Re: ABF on a single molecule

From: Chris Chipot (Christophe.Chipot_at_edam.uhp-nancy.fr)
Date: Sun Nov 05 2006 - 03:26:53 CST

Ugur,

writing of comprehensive ABF tutorial is currently underway. What I
can tell you from now is that according to your message, if you want
to define as a reaction coordinate the projection onto the z-axis of
the vector that connects the COM of your molecule to that of your
channel - the latter COM being evaluated from a subset of atoms -
you ought to use:

abf coordinate zCoord
abf abf1 {indices of atoms forming the COM of the
                          channel (no comas needed)}
abf abf2 {indices of atoms forming the COM of the
                          molecule diffusing in the channel}

Chris Chipot

Ugur Akgun wrote:

> I am using ABF for the first time, I am trying to move a single molecule
> through the z-axis of a channel to get the free energy profile. I could
> not figure out how to create the conf file.
> Is there any example you can share?
> thank you

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