Dear Andrea,
Definitely it is affecting the results. I have done some simulations using
GB approach with and without dummy atoms. Normally a dummy atom should not
affect the energy values, but because of the calculation of the solvent
accessible surface area will include the dummy atom, it will. The EGB
terms with/without dummy atoms were different in my test cases.
Moreover, I dont think that someone can use implicit solvent approach with
TI in Amber 8 (if there are dummy atoms in both states). Amber 9 is
working, except the problem I described above. I am trying to play with
the source code to solve this problem, but if anyone gave any thoughts
about this issue, I will be happy to hear their ideas/suggestions.
Best,
On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Andrea Bortolato wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am doing TI and MMPBSA studies on a set of inhibitors.
>
> I was wondering if the presence of dummy atoms (necessary for the TI) can
> influence the results of MMPBSA study, for example the solvent-accessible-surface-area.
>
> Many thanks,
> Andrea Bortolato
>
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