Abalone (molecular mechanics)
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Developer(s)Agile Molecule
Initial release2006
Stable release
2.1.4.2
Operating systemWindows XP/7/8/10
| Developer(s) | Agile Molecule |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2006 |
| Stable release | 2.1.4.2
|
| Operating system | Windows XP/7/8/10 |
| Platform | x86, Nvidia GPU CUDA |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Molecular dynamics, molecular graphics |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |


Abalone is a general purpose molecular dynamics and molecular graphics program for simulations of bio-molecules in a periodic boundary conditions in explicit (flexible SPC water model[1]) or in implicit water models.[2] Mainly designed to simulate the protein folding and DNA-ligand complexes in AMBER force field.
- 3D molecular graphics
- Automatic Force Field generator for bioelements: H, C, N, O
- Building and editing chemical structures
- Library of building blocks
- Force fields: Assisted Model Building with Energy Refinement (AMBER) 94, 96, 99SB, 03; Optimized Potentials for Liquid Simulations (OPLS)
- Geometry optimizing
- Molecular dynamics with multiple time step integrator
- Hybrid Monte Carlo
- Replica exchange[3]
- Interface with quantum chemistry - ORCA, NWChem, Firefly (PC GAMESS), CP2K
- GPU accelerated molecular modeling