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May 2015 Contents Document Conventions ..................................................................................................... xi Chapter 1: Introduction ....................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Installation and Configuration ................................................................................ 2 1.2 The Maestro Interface to Desmond........................................................................ 3 1.3 Desmond Calculations Overview ........................................................................... 3 1.4 Running Schrödinger Software .............................................................................. 4 1.5 Starting Jobs from the Maestro Interface ............................................................. 6 1.6 Citing Desmond in Publications............................................................................. 8 Chapter 2: Building a Model System ........................................................................ 9 2.1 Adding Solvent .......................................................................................................... 9 2.2 Setting Up the Boundary Box ............................................................................... 11 2.3 Adding a Membrane................................................................................................ 11 2.4 Using Custom Charges .......................................................................................... 13 2.5 Specifying the Force Field..................................................................................... 14 2.6 Adding Ions .............................................................................................................. 14 2.6.1 Defining an Excluded Region............................................................................ 15 2.6.2 Ion Placement ................................................................................................... 15 2.6.3 Adding a Salt..................................................................................................... 16 2.7 Running the Job ...................................................................................................... 16 2.8 Rebuilding a Model System................................................................................... 17 2.9 Quick Setup Instructions ....................................................................................... 17 Chapter 3: Running Simulations from Maestro................................................ 19 3.1 Overview of the General Desmond Panels ......................................................... 19 3.2 Selecting a Model System ..................................................................................... 20 3.3 Minimizations ........................................................................................................... 21 Desmond 4.2 User Manual iii Contents 3.4 Molecular Dynamics Simulations......................................................................... 22 3.5 Simulated Annealing Simulations ........................................................................ 24 3.6 Replica Exchange Simulations ............................................................................. 26 3.7 Metadynamics Simulations ................................................................................... 28 3.8 Simulations on Systems with Membranes ......................................................... 30 3.9 Setting Options for Desmond Simulations......................................................... 31 3.9.1 The Integration Tab ........................................................................................... 32 3.9.2 The Ensemble Tab ............................................................................................ 33 3.9.3 The Minimization Tab ........................................................................................ 34 3.9.4 The Interaction Tab ........................................................................................... 35 3.9.5 The Restraints Tab............................................................................................ 36 3.9.6 The Output Tab ................................................................................................. 37 3.9.7 The Misc Tab..................................................................................................... 38 3.10 Running a Simulation Job ................................................................................... 39 Chapter 4: Running FEP Simulations .................................................................... 41 4.1 FEP Panel.................................................................................................................. 41 4.2 Total Solvation Free Energy Calculation............................................................. 41 4.3 Selecting the FEP Protocol.................................................................................... 42 4.4 Running FEP Jobs .................................................................................................. 43 4.5 FEP Results .............................................................................................................. 44 Chapter 5: Analyzing Simulations............................................................................. 45 5.1 Viewing Trajectories................................................................................................ 45 5.2 Simulation Quality Analysis .................................................................................. 50 5.3 Protein-Ligand Interactions Analysis .................................................................. 51 5.3.1 Protein and Ligand RMSD ................................................................................ 52 5.3.2 Protein Secondary Structure Elements............................................................. 53 5.3.3 Protein RMSF ................................................................................................... 54 5.3.4 Ligand RMSF.................................................................................................... 56 iv Schrödinger Software Release 2015-2 Contents 5.3.5 Protein-Ligand Contacts ................................................................................... 57 5.3.6 Ligand-Protein Contacts ................................................................................... 58 5.3.7 Ligand Torsions................................................................................................. 59 5.3.8 Ligand Properties.............................................................................................. 60 5.4 Simulation Event Analysis..................................................................................... 62 5.5 Radial Distribution Functions ............................................................................... 63 5.6 Metadynamics Analysis ......................................................................................... 65 5.7 Replica Exchange Review...................................................................................... 66 Chapter 6: Running Simulations from the Command Line ...................... 69 6.1 The desmond Command........................................................................................ 69 6.2 Running Multiple Simulations..............................................................................