[MMTK] MMTK questions

[Nathalie Reuter]

hi Matias,

>
>I use Amber94, because i need to consider all the
>intramolecular interactions detail.
>
Then, in theory you have to minimize every time you make a change to 
your structure. You need to obtain a minimum on the potential energy 
surface (in order to ensure that the harmonic approximation is valid).

Nathalie


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>--- Nathalie Reuter <Nathalie.Reuter at bccs.uib.no>
>wrote:
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>>Hi Matias,
>>
>>what force field do you use to perform the normal
>>modes calculation?
>>
>>Regards,
>>Nathalie
>>
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>>Matias Saavedra wrote:
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>>>Hi, two simple questions:
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>>>1) If i minimize a protein system, i perform a
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>>Normal
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>>>Modes analysis, and the i make a single mutation in
>>>the already minimized system, to perform a new
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>>Normal
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>>>Modes analysis... the results of the second
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>>analysis,
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>>>in terms of deformations energies or amplitudes,
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>>are
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>>>comparable to the results of the first one? I ask
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>>that
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>>>because i know that deformation energies and
>>>amplitudes of movement are system-dependent
>>>(qualitative), and can not be directly compared
>>>between diferent systems (proteins)... but what
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>>about
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>>>a system that have been slightly modified by a
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>>single
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>>>mutation?
>>>
>>>2) Can i use the minimized protein to make a single
>>>mutation and then perform directly a new Normal
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>>Modes
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>>>analysis without the need of a new minimization
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>>step?
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>>>(i want to perform several Normal modes analysis in
>>>proteins modified by single mutations, and i want
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>>to
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>>>avoid the time consuming minimization at each
>>>analysis).
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>>>thanks.
>>>
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