problem in calculating binding energy using MMGBSA with namd-2.9

From: Shailesh Pandey (shaileshp51_at_gmail.com)
Date: Mon Sep 01 2014 - 07:31:34 CDT

Dear all,

I have performed MD simulation with explicit water of receptor(P),
ligand(L) and complex(PL) each of hundreds of ns, now I want to calculate
binding energy using MMPB(GB)SA combined with quasiharmonic approach for
considering entropic contribution:

delta(G) = delta(H) - T delta(S) = delta(Emm) + delta(Gpb/gb) + delta(Gsa)
– T delta(S)

Firstly, I tried to use single trajectory protocol for calculation with GB,
with this approach delta(Emm) is ~zero

I used GB implemented in NAMD with following set of parameters for

delta(Emm) + delta(Gpb/gb) = E_complex – (E_receptor + E_ligand),

where E_x is different bonded(bonds, angle, dihed, improp) and
non-bonded(electrostatics, vdw) energy components.

# parameters are as below

structure complex_nowater.psf

paraTypeCharmm on

parameters par_all27_prot_lipid_na.inp

numsteps 1

outputname namd-pept-temp

temperature 0

COMmotion yes

dielectric 1.0

#######################################################################

gbis on

alphaCutoff 12.0

ionConcentration 0.000002

# Force-Field Parameters

exclude scaled1-4

1-4scaling 1.0

cutoff 14.0

switching on

switchdist 13.0

pairlistdist 16.0

nonbondedFreq 1

sasa off

################## Specific to system Complex ##########

pairInteraction on
pairInteractionGroup1 1
pairInteractionFile namd-cplx-temp.pdb
pairInteractionSelf on
coordinates namd-cplx-temp.pdb
coorfile open dcd namd-cplx-temp.dcd

#+++++++++++++++ Specific to ligand ####################

pairInteraction on
pairInteractionGroup1 1
pairInteractionFile namd-pept-temp.pdb
pairInteractionSelf on
coordinates namd-pept-temp.pdb
coorfile open dcd namd-pept-temp.dcd

#++++++++++++++ Specific to protein #####################

pairInteraction on
pairInteractionGroup1 1
pairInteractionFile namd-prot-temp.pdb
pairInteractionSelf on
coordinates namd-prot-temp.pdb
set ts 0
coorfile open dcd namd-prot-temp.dcd

################## COMMON FOR ALL CASES ############

set ts 0

while { ![coorfile read] } {

firstTimestep $ts

run 0

incr ts 1

}

coorfile close

for all the systems complex trajectory contained 100 frames collected after
2ns equilibration.

and statistics for delta(Emm) + delta(Ggb) is

Min. :5481
1st Qu. :5572
Median :5622
Mean :5638
3rd Qu. :5714
Max. :5875

Even if i include SASA contribution which is around -14 kcal/mol.
Above value is so much positive, ie. delta(H) ~ 5500 kcal/mol, indicating
some problem,
compensation of so much delta(H) with entropy does not looks realistic,
although i have not yet included entropic contribution
Experimental Kd value is ~13microM

I searched namd mailing list, found some post but I could not sort it out.
e.g
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/namd/mailing_list/namd-l.2011-2012/4135.html

Most possibly I am making some mistake in above delta(H) calculation using
GBSA approach, I will be grateful for any help this regard.

Thanks & Regards
Shailesh Pandey

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