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MacroModel

Computer program


Computer program

FieldValue
nameMacroModel
developerSchrödinger, LLC
released
latest release version2021-3
latest release date
latest preview date
operating systemLinux, Windows, macOS
platformx64, GPGPU
genreComputational chemistry
licenseProprietary, Commercial software
languageEnglish
website

MacroModel is a computer program for molecular modelling of organic compounds and biopolymers. It features various chemistry force fields, plus energy minimizing algorithms, to predict geometry and relative conformational energies of molecules. MacroModel is maintained by Schrödinger, LLC.

It performs simulations in the framework of classical mechanics, also termed molecular mechanics, and can perform molecular dynamics simulations to model systems at finite temperatures using stochastic dynamics and mixed Monte Carlo algorithms. MacroModel supports Windows, Linux, macOS, Silicon Graphics (SGI) IRIX, and IBM AIX.

The Macromodel software package was first been described in the scientific literature in 1990, and has been subsequently acquired by Schrödinger, Inc. in 2000.

Key features

  • Implicit solvation (continuum solvation) model, Generalized Born model augmented with the hydrophobic solvent accessible surface area (SA) term (GBSA)
  • Force fields: MM2, MM3, AMBER, Merck Molecular Force Field (MMFF), OPLS
  • Molecular dynamics
  • Free energy perturbation

Known version history

  • 2013: version 10.0
  • 2012: version 9.9.2
  • 2011: version 9.9.1
  • 2010: version 9.8
  • 2009: version 9.7
  • 2008: version 9.6
  • 2007: version 9.5
  • 2006: version 9.1
  • 2005: version 9.0
  • 2004: version 8.5
  • 2003: version 8.1

References

References

  1. (May 1990). "MacroModel - an Integrated Software System for Modeling Organic and Bioorganic Molecules Using Molecular Mechanics". J. Comput. Chem..
  2. Mohamadi, Fariborz. (1990-05-01). "Macromodel—an integrated software system for modeling organic and bioorganic molecules using molecular mechanics". Journal of Computational Chemistry.
  3. "Overview {{!}} Schrödinger".
  4. (1990). "Semianalytical treatment of solvation for molecular mechanics and dynamics". J Am Chem Soc.
  5. (May 2008). "MM-GB/SA rescoring of docking poses in structure-based lead optimization". J Chem Inf Model.
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