Nick wrote:
Dear experts,
1- I am trying to get interaction energies between solute (3 chains A)
and solvent 50 molecules B. In the index file I created two groups: one
for all atoms of [A] and and [B] for all solvent molecules. and by
setting A and B as energy groups in mdp file I am getting break down as
A-A, A-B and B-B with g_energy.
I am a little confused as I dont know if I need to create different
groups for my solute to get interaction energies A-A, A-B and B-B. I
mean do I need to have [A1] for solute chain 1 ...[A3] for chain 3?
If you want a breakdown of per-chain energetics, then yes, specify each chain as
a group. The programs will only do what you tell them, nothing more, nothing less.
and then sent A1, A2, A3 in mdp file and run g_energy? if I need to
specify different chains, then to get say A-A should I average over all
possible A1-A2, A1A3, A2-A3, A1-B, A2,B...? I am really confused ..
Theoretically, the short-range terms should sum, not average.
2- I know it is naive question but What does A1-A1 mean? How can one
chain interact with itself?
Without knowing what the chain is, no one can answer this. Generally, any atoms
that are within the short-range cutoff and further away than nrexcl bonds
contribute to short-range interactions. Long-range interactions (i.e., PME
terms) happen too, but you can't decompose that term with energygrps.
3- Do I need to use mdrun - rerun option to get beakdown or just
g_energy gives what I need?
You need to -rerun. g_energy does not take an index file, and it only analyzes
existing groups, it cannot derive new ones.
-Justin
Thanks for your help
Paniz
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Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
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