Re: [AMBER] Setting MM-PBSA script

From: Hai Nguyen <nhai.qn.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 14:15:46 -0400

hi

is the ddG number (1000 kcal/mol) from GB or PB calculation? If from GB
(igb=8), can you give it a try with igb=5 (to make sure
there is no bug with igb=8 code). But other might know better than I do
with MMPB(GB)SA.

Hai

On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Jag Silwal <jagsilwal.gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I ran a simulation for protein complexes which includes four chains as
> shown below. Protein "C" is a dimer and protein A binds to protein C and I
> am interested to run MM-PBSA to estimate binding free energy between
> protein A and protein C in its dimeric form.
> Fo MM-PBSA, I created a separate PDB file for A and another PDB file with
> the rest of the proteins (C-C dimer +another A). Then for the MMPBSA
> command I treated A as the ligand protein and C-C dimer + A as receptor
> protein. I ran with the following script:
>
>
> &general
> |startframe=4501, endframe=5550, interval=5,
> |verbose=2, keep_files=2, strip_mask=':WAT,CL',
> |/
> |&gb
> |igb=8, saltcon=0.150,
> |/
> |&pb
> |inp=1, radiopt=0, istrng=0.15, fillratio=4.0
> |/
>
>
> When the run was done I checked the Delta delta G and it came to be about
> 1000 kcal/mol which I think is way too high for the interface.
> Previously, I have separately ran and analyzed the Delta delta G without
> the dimer where there is only one A and one C the Delta delta G was -60
> kcal/mol.
>
> So I am sure I am not either setting these different PDBs right or may be I
> am missing something important while setting up for MM-PB/GBSA analysis.
> How do I approach this problem?
>
> Any insight would be really appreciated.
>
>
>
> [image: Inline image 2]
>
>
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jag
> Graduate Student,
> Michigan State University
> Department of Chemistry
>
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