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Free-energy calculations - Theoretical Biophysics Group

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Reaction coordinate–based free-<strong>energy</strong> <strong>calculations</strong> Hydrophobic hydration<br />

56 SHIRTS ET AL. (2003)<br />

Translocation of a single methane molecule across a<br />

water–air interface, using unconstrained MD and the average<br />

force exerted along ξ, the direction normal to the<br />

aqueous interface.<br />

The free <strong>energy</strong> difference between the tail–ends of the<br />

PMF yields the hydration free <strong>energy</strong>: +2.4±0.4 kcal/mol<br />

(exp. +2.0 kcal/mol).<br />

FEP creation and annihilation of methane in vacuum and<br />

in water. 1.02 ns forward and reverse simulations.<br />

∆G hydr = +2.5±0.4 kcal/mol.<br />

This agrees nicely with the recent estimate of<br />

+2.44 kcal/mol, based on a 73.2 ns simulation. 56<br />

Chris Chipot <strong>Free</strong>-<strong>energy</strong> <strong>calculations</strong>

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