[gmx-users] Effect of a single mutation in a protein

[Justin Lemkul]

On 3/26/14, 2:24 PM, Pappu Kumar wrote:
> I have already used g_hbond. I am not sure how accurate is the H-bond lifetime calculation. Also the trajectory snapshots need to be saved quite often. Could you tell me how to interpret output from g_hbond -ac :
>

There should be references provided in the g_hbond output when calculating 
lifetimes.  At the very least, they're in the manual.  So you can determine for 
yourself how reliable the outcome is.

> @ s0 legend "Ac\sfin sys\v{}\z{}(t)"
> @ s1 legend "Ac(t)"
> @ s2 legend "Cc\scontact,hb\v{}\z{}(t)"
> @ s3 legend "-dAc\sfs\v{}\z{}/dt"
>

Plotting these data sets in XmGrace will clear things up.

> Could you tell me how to  project the configurations of the mutant simulation on WT PC1? Are you aware of any paper where I can read more about it? Can I compare the PC1 vs PC2 in case of WT and mutant?
>

See g_anaeig -h, as well as previous discussions in the list archive on doing this.

>
> I am trying to find out how such mutation buried inside the protein away from the ligand binding pocket can influence the function of the protein. I actually see some changes in the positon of the bound ATP in the mutant compared to the WT. But I am not sure how reliable it is due to the inaccuracies in parameterization.
>

Well, if your parametrization is inaccurate and you know it is, what use are the 
simulations?  Or are you just wondering if there is a possibility of 
inaccuracies?  Either way, that's something that should be sorted out long 
before doing any real simulations :)

>
> I also calculated the Gibbs free energy landscape by g_sham using Rg and RMSD. The value varies from 0-6.5 kJ/mol in both cases but the regions with ~0 kJ/mol has changed.
>

Do the proteins unfold?  If not, I doubt Rg vs. RMSD is a very sensitive metric 
of anything.  You can, of course, map back the locations of the energy minima to 
see if there are any interesting differences there, but such a plot (Rg vs. 
RMSD) is probably only useful in protein (un)folding simulations.

-Justin

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