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Pavel Banáš

Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute CATRIN, Palacky University Olomouc
Verified email at upol.cz
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Refinement of the Cornell et al. nucleic acids force field based on reference quantum chemical calculations of glycosidic torsion profiles

…, M Otyepka, J Sponer, A Mladek, P Banas… - Journal of chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
We report a reparameterization of the glycosidic torsion χ of the Cornell et al. AMBER force
field for RNA, χ OL . The parameters remove destabilization of the anti region found in the ff99 …

[HTML][HTML] CAVER: a new tool to explore routes from protein clefts, pockets and cavities

M Petřek, M Otyepka, P Banáš, P Košinová, J Koča… - BMC …, 2006 - Springer
Background The main aim of this study was to develop and implement an algorithm for the
rapid, accurate and automated identification of paths leading from buried protein clefts, …

RNA structural dynamics as captured by molecular simulations: a comprehensive overview

J Sponer, G Bussi, M Krepl, P Banáš, S Bottaro… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
With both catalytic and genetic functions, ribonucleic acid (RNA) is perhaps the most
pluripotent chemical species in molecular biology, and its functions are intimately linked to its …

Promoting transparency and reproducibility in enhanced molecular simulations

M Bonomi, G Bussi, C Camilloni, GA Tribello, P Banáš… - Nature …, 2019 - hal.science
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have become an important tool for characterizing
mechanisms underlying complex processes, interpreting experimental measurements, and …

Performance of molecular mechanics force fields for RNA simulations: stability of UUCG and GNRA hairpins

P Banás, D Hollas, M Zgarbová, P Jurecka… - Journal of Chemical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The RNA hairpin loops represent important RNA topologies with indispensable biological
functions in RNA folding and tertiary interactions. 5′-UNCG-3′ and 5′-GNRA-3′ RNA …

[HTML][HTML] MOLE 2.0: advanced approach for analysis of biomacromolecular channels

…, K Berka, L Pravda, V Navrátilová, P Banáš… - Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Background Channels and pores in biomacromolecules (proteins, nucleic acids and their
complexes) play significant biological roles, eg, in molecular recognition and enzyme …

Reference simulations of noncanonical nucleic acids with different χ variants of the AMBER force field: quadruplex DNA, quadruplex RNA, and Z-DNA

…, P Stadlbauer, M Otyepka, P Banas… - Journal of chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Refinement of empirical force fields for nucleic acids requires their extensive testing using
as wide range of systems as possible. However, finding unambiguous reference data is not …

Molecular dynamics simulations of nucleic acids. From tetranucleotides to the ribosome

J Šponer, P Banáš, P Jurecka… - The journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We present a brief overview of explicit solvent molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of nucleic
acids. We explain physical chemistry limitations of the simulations, namely, the molecular …

MOLEonline 2.0: interactive web-based analysis of biomacromolecular channels

K Berka, O Hanák, D Sehnal, P Banáš… - Nucleic acids …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Biomolecular channels play important roles in many biological systems, eg enzymes,
ribosomes and ion channels. This article introduces a web-based interactive MOLEonline 2.0 …

Nature and magnitude of aromatic base stacking in DNA and RNA: Quantum chemistry, molecular mechanics, and experiment

…, JE Šponer, A Mládek, P Jurečka, P Banáš… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Base stacking is a major interaction shaping up and stabilizing nucleic acids. During the last
decades, base stacking has been extensively studied by experimental and theoretical …