Journal of Computational ChemistryVolume 35, Issue 27 p. 1997-2004 Software News and Update CHARMM-GUI Membrane Builder toward realistic biological membrane simulations Emilia L. Wu, Emilia L. Wu Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047 These authors contributed equally to this work.Search for more papers by this authorXi Cheng, Xi Cheng Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047 These authors contributed equally to this work.Search for more papers by this authorSunhwan Jo, Sunhwan Jo Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047 These authors contributed equally to this work.Search for more papers by this authorHuan Rui, Huan Rui Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047 These authors contributed equally to this work.Search for more papers by this authorKevin C. Song, Kevin C. Song Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047 These authors contributed equally to this work.Search for more papers by this authorEder M. Dávila-Contreras, Eder M. Dávila-Contreras Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047Search for more papers by this authorYifei Qi, Yifei Qi Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047Search for more papers by this authorJumin Lee, Jumin Lee Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047Search for more papers by this authorViviana Monje-Galvan, Viviana Monje-Galvan Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Maryland, 2113 Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, College Park, Maryland, 20742Search for more papers by this authorRichard M. Venable, Richard M. Venable Laboratory of Computational Biology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892Search for more papers by this authorJeffery B. Klauda, Corresponding Author Jeffery B. Klauda Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Maryland, 2113 Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, College Park, Maryland, 20742E-mail: jbklauda@umd.edu E-mail: wonpil@ku.eduSearch for more papers by this authorWonpil Im, Corresponding Author Wonpil Im Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047E-mail: jbklauda@umd.edu E-mail: wonpil@ku.eduSearch for more papers by this author Emilia L. Wu, Emilia L. Wu Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047 These authors contributed equally to this work.Search for more papers by this authorXi Cheng, Xi Cheng Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047 These authors contributed equally to this work.Search for more papers by this authorSunhwan Jo, Sunhwan Jo Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047 These authors contributed equally to this work.Search for more papers by this authorHuan Rui, Huan Rui Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047 These authors contributed equally to this work.Search for more papers by this authorKevin C. Song, Kevin C. Song Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047 These authors contributed equally to this work.Search for more papers by this authorEder M. Dávila-Contreras, Eder M. Dávila-Contreras Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047Search for more papers by this authorYifei Qi, Yifei Qi Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047Search for more papers by this authorJumin Lee, Jumin Lee Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047Search for more papers by this authorViviana Monje-Galvan, Viviana Monje-Galvan Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Maryland, 2113 Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, College Park, Maryland, 20742Search for more papers by this authorRichard M. Venable, Richard M. Venable Laboratory of Computational Biology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892Search for more papers by this authorJeffery B. Klauda, Corresponding Author Jeffery B. Klauda Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Maryland, 2113 Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, College Park, Maryland, 20742E-mail: jbklauda@umd.edu E-mail: wonpil@ku.eduSearch for more papers by this authorWonpil Im, Corresponding Author Wonpil Im Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047E-mail: jbklauda@umd.edu E-mail: wonpil@ku.eduSearch for more papers by this author First published: 07 August 2014 https://doi.org/10.1002/jcc.23702Citations: 1,039 Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Abstract CHARMM-GUI Membrane Builder, http://www.charmm-gui.org/input/membrane, is a web-based user interface designed to interactively build all-atom protein/membrane or membrane-only systems for molecular dynamics simulations through an automated optimized process. In this work, we describe the new features and major improvements in Membrane Builder that allow users to robustly build realistic biological membrane systems, including (1) addition of new lipid types, such as phosphoinositides, cardiolipin (CL), sphingolipids, bacterial lipids, and ergosterol, yielding more than 180 lipid types, (2) enhanced building procedure for lipid packing around protein, (3) reliable algorithm to detect lipid tail penetration to ring structures and protein surface, (4) distance-based algorithm for faster initial ion displacement, (5) CHARMM inputs for P21 image transformation, and (6) NAMD equilibration and production inputs. The robustness of these new features is illustrated by building and simulating a membrane model of the polar and septal regions of E. coli membrane, which contains five lipid types: CL lipids with two types of acyl chains and phosphatidylethanolamine lipids with three types of acyl chains. It is our hope that CHARMM-GUI Membrane Builder becomes a useful tool for simulation studies to better understand the structure and dynamics of proteins and lipids in realistic biological membrane environments. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Citing Literature Supporting Information Additional Supporting Information may be found in the online version of this article. Filename Description jcc23702-sup-0001-suppinfo.pdf101.4 KB Supplementary Information version of this article. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article. Volume35, Issue27October 15, 2014Pages 1997-2004 RelatedInformation