FDiscover


Index

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  L  M  N  O  P  S  T  U  V  W 



A

absolute free energy
standalone mode of Discover program 29
Analysis module 15
angiotensin-converting enzyme 33
angles
names 70
archive command 68
assign angle name command 70
assign atom pair name command 72
assign torsion name command 74
atom overlap, setting 176
atom pair names 72
atoms
fixing 12
restraining 25

B

backbone, restraining 13
begin command 78
binff utility 21, 195
bond order 9
butcaptopril 34

C

calculate absolute command 82
calculate relative command 84
calculations
batch 14
controlling 25, 30
fine tuning 175
interactive 14
setting up 25
speed 12
stages 24
types 1, 26
captopril 33
Cartesian coordinates 29
CDiscover program compared with FDiscover program 4
charges
assigning 9
chirality
restraints 93, 95
commands
documentation format 6
entering on command line in Insight program 6
standalone 57
comparison list generation command 89
computation
costs 12
time 100, 102
conformational changes
controlling 13
conformational searching 13, 14, 105
conjugate gradient, selecting method 176
consensus dynamics 33
consensus dynamics/minimization 26
constrain command 93
Constraint pulldown 8
constraints
and restraints 12
Coulombic
interactions 11, 13, 108
cross terms 11, 109
importance of 11
problems with 11
unfound 80
cutoff distance 14
cutoffs 26
CVFF 27

D

define average atom command 96
dielectric constant 14, 26
distance-dependent 14
setting 8
dihedral restraints
3J 95
dirtoseq utility 68, 196, 197
Discover program, overview 3
Discover Simulation Language, see DSL
distance constraints 8
distorted structures 11, 27, 152
DSL
arithmetic expressions 59, 60
arithmetic statements 30, 58
asterisks at start of a line, meaning of 66
bold type in command descriptions, meaning of 66
brackets in command descriptions, meaning of 66
case sensitivity 21, 58
commands 23, 58
commands, documentation of 65
comment statement 63
continuation lines 64
control, statements 60
debugging 64
default values 59
end 64
errors, checking 64
expressions, conditional 60
flow control 30
format statement 63
goto 62
hash symbol in command descriptions, meaning of 66
if 60
integers 59
italics in command descriptions, meaning of 66
junk words 65
keywords, list of, explanation of 67
logical expressions 60
loops 59
nonstandard formats 65
operators, comparison 60
options, documentation of 66
parameters, internal control 59
print statement 63
print using statement 62
statements, types of 57
syntax 58
syntax checking 64
then 60
unconditional goto statement 62
variable assignment 59, 78
variables 30, 58
variables controlling if statements 61
dynamics 27
constant-energy, constant-volume ensemble 109
constant-pressure 14
constant-temperature 14
constant-temperature, constant-pressure ensemble 109
constant-temperature, constant-volume ensemble 109
data-collecting stage 11
ensembles 28, 141
equilibration 11
example 32
initialization 11
parameters 177
pressure 14
restarting 133
results 15
resume phase 11
setting up 12
standalone mode of Discover program 28
uses 2

E

electric field parameters 183
enclose command 98
enclosure analysis 98
energy
maps 13
ensembles
see also dynamics
ethane 32, 35

F

files
absolute free energy 193
absolute free energy comparison list 193
amber.frc 21
.arc 23
archive 23, 68, 196
automatic parameter assignment 189
.bin 21
.car 19, 21
Cartesian coordinate 19, 21
cff91.frc 21
.cli 193
command 19, 20, 186
constraint information 93
controlling through Insight program 8
coordinate 23, 25
.cor 23
.csh 17, 22, 79
cvff.frc 21
forcefield 195
formats 4, 185
.frc 21
free energy scratch 193
.frq 191
.gre 190
.grp 191
.his 23
history 15, 23, 196
.inp 19, 20, 44, 175, 186
input 4, 19, 185
internal coordinate eigenvectors 191
.log 22
log 189
.mdf 19, 21
molecular data 19, 21, 25
molecular template 187
names 80
.nmo 191
optional output 24
.ors 134, 188
.out 22, 187
output 22, 23, 185, 187
.pek 22, 189
.pre 191
.prm 189
.ref 116, 189
relative free energy 192, 194
restart 79, 134, 188, 189
.rst 188
scratch 191
tabular output 190, 191
.tbl 194
.tem 26, 187
template 26
.tor 190
torsion 190, 196
.tot 192
transfer between machines 196
vibrational information 191
warped parameters 192
writing 44
.wrp 192
.xxx 193
fix command 100
fixed atom list generation command 102
force command 105
forcefields
AMBER 14
choosing 21
CVFF 11
default 21, 27
parameters controlling 179
specifying 25
formhis utility 196

G

Graph pulldown 15
graphs 15

H

help, on-line 5
hydrogens
adding 9

I

initialize command 108
interaction command 113
intermolecular interaction command 116
internal Discover parameters 175

J

job
checking progress 22
controlling through Insight program 8
number 22
status 22

L

log command 116

M

magainin peptide 34
methane 35
methanol 32, 36
minimization 27
algorithms 10
convergence 10
default in the Discove> program 10
definition 27
example 31
parameters 176
setting up 10
small molecules 27
standalone mode of Discover program 27
uses 1
minimize command 117
minimizers
Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno 27
choice 8, 10, 27
conjugate gradients 27
default 27
Newton-Raphson 27
steepest descents 27
miscellaneous parameters, setting 179, 181
Modify pulldown 9
molecular dynamics, see dynamics
Morse potential 11
movement limit, setting 176

N

NMR data 95
nonbond energy cutoff parameters, setting 179
nonbond interactions 13, 14
nuclear Overhauser effect 12, 26

O

out-of-plane
angle, restraining 95
oxocaptopril 33

P

parallel running of FDiscover 183
Parameters pulldown 8
peptides 34
periodic boundary conditions 26
parameters 182
phenol 31
Potentials Forcefield 9
precision of line minimization, setting 176
preparing models for simulation 9
pressure control, setting parameters 178
print command 22, 121
prochirality restraints 95
proteins 34
Pseudo_Atom pulldown 8, 32
pseudoatoms 96
defining 8
pull command 129

R

random seed, setting 178
randomize coordinates command 131
read command 132
reduce output command 133
relative free energy 173
computational requirements 32
example 32
running a job 46
setting up 40
standalone version of Discover program 29
warped atoms 37
residue names 21
restart dynamics command 133, 140
restrain command 137
restraints
parameters 182
results
analyzing 14, 29
printing 29
viewing in Insight program 8
resume dynamics command 133, 140
retrieve command 147
rms command 148
rotational barriers
exploring 13
rotors command 150
Run pulldown 8
Run Run 9

S

SA446 33
scale command 152
Scale_Terms Parameters 14
seqtodir utility 196
set command 153
Set Parameters 13
setting up and starting an FDiscover program run 8
simulated annealing 14
standalone mode of Discover program
methodology 24
starting Discover program 4, 7, 17
superimposition 89
systems
size 26

T

tabulate command 163
temperature 8
control 14
target 11
temperature control, setting parameters 177
template force command 165
template forcing 8, 25, 89
dynamic 26
template forcing parameters 180
template molecules 13
tethered atom list command 168
tethering 8, 13, 165
torsions
defining 8
forcing 105
names 21, 74

U

uformhis utility 196, 197

V

valences, undefined 9
van der Waals
interactions 13
Variables Parameters 14
vibrational command 28, 171

W

warp command 173
Warp Constraint 13


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