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Difference between relax and mimimize_with_cst

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Difference between relax and mimimize_with_cst
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Hi all,

Reading the documentation of the ddg_monomer application I noticed that minimize_with_cst is needed to reduce collisions that result in a high free-energy score. For some structures I already used the relax application to achieve this. Hence my questions:

1. What does minimize_with_cst do? And how does it differ from what the relax application does?
2. Can I use my relaxed structure as input to a low res ddg_monomer run?

Looking forward to hear from you.

Cheers,
Bastiaan

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Thu, 2012-02-09 00:16
basvandenberg

As far as I can tell, minimize_with_cst does what it says on the tin. It imposes harmonic constraints on all C-alpha/C-alpha distances, and then minimizes the structure.

Relax, on the other hand, does cycles of repacking and minimization with ramping repulsive values. By default, no constraints are added during relax, although they're available as options. This is a much more aggressive optimization, and has the potential to substantially alter the conformation of the structure.

If you've examined the relaxed structure and are satisfied that it's reasonably close to the experimental structure, I would imagine that it could be used instead of minimize_with_cst, as the structure would definitely be minimized. I don't think this sort of preparation has been tested, though, so I can't say if it would have the same correlation to experimental data as the standard minimize_with_cst/ddg_monomer approach does.

Thu, 2012-02-09 11:18
rmoretti