[gmx-users] potential energy between 2 energy group

[Justin Lemkul]

On 3/3/16 2:12 AM, Tushar Ranjan Moharana wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> I want to calculate potential energy between 2 coils of the same protein. I
> made 2 energy groups one for each coil and use gmx energy and got the
> following energy terms:
>
> Energy                      Average   Err.Est.       RMSD  Tot-Drift
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Coul-SR:coil1-coil2    -85.7567        1.2    10.3342    5.15837  (kJ/mol)
> LJ-SR:coil1-coil2      -22.9698       0.56    6.46579   -3.33975  (kJ/mol)
> Coul-14:coil1-coil2              0        0.0      0.0             0.0
>       (kJ/mol)
> LJ-14:coil1-coil2                  0        0.0     0.0              0.0
>         (kJ/mol)
>
>
>
> *Now my doubt is can I say the addition of above energy is the net
> potential energy between those 2 groups? Does this (Coul-SR) includes

It's the short-range interaction energy.  That may or may not reflect something 
that has any physical meaning.

> hydrogen bond energy also? If not then how can I calculate it? *
>

Hydrogen bonds are primarily electrostatic in nature.  There's no discrete 
energy term for it, but it's included in what you've calculated.

>
> *I used gmx hbond -temp 298 (298 is the temperature) after selecting groups
> I got following result:*Hydrogen bond thermodynamics at T = 298 K
> Fitting parameters chi^2 = 0.000649398
> Q =          0
> --------------------------------------------------
> Type      Rate (1/ps) Time (ps)  DG (kJ/mol)  Chi^2
> Forward         0.022     45.795      14.000  0.000649398
> Backward       -0.063    -15.875    -666.000
> One-way         0.043     23.120      12.306
> Integral       -0.039    -25.489    -666.000
> Relaxation      0.052     19.113      11.835
>
> *Can we calculate hydrogen bond energy from this? If not then what these
> terms are.   *
>

I suggest you read the reference to the method you're trying to use before using it.

-Justin

> Thanks for your valuable advice.
>
>
>
> "A society with free knowledge is better than a society with free food"
>
> Tushar Ranjan Moharana
> B. Tech, NIT Warangal
> Ph D Student, CCMB
>

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