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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Proteins. 2009 Apr;75(1):168–186. doi: 10.1002/prot.22226

Table I.

The four energy levels used in the design process and the terms from which they are comprised. For the proteins, van der Waals parameters, atomic radii and torsional parameters were taken from the CHARMM22 force field.27 For the small molecules, van der Waals parameters, atomic radii and torsional parameters were taken from the CHARMm22 force field.38 For all electrostatic calculations, the proteins were assigned PARSE charges34 and the heme group and all small molecules were assigned partial charges using a RESP fit.32,33 All energy minimization was performed using CHARMM.27 The surface area term is calculated as a constant value of 0.005 kcal/mol multiplied by the change in surface area upon binding in Å2. The internal deformation on binding comprises electrostatic, van der Waals, and torsional contributions.

Calculation van der
Waals
Continuum
Electrostatic
Interaction
Continuum
Electrostatic
Ligand
Desolvation
Continuum
Electrostatic
Protein
Desolvation
Surface
Area
Term
Internal
Deformation
On Binding
Low
Resolution
Grid
Based
Grid Based Grid Based Constant No None
Medium
Resolution
Explicit Grid Based Delphi
Calculation
Constant No None
High
Resolution
Explicit Delphi
Calculation
Delphi
Calculation
Delphi
Calculation
Yes None
Energy
Minimization
Explicit Delphi
Calculation
Delphi
Calculation
Delphi
Calculation
Yes Bound -
Unbound