Graphics processing unit accelerated coarse-grained protein-protein docking

Includes abstract. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves [187]-202). === In this work, we describe a Graphics processing unit (GPU) implementation of the Kim-Hummer coarse-grained model for protein docking simulations, using a Replica Exchange Monte-Carlo (REMC) method. Our highly parallel...

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Main Author: Tunbridge, Ian William
Other Authors: Kuttel, Michelle Mary
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11670
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Summary:Includes abstract. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves [187]-202). === In this work, we describe a Graphics processing unit (GPU) implementation of the Kim-Hummer coarse-grained model for protein docking simulations, using a Replica Exchange Monte-Carlo (REMC) method. Our highly parallel implementation vastly increases the size- and time scales accessible to molecular simulation. We describe in detail the complex process of migrating the algorithm to a GPU as well as the effect of various GPU approaches and optimisations on algorithm speed-up.