Re: AMBER: constant-pH MD with replica exchange

From: Adrian Roitberg <roitberg.qtp.ufl.edu>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:55:18 -0400

Carlos Simmerling wrote:
> why doesn't it work standard?
> is there something other than energy needed for exchange
> is it because the reps might have different protonation?
exactly !

as I wrote: "Since the protonation state of a residue can be different
in different temperatures, one needs to be very careful with the
exchange equations, but it all works out ok." ;-)


.

>
> On 10/11/07, Adrian Roitberg <roitberg.qtp.ufl.edu> wrote:
>> Maciek,
>>
>> We have been working on this, and will be sending a paper out next week
>> for publication.
>>
>> Basically, Amber 9 cannot do this as distributed, but we hope to have
>> the code in for the next release.
>>
>> Doing constant pH and replica exchange in pH space turns out to be
>> inefficient in terms of sampling conformational space.
>>
>> So, what we do is to run constant pH MD doing REMD at different
>> temperatures. Since the protonation state of a residue can be different
>> in different temperatures, one needs to be very careful with the
>> exchange equations, but it all works out ok.
>>
>> Adrian
>>
>>
>> Maciej Dlugosz wrote:
>>> Dear Amber developers/users:
>>>
>>> Is this possible to run constant-pH MD with
>>> replica exchange?
>>> Has anyone tried?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> maciek
>>>
>>>
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                            Dr. Adrian E. Roitberg
                              Associate Professor
               Quantum Theory Project and Department of Chemistry
University of Florida                         PHONE 352 392-6972
P.O. Box 118435                               FAX   352 392-8722
Gainesville, FL 32611-8435                    Email adrian.qtp.ufl.edu
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