Re: [AMBER] The validity of a per-residue decomposition in amber

From: g t <sketchfoot.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:13:26 +0100

Hi!

Thanks very much for your reply. do you know of any papers that deal with
this? I had a hunt, but I didn't find anything.

Best regards,
GT

On 30 March 2011 14:47, Carlos Simmerling <carlos.simmerling.gmail.com>wrote:

> yes you are correct. free energy decomposition is an approximation
> that can help you gain insight into the system behavior, but you
> should not view them as quantitative values. They can indeed be path
> dependent.
>
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:36 AM, g t <sketchfoot.gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I was wondering how free energies can be decomposed into free energy
> values
> > on a per-residue basis using thermodynamic integration.
> Thermodynamically,
> > isn't the free energy a state function that describes the system as a
> whole?
> > How can this value be broken down on a per-residue basis? Sorry if my
> > question is ignorant, but I do not have that much experience with amber.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > GT
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