[gmx-users] Hydrogen bonds

[Justin Lemkul]

On 7/4/15 3:05 AM, Dr. Seema Mishra wrote:
>   Thanks, I will try this option too. But now I would want to look at the particular hydrogen bonds between protein and ligand if these h bonds are present after the simulations. So, please let me know how can I interpret this data that I sent? ---
>

The index file produced by -hbn is meant to be used with the matrix produced by 
-hbm.  This shows a time series of the breaking and forming of each individual 
hydrogen bond, as listed in the index file from -hbn.

-Justin

>
>       On Saturday, 4 July 2015 11:49 AM, soumadwip ghosh <soumadwipghosh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>   Hi,
>    the -hbn option in g_hbond in connection to your issue of determining
> the hydrogen bond lifetime or stability does not tell you much. What you
> should be looking at is running the g_hbond with -ac flag which gives you
> the lifetime and H-bond formation energy between two groups specified by
> you in the index file using either a predetermined or the default distance
> and angle cut-off. GROMACS  obeys the Luzar and Chandler description of
> H-bond kinetics which considers the H-bonds labile and the lifetime of the
> same is calculated from the rate constants of H-bond breaking and
> re-forming.
>
> Cheers,
> Soumadwip
>

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Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow

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