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closehighest vs lowest energy
Posted by mariosan on 21 Aug 2013 at 17:14 GMT
In the following sentence, from the "Results and Discussion" section:
"On the basis of these metrics, we selected ZDOCK solution #45 as the optimal solution since it had both the highest shape complementarity (0.748) as well as ""the highest interaction energy"" (−19.37 kcal mol−1) between the two protein components. "
The authors most likely meant ""the lowest interaction energy"". I happens again further down the same paragraph:
"(...) which had the second highest interaction energy of −18.66 kcal mol−1."
RE: highest vs lowest energy
vepa replied to mariosan on 21 Aug 2013 at 21:36 GMT
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The "highest interaction energy" refers to the magnitude of the attractive interaction between the two proteins. i.e. solution #45 has the largest interaction energy between the two components.