> I have some problem in ED analysis of my trajectory in ptraj.
> I used the following trajin script:
>
> trajin mdcrd
> rms first .CA
> matrix dist name distance .CA out dist-matrix
> matrix covar name covariance .CA out covar-matrix
> matrix correl name correlation .CA out correl-matrix
> analyze matrix covariance out evectors name evecs vecs 255
>
> The next problem are about "analyze modes fluct" and "anayze modes
> displ", Would you please tell me the physical or geometrical meaning of
> those commands and why the RMS of CA's for the bigger eigenvalues are
> smaller.
Try generating a massweighted covariance matrix (mwcovar) and
diagonalizing that one. In this case, eigenvalues are converted to
frequencies in cm^-1 before output, and low-frequency modes will result
in larger fluctuations than high-frequency modes with the analyze modes
command.
Best regards
Holger
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Dr. Holger Gohlke
J.W. Goethe-Universität
Fachbereich Biologie und Informatik
Institut für Mikrobiologie
Marie-Curie-Str. 9
60439 Frankfurt/Main
Germany
Tel.: (+49) 69-798-29411; Fax: (+49) 69-798-29826
Email: gohlke.bioinformatik.uni-frankfurt.de
URL: http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/~hgohlke
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