[gmx-users] RMSF analysis

[Justin Lemkul]

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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