Comparison of nucleic acid simulation software
This is a list of notable computer programs that are used for nucleic acids simulations.
- Min – Optimization
- MD – Molecular dynamics
- MC – Monte Carlo
- REM – Replica exchange method
- Crt – Cartesian coordinates
- Int – Internal coordinates
- Exp – Explicit water
- Imp – Implicit water
- Lig – Ligand interactions
- GPU – Hardware accelerated
| Name | View 3D | Model build | Min | MD | MC | REM | Crt | Int | Exp | Imp | Lig | GPU | Comments | License | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abalone | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | DNA, proteins, ligands | Free | Agile Molecule |
| AMBER | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | AMBER force field | Proprietary | ambermd.org |
| Ascalaph Designer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | AMBER | Free, GPL | biomolecular-modeling.com |
| CHARMM | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | CHARMM force field | Proprietary | charmm.org |
| CP2K | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Free, GPL | cp2k.org | |
| Forecaster (Fitted) | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Small molecule docking to nucleic acids with water placement | Free for academia, Proprietary | Molecular Forecaster Archived 2019-07-09 at the Wayback Machine |
| ICM | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Global optimization | Proprietary | Molsoft |
| JUMNA | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Proprietary | ||
| MDynaMix | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Common MD | Free, GPL | Stockholm University |
| Molecular Operating Environment (MOE) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Chemical Computing Group | |
| Nucleic Acid Builder (NAB) | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Generates models for unusual DNA, RNA | Free, GPL | New Jersey University |
| NAnoscale Molecular Dynamics (NAMD) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Fast, parallel MD, CUDA | Free | University of Illinois |
| oxDNA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Coarse-grained models of DNA, RNA | Free, GPL | dna.physics.ox.ac.uk |
| QRNAS | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | High resolution refinement of models of RNA, DNA and hybrids using AMBER force field . | Free, GPL | Genesilico Github |
| SimRNA | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Coarse grained modeling of RNA | Free for Academic, Proprietary | Genesilico |
| SimRNAweb | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Coarse grained modeling of RNA | Free | Genesilico |
| YASARA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Interactive simulations | Proprietary | www.YASARA.org |