On 10/9/13 3:29 PM, Sainitin Donakonda wrote:
Hi all,
I recently performed MD simulation of protein - ligand complex..and
analyzed its trajectory using RMSF tool in gromacs.
This analysis revealed particular residue in binding site of protein showed
quite high fluctuation around 0.30 nm but other residues were in range of
0.15 to 0.20
Can any body explain why this particular residue have high RMSF value in
compared to other residues
Doubtful, at least not without considerably more information. What functional
significance does it have, if any? What is the residue? What did you measure -
RMSF of the whole residue, just the backbone, just C-alpha, etc?
Higher RMSF means the residue flops around more, i.e. your outcome indicates
that the residue deviates from the average position to a greater extent than the
other residues. Whether or not this actually means anything at all depends on
your knowledge of the nature of the protein-ligand complex and the answers to
the questions posed above.
-Justin
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