Mgr. Marie Zgarbová, Ph.D.
Tel: 58 563 4766, E-mail: marie.zgarbova@upol.cz, Room: 3.007
Research interests- structure and dynamics of nucleic acids
- force field development
- reference QM calculations
- 2007 − 2011 Ph.D., Physical chemistry, Palacký University Olomouc
- 2002 – 2007 M.Sc., Education of mathematics and chemistry, Palacký University Olomouc
- 2013 - Assistant professor, Department of Physical Chemistry, Palacký University Olomouc
- 2012 - Junior Researcher, Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Olomouc
- 2009 – 2011 Junior Researcher, Department of Physical Chemistry, Palacký University Olomouc
- 2010 (Sep-Nov) and 2011 (Jan-Feb) – Stay at Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, group of prof. F. Javier Luque (HPC-EUROPA2 visit)
- 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 - Stay at Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, group of prof. F. Javier Luque
- prof. F. Javier Luque – Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona
- Dr. Carles Curutchet - Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona
- prof. Thomas E. Cheatham, III. – Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah
- GACR (14-29874P) - Toward Improved Description of Nucleic Acid Backbone: Developing Force Field Torsion Parameters. (PI, 1.3 MCZK), 2014-2016
Publications
2019
- Kührová P, Mlýnský V, Zgarbová M, Krepl M, Bussi G, Best RB, Otyepka M, Šponer J, Banáš P: Improving the Performance of the Amber RNA Force Field by Tuning the Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 15(5), 3288-3305, 2019. (DOI)
2018
- Zgarbová M, Jurečka P, Šponer J, Otyepka M: A- to B-DNA Transition in AMBER Force Fields and its Coupling to Sugar Pucker. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 14(1), 319–328, 2018. (DOI)
2017
- Šponer J, Krepl M, Banáš P, Kührová P, Zgarbová M, Jurečka P, Havrila M, Otyepka M: How to understand atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of RNA and protein– RNA complexes? WIREs RNA, 8(3), e1405, 2017. (DOI)
- Zgarbová M, Jurečka P, Banáš P, Havrila M, Šponer J, Otyepka M: Noncanonical α/γ Backbone Conformations in RNA and the Accuracy of Their Description by the AMBER Force Field. J. Phys. Chem. B, 121(11), 2420–2433, 2017. (DOI)
- Zgarbová M, Jurečka P, Lankaš F, Cheatham TE, Šponer J, Otyepka M: Influence of BII Backbone Substates on DNA Twist: A Unified View and Comparison of Simulation and Experiment for all 136 Distinct Tetranucleotide Sequences. J. Chem. Inf. Model., 57(2), 275–287, 2017. (DOI)
2016
- Dršata T, Zgarbová M, Jurečka P, Šponer J, Lankaš F: On the Use of Molecular Dynamics Simulations for Probing Allostery through DNA. Biophys. J., 110(4), 874–876, 2016. (DOI)
- Galindo-Murillo R, Robertson JC, Zgarbová M, Šponer J, Otyepka M, Jurečka P, Cheatham TE: Assessing the current state of AMBER force field modifications for DNA. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 12(8), 4114–4127, 2016. (DOI)
2015
- Havrila M, Zgarbová M, Jurečka P, Banáš P, Krepl M, Otyepka M, Šponer J: Microsecond-Scale MD Simulations of HIV-1 DIS Kissing-Loop Complexes Predict Bulged-In Conformation of the Bulged Bases and Reveal Interesting Differences Between Available Variants of the AMBER RNA Force Fields. J. Phys. Chem. B, 119, 15176−15190, 2015. (DOI)
- Mlýnský V, Kührová P, Zgarbová M, Jurečka P, Walter NG, Otyepka M, Šponer J, Banáš P: Reactive Conformation of the Active Site in the Hairpin Ribozyme Achieved by Molecular Dynamics Simulations with $epsilon$/$zeta$ Force Field Reparametrizations. J. Phys. Chem. B., 119(11), 4220-4229, 2015. (DOI)
- Zgarbová M, Rosnik AM, Luque FJ, Curutchet C, Jurečka P: Transferability and additivity of dihedral parameters in polarizable and nonpolarizable empirical force fields. J. Comput. Chem., 36(25), 1874-1884, 2015. (DOI)
- Zgarbová M, Šponer J, Otyepka M, Cheatham TE, Galindo-Murillo R, Jurečka P: Refinement of the Sugar-Phosphate Backbone Torsion Beta for the AMBER Force Fields Improves the Description of Z-DNA and B-DNA. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 11(12), 5723–5736, 2015. (DOI)
2014
- Dršata T, Špačková N, Jurečka P, Zgarbová M, Šponer J, Lankaš F: Mechanical properties of symmetric and asymmetric DNA A-tracts: implications for looping and nucleosome positioning. Nucleic Acids Res., 42(11), 7383-7394, 2014. (DOI)
- Dršata T, Zgarbová M, Špačková N, Jurečka P, Šponer J, Lankaš F: Mechanical Model of DNA Allostery. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 5(21), 3831-3835, 2014. (DOI)
- Mládek A, Banáš P, Jurečka P, Otyepka M, Zgarbová M, Šponer J: Energies and 2′-Hydroxyl Group Orientations of RNA Backbone Conformations. Benchmark CCSD(T)/CBS Database, Electronic Analysis, and Assessment of DFT Methods and MD Simulations. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 10(1), 463-480, 2014. (DOI)
- Šponer J, Banáš P, Jurečka P, Zgarbová M, Kührová P, Havrila M, Krepl M, Stadlbauer P, Otyepka M: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nucleic Acids. From Tetranucleotides to the Ribosome. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 5(10), 1771-1782, 2014. (DOI)
- Zgarbová M, Otyepka M, Šponer J, Lankaš F, Jurečka P: Base Pair Fraying in Molecular Dynamics Simulations of DNA and RNA. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 10(8), 3177-3189, 2014. (DOI)
2013
- Mládek A, Krepl M, Svozil D, Čech P, Otyepka M, Banáš P, Zgarbová M, Jurečka P, Šponer J: Benchmark quantum-chemical calculations on a complete set of rotameric families of the DNA sugar–phosphate backbone and their comparison with modern density functional theory. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 15(19), 7295-7310, 2013. (DOI)
- Zgarbová M, Luque FJ, Šponer J, Cheatham TE, Otyepka M, Jurečka P: Toward Improved Description of DNA Backbone: Revisiting Epsilon and Zeta Torsion Force Field Parameters. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 9(5), 2339-2354, 2013. (DOI)
2012
- Banáš P, Mládek A, Otyepka M, Zgarbová M, Jurečka P, Svozil D, Lankaš F, Šponer J: Can We Accurately Describe the Structure of Adenine Tracts in B-DNA? Reference Quantum-Chemical Computations Reveal Overstabilization of Stacking by Molecular Mechanics. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 8(7), 2448-2460, 2012. (DOI)
- Krepl M, Zgarbová M, Stadlbauer P, Otyepka M, Banáš P, Koča J, Cheatham TE, Jurečka P, Šponer J: Reference Simulations of Noncanonical Nucleic Acids with Different chi Variants of the AMBER Force Field: Quadruplex DNA, Quadruplex RNA, and Z-DNA. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 8(7), 2506-2520, 2012. (DOI)
- Šponer J, Mládek A, Šponer JE, Svozil D, Zgarbová M, Banáš P, Jurečka P, Otyepka M: The DNA and RNA sugar–phosphate backbone emerges as the key player. An overview of quantum-chemical, structural biology and simulation studies. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 14(44), 15257-15277, 2012. (DOI)
- Zgarbová M, Luque FJ, Šponer J, Otyepka M, Jurečka P: A Novel Approach for Deriving Force Field Torsion Angle Parameters Accounting for Conformation-Dependent Solvation Effects. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 8(9), 3232-3242, 2012. (DOI)
2011
- Zgarbová M, Jurečka P, Banáš P, Otyepka M, Šponer JE, Leontis NB, Zirbel CL, Šponer J: Noncanonical Hydrogen Bonding in Nucleic Acids. Benchmark Evaluation of Key Base–Phosphate Interactions in Folded RNA Molecules Using Quantum-Chemical Calculations and Molecular Dynamics Simulations. J. Phys. Chem. A, 115(41), 11277-11292, 2011. (DOI)
- Zgarbová M, Otyepka M, Šponer J, Mládek A, Banáš P, Cheatham TE, Jurečka P: Refinement of the Cornell et al. Nucleic Acids Force Field Based on Reference Quantum Chemical Calculations of Glycosidic Torsion Profiles. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 7(9), 2886-2902, 2011. (DOI)
2010
- Banáš P, Hollas D, Zgarbová M, Jurečka P, Orozco M, Cheatham TE, Šponer J, Otyepka M: Performance of Molecular Mechanics Force Fields for RNA Simulations: Stability of UUCG and GNRA Hairpins. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 6(12), 3836-3849, 2010. (DOI)
- Zgarbová M, Otyepka M, Šponer J, Hobza P, Jurečka P: Large-scale compensation of errors in pairwise-additive empirical force fields: comparison of AMBER intermolecular terms with rigorous DFT-SAPT calculations. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 12(35), 10476-10493, 2010. (DOI)
2009
- Šponer J, Zgarbová M, Jurečka P, Riley KE, Šponer JE, Hobza P: Reference Quantum Chemical Calculations on RNA Base Pairs Directly Involving the 2′-OH Group of Ribose. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 5(4), 1166-1179, 2009. (DOI)