[gmx-users] PMF trails off to infinity.

[Justin A. Lemkul]

On 7/2/12 9:54 AM, Laura Kingsley wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using steered MD and umbrella sampling to generate a PMF profile for
> pulling a small ligand 3 nm.  As I pull the ligand from 3A toward 0 A, the PMF
> starts  a dramatic uphill climb. This does not agree with the force profile
> which seems to level out. Any ideas about what might be going wrong here? I am
> thinking this probably isn't correct, but I don't know where I've messed up.
> Thanks! I can attach the graphs if necessary.
>

We'll probably need a better description of what you're doing, along with any 
applicable figures.  It sounds to me like your ligand is crashing into something 
in your system, but that's just a guess based on incomplete information.

-Justin

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