Fwd: [gmx-users] umbrella Sampling and PMF- Error estimation

[Justin Lemkul]

On 7/31/13 10:19 AM, Mohsen Ramezanpour wrote:
> Dear Dr.Justin
>
> I read that article, It was very helpful. Thanks a lot.
> After using g_wham with bootstrapping options.
> I have got an averaged PMF profile (like Fig.2C in that article) and
> an standard deviation (like Fig.2D In that article) which obtained in
> this way.
> As you see, the standard deviation is equal to zero at Z=1.5 nm
> (because I defined all PMFs as Zero at that point) and it is around 2
> kj/mol in Z=0.25
>
> Since I am interested to Gibbs Binding Free Energy(GBFE) (the
> difference between the Gibbs energy of these points, Z=.0.25 &1.5 nm),
> Is it right to say the error for estimating of GBFE is 2 kj/mol ?
>

I would suggest you do a bit of reading about propagation of error, and you will 
have your answer.

-Justin

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