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Free-energy calculations - Theoretical Biophysics Group

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protein + ligand<br />

0<br />

∆ Aannihilation<br />

protein + nothing<br />

∆ Abinding<br />

∆ A =0<br />

∆ Arestrain<br />

<strong>Free</strong>-<strong>energy</strong> perturbation <strong>calculations</strong> “Alchemical transformations”<br />

protein ... ligand<br />

1<br />

∆ Aannihilation<br />

protein ... nothing<br />

27 GILSON ET AL. (1997); HERMANS, WANG (1997); DIXIT, CHIPOT (2001)<br />

28 DENG, ROUX (2009)<br />

The ligand in the binding pocket is annihilated from a<br />

strongly constrained position, whereas the free, unbound<br />

ligand can translate, rotate and isomerize freely during<br />

annihilation.<br />

This means that the thermodynamic cycle reflecting<br />

micro-reversibility of the transformations may not zero<br />

out unless proper corrections for the loss of translational,<br />

rotational and conformational entropies are taken into<br />

account. 27<br />

Under favorable circumstances, these corrections can be<br />

evaluated analytically. 28<br />

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

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