[gmx-users] 回复:Re: 回复:Re: Mixing rule between organic and inorganic units

[Justin Lemkul]

On 8/13/18 11:47 AM, Baolin Huang wrote:
> Hi all，
> That is a pure simulation work，no experimental data. The reviewer doubt the Lorentz-Berthelot combination rule for calculating the interaction energy between BMP-2 and HAP. I have to persuade the reviewer that the mixing rule works well in the BMP-2/HAP system.

I understand your problem. If the reviewer doesn't believe the model, 
you have to convince them that the model works using something that is 
known, experimentally. If you don't have that, you can't convince anyone 
that your model is right.

-Justin

> Thanks for your help.
> Baolin
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> On 8/13/18 11:28 AM, Baolin Huang wrote:
>> Hi，
>> I calculated the interaction energy（actually van der Waals part and electrostatic part），Rg，RMSD，and RMSF.
>> regards，
> I wouldn't think any of those are necessarily meaningful (interaction
> energy almost certainly isn't, and a decomposition between vdW and
> electrostatics definitely means nothing). Rg might be useful if there is
> an experimental quantity with which to compare.
>
> The broader point is: you have to prove that your physical model
> reproduces some known quantity before you can start making predictions
> about others. If there's a known defect in treating energetics (which
> should be compared with free energies of binding, etc.) then none of the
> outcomes you generate are reliable. That seems to be your reviewer's
> problem.
>
> -Justin
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>> 发送时间：2018年8月13日(星期一) 晚上11:02
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>> Hi,
>>
>> What experimental data can you replicate to show the model is valid?
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 17:34 Baolin Huang <hblin at gzhu.edu.cn> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>      I studied the interactions between BMP-2 (protein) and hydroxyapatite
>>> (HAP, inorganic material) by GROMACS with the OPLS-AA force field. The
>>> mixing rule was the Lorentz-Berthelot combination. A reviewer commented
>>> that 'The interaction of organic molecule on inorganic material needs
>>> careful treatment in classical MD simulation since it is well known that
>>> the mixing rule does not work well.'
>>>      How to answer this comment? How to validate the mixing rule is suitable
>>> to calculate the interaction between organic and inorganic units?
>>>
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
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>>> Dr. Baolin Huang
>>> Lecturer, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University
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