[gmx-users] protein protein interaction: side chain contribution

[Justin Lemkul]

On 7/3/17 4:20 AM, Tushar Ranjan Moharana wrote:
> Hi all,
> I want to know the contribution of various amino acid side chain in complex
> that composed of 2 proteins. I used GROMOS53a6 forcefiel for the
> simulation. All parameters are as recommended by the concerned paper. I
> made separate index groups for each amino acid side chain and the proteins.
> I calculated Coulomb and LJ interaction using gmx energ between the amino
> acid and the interacting protein. Following are few results, I obtained:
> 
> Energy                      Average   Err.Est.       RMSD  Tot-Drift
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------------
> Coul-SR:161TYR-Protein_B   -74.0397        1.9    17.8364    8.11782
> (kJ/mol)
> LJ-SR:161TYR-Protein_B     -49.535        1.5    10.2926    2.73416
> (kJ/mol)
> Coul-14:161TYR-Protein_B          0          0          0          0
> (kJ/mol)
> LJ-14:161TYR-Protein_B    -1.20657      0.088   0.533195   0.474622
> (kJ/mol)
> 
> where Protein_B is the other protein in the complex. I have following
> doubts.
> 1) Energy I obtained looks too high to me. Is everything correct? I
> searched for information but couldn't get much, so don't know what should
> be the ideal values. Results might be correct but I am not sure.
> 

I don't know how you're making this assessment.  Your numbers look to be of 
reasonable magnitude, though I'm not sure how you have a 1-4 term between 
different protein units.  Check your index groups.

> 2) How can I calculate kinetic energy of the amino acid side chain? gmx
> traj or energy(after saving only desired atoms in the trajectory) which one
> will be more meaning full?
> 

You can do it either way, but I would argue that neither is actually meaningful.

-Justin

> Kindly help me at least in the first question. Any kind of
> informations/suggestions are most welcom.
> 
> Thanks for your valuable time and efforts.
> 
> 
> "A society with free knowledge is better than a society with free food"
> 

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