[gmx-users] Re: energy group exclusions

[Justin A. Lemkul]

Sikandar Mashayak wrote:
> Also, what about non-bonded interactions within the protein? Does 
> exclusion group only exclude the non-bonded interactions between two 
> different molecules and non-bonded interactions within the single 
> molecule atoms are still computed?
> 

Nonbonded interactions are excluded between each defined pair.  Therefore, with

energygrp_excl = Protein Protein SOL SOL

you are excluding all nonbonded interactions between protein atoms (Protein 
Protein pair) and between solvent atoms (SOL SOL pair).  Protein-solvent 
interactions are calculated.  The use of energygrp_excl (as documented) 
indicates that only nonbonded interactions are affected.  That is, bonded 
energies should still be calculated for all groups.

-Justin

> On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Sikandar Mashayak 
> <symashayak at gmail.com <mailto:symashayak at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi
> 
>     When we define energy group exclusions e.g. like in manual energygrp
>     excl = Protein Protein SOL SOL 
>     and do md rerun, then only non-bonded interactions between Protein
>     and SOL are computed. I am wondering what happens to bonded
>     interactions within the protein, do they contribute to energies even
>     though we have excluded protein-protein interactions?
> 
>     thanks
>     sikandar
> 
> 

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Virginia Tech
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