thank you very much for your prompt reply!
if i just want to get the conformation change free energy, such as B --> B', how to do it ? is there a tutorial for it? with respect to
A + B --> AB', can i devise a process like this, A + B --> A + B' --> AB', to compute the overall free energy?
Junjian
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From: "David Case" <dacase.rci.rutgers.edu>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [AMBER] using thermodynamic integration,how to deal with absolute pka and conformation change
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> On Mar 16, 2011, at 8:58 AM, "Junjian Miao" <junjianmiao.gmail.com> wrote:
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>> regarding thermodynamic integration, i have a couple of questions, one is can i use it to simulate absolute pka, for example, CH3COOH + H2O -->
>> CH3COO- + H3O+ ?the tutorial A6 demonstrates how to simulate the relative pka, however no comments about absolute one.
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> You can't get absolute pKa's from molecular mechanics. Google on something like "DFT absolute pka".
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>> another is, for instance, as for reaction A + B --> AB', where the conformation of B changes significantly, in this case, how to simulate the reaction to get the absolute free energy?
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> There is no general answer, since it depends on the nature of A and B, and the amount of change. The mailing list is not a good way to get such general questions answered. Try to find papers or reviews that describe problems similar to yours.
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> ..dac
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