We evaluate neural network (NN) coarse-grained (CG) force fields compared to traditional CG molecular mechanics force fields. We conclude that NN force fields are able to extrapolate and sample from unseen regions of the free energy surface when trained with limited data. Our results come from 88 NN force fields trained on different combinations of clustered free energy surfaces from four protein mapped trajectories. We used a statistical measure named total variation similarity to assess the agreement between reference free energy surfaces from mapped atomistic simulations and CG simulations from trained NN force fields. Our conclusions support the hypothesis that NN CG force fields trained with samples from one region of the proteins’ free energy surface can, indeed, extrapolate to unseen regions. Additionally, the force matching error was found to only be weakly correlated with a force field’s ability to reconstruct the correct free energy surface.
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28 August 2023
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August 29 2023
Neural potentials of proteins extrapolate beyond training data
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Machine Learning Hits Molecular Simulations
Geemi P. Wellawatte
;
Geemi P. Wellawatte
(Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
1
Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester
, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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Glen M. Hocky
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Glen M. Hocky
(Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
2
Department of Chemistry, Simons Center for Computational Physical Chemistry, New York University
, New York, New York 10003, USA
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Andrew D. White
Andrew D. White
a)
(Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation)
3
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester
, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: andrew.white@rochester.edu
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a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: andrew.white@rochester.edu
J. Chem. Phys. 159, 085103 (2023)
Article history
Received:
February 20 2023
Accepted:
July 31 2023
Citation
Geemi P. Wellawatte, Glen M. Hocky, Andrew D. White; Neural potentials of proteins extrapolate beyond training data. J. Chem. Phys. 28 August 2023; 159 (8): 085103. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0147240
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