Re: [AMBER] Energy units in mm-pbsa calculations

From: Ray Luo <ray.luo.uci.edu>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:48:28 -0700

> I am doing a stability calculation of a protein using mm-pbsa.pl module of
> AMBER9. What are the units of GBTOT and PBTOT. Is it kcal/mol ?

Yes.
> Also I have performed the calculations over snapshots collected from different
> time intervals of the trajectory e.g. 5-7ns, 10-13 ns and 15-17 ns. I get
> different values for GBTOT and PBTOT for each set. However, GBTOT and PBTOT
> within a set are highly convergent. Can this effect arise due to small
> conformation changes within a simulation.
>
This is normal and that's why you need to make sure your average numbers
are converged.

All the best,
Ray

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Ray Luo, Ph.D.
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Dept of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Dept of Biomedical Engineering
University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3900
Email: rluo.uci.edu Phones: (949) 824-9528, 9562
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