[gmx-users] Block averaging

Justin Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Fri Jun 24 13:21:43 CEST 2016



On 6/24/16 6:23 AM, sun wrote:
> Sir
> If I do averaging of no. of clusters in case of protein (increased no. of clusters as compared to pro-lig complex) at regular intervals of time, It will be sufficient to assess if my simulation is converged? In my case clustering in addition to secondary structure are conclusive parameters.
>

Whatever is physically/biologically meaningful for your system.

-Justin

>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 22-Jun-2016, at 7:09 pm, Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 6/22/16 5:02 AM, sun wrote:
>>> Hello users and experts I have completed a 200 ns protein ligand simulation
>>> using GROMOS 43a1 and Gromacs v 5.0. I expected to observe a conformational
>>> change in protein in the presence of ligand and the results are as expected
>>> and correlates to previous references as well. So, shall i believe that
>>> simulation is converged or there is need to do block averaging over time
>>> intervals? If block averaging is required, the parameters like RMSD and
>>> propensities for secondary structure are sufficient to conclude that
>>> simulation is converged? Or could anyone please tell me a suitable procedure
>>> for making blocks and how to average those. With Regards Suniba
>>
>> Just because a simulation produces expected results does not mean it is converged.  You must show that any quantities of interest from which you draw your conclusions, are not systematically varying with time.
>>
>> -Justin
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Justin A. Lemkul, Ph.D.
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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Pharmacy
Health Sciences Facility II, Room 629
University of Maryland, Baltimore
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