based on the Conductor-Like Screening model", Darrin M. York and Martin Karplus, J. Phys. Chem. A 103, 11060-11079 (1999). [Abstract][PDF]
"Quantum Mechanical Treatment of Biological Macromolecules in Solution Using Linear-Scaling Electronic Structure Methods", Darrin M. York, Tai-Sung Lee and Weitao Yang, Phys. Rev. Lett.  80, 5011-5014 (1998). [Abstract][PDF]
"Application of linear-scaling electronic structure methods to the study of polarization of proteins and DNA in solution", Darrin M. York, in ACS Symposium Series 712: Combined Quantum Mechanical and Molecular Mechanical Methods (Jiali Gao and Mark Thompson, Eds.), Oxford University Press, New York, 1998, pp. 275-287.
"Linear-scaling semiempirical quantum calculations for macromolecules", Tai-Sung Lee, Darrin M. York and Weitao Yang, J. Chem. Phys. 105, 2744-2750 (1996). [Abstract][PDF]
"A chemical potential equalization method for molecular simulations", Darrin M. York and Weitao Yang, J. Chem. Phys. 104, 159-172 (1996). [Abstract][PDF]
"A new definition of atomic charges based on a variational principle for the electrostatic potential energy", Tai-Sung Lee, Darrin M. York and Weitao Yang, J. Chem. Phys. 102, 7549-7556 (1996). [Abstract][PDF]
"Quantum mechanical study of aqueous polarization effects on biological macromolecules", Darrin M. York, Tai-Sung Lee and Weitao Yang, J. Am. Chem. Soc.(Communication) 118, 10940-10941 (1996). [Abstract][PDF]
"Density-functional study of the geometries, stabilities, and bond energies of group III-V (13-15) four-membered-ring compounds", Haihong Ni, Darrin M. York, Lee J. Bartolotti, Richard L. Wells and Weitao Yang, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 118, 5732-5736 (1996). [Abstract][PDF]
"Parameterization and efficient implementation of a solvent model for linear-scaling semiempirical quantum mechanical calculations of biological macromolecules", Darrin M. York, Tai-Sung Lee and Weitao Yang, Chem. Phys. Lett. 263, 297-306 (1996). [Abstract][PDF]
"Toward the accurate modeling of DNA: the importance of long-range electrostatics", Darrin M. York, Weitao Yang, Hsing Lee, Tom Darden and Lee G. Pedersen J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Communication) 117, 5001-5002 (1995). [Abstract][PDF]
"The effect of hydrostatic pressure on protein crystals investigated by molecular simulation", Darrin M. York, Tom Darden and Lee G. Pedersen, in Proceedings of the 27th Jerusalem Symposia on Quantum Chemistry and Biochemistry: Modelling of Biomolecular Structures and Mechanisms (B. Pullman, A. Pullman and J. Jortner, Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1995, pp. 203-215.
"The fast Fourier Poisson method for calculating Ewald sums", Darrin M. York and Weitao Yang, J. Chem. Phys. 101, 3298-3300 (1994). [Abstract][PDF]
"Density-functional calculations of the structure and stability of C240", Darrin M. York, Jian Ping Lu and Weitao Yang, Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Communication) 49, 8526-8528 (1994). [Abstract][PDF]
"Atomic level accuracy in simulations of protein crystals", Darrin M. York, Alexander Wlodawer, Lee G.Pedersen and Tom Darden, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 91, 8715-8718 (1994). [Abstract][PDF]
"Simulations of the solution structure of the HIV-1 protease in the presence and absence of bound zinc", Darrin M. York, Libero J. Bartolotti, Tom Darden and Lee G. Pedersen, J. Comput. Chem. 15, 61-71 (1994). [Abstract][PDF]
"The effect of long-range electrostatic interactions in simulations of macromolecular crystals: a comparison of the Ewald and truncated list methods", Darrin M. York, Tom Darden and Lee G. Pedersen, J. Chem. Phys. (Communication) 99, 8345-8348 (1993). [Abstract][PDF]
"Particle mesh Ewald: An N log(N) method for Ewald sums in large systems", Tom Darden and Darrin M.York and Lee G. Pedersen, J. Chem. Phys. (Communication) 98, 10089-10092 (1993). [Abstract][PDF]
"Molecular Modeling Studies Suggest That Zinc Ions Inhibit HIV-1 Protease by Binding at Catalytic Aspartates", Darrin M. York, Tom A. Darden, Lee G. Pedersen and Marshall W. Andersen, Environ. Health Persp. 101, 246-250 (1993). [Abstract][PDF]
"Molecular Dynamics Simulation of HIV-1 Protease in a Crystalline Environment and in Solution", Darrin M. York, Tom A. Darden, Lee G. Pedersen and Marshall W. Anderson, Biochemistry 32, 1443-1453 (1993). [Abstract][PDF]
"The interaction of Na(I), Ca(II), and Mg(II) metal ions with duplex DNA: a theoretical modeling study", Darrin M. York, Tom Darden and David W. Deerfield, III and Lee G. Pedersen, Int. J. Quantum Chem. QBS19, 145-166 (1992). [Abstract][PDF]

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