Free-energy calculations - Theoretical Biophysics Group
Free-energy calculations - Theoretical Biophysics Group
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>