KIMMDY Hydrolysis Options

For all KIMMDY options see here.

cutoff

Cutoff distance [A] for the reaction. Water within this distance from the peptide bond will be considered for hydrolysis.

Type: float

Default: 6

step

Stepsize in frames for calculating the SASA (solvent accessible surface area) of each peptide bond and thus the reaction rate.

Type: int

Default: 1

kmc

KMC algorithm for this reaction.

Type: str

Options: [‘rfkmc’, ‘frm’, ‘extrande’, ‘extrande_mod’]

Default: rfkmc

ph_value

pH value of the system. The default value is 7.4. The rate of the reaction is scaled by the pH value. More basic conditions will increase the rate of the reaction.

Type: float

Default: 7.4

max_sasa

Maximum expeted solvent accessiblity of a C in a peptide bond. The reaction rate will be scaled based on the percent decrease of the SASA from this value. The default value is 3.97 A^2, which is the SASA of the C of the peptide bond in a simple glycine-glycine peptide.

Type: float

Default: 3.97

external_force

External force applied in nN. Note: 603 gromacs (kJ/mol/nm^2) units per strand are 1nN. The default (-1) means to calculate a force per bond based on bond extension using a morse potential. This needs PLUMED

Type: float

Default: -1

eq_bond_lengths

CSV file of equilibirum bond lengths for each peptide bond in the system. Colums: i,j,bond_length. The default is the empty string, in which case no equilibirum length correction is applied.

Type: str

temperature

Temperature

Type: float

Default: 310

theoretical_rates

For setting values in the arrhenius equation with rates based on theoretical energy calculations by Pill et al.

theoretical_rates.use

Use theoretical rates instead of empirical rates. The default is false.

Type: bool

Default: False

theoretical_rates.empirical_attempt_frequency

The attempt frequency in 1/ps with the default based on experiments by Pill et al.

Type: float

Default: 0.1

theoretical_rates.ts1

Energy barrier at 0 external force for TS1 of the hydrolysis reaction. [kJ/mol]

Type: float

Default: 80

theoretical_rates.ts2

Energy barrier at 0 external force for TS2 of the hydrolysis reaction.

Type: float

Default: 92

theoretical_rates.ts1_force_scaling

Force scaling factor for TS1 in kJ/mol/nN

Type: float

Default: 1.67

theoretical_rates.ts2_force_scaling

Force scaling factor for TS2 in kJ/mol/nN

Type: float

Default: 25.83

theoretical_rates.critical_force

Force in nN at which (the activation energy of) TS2 becomes lower than TS1 and this TS1 becomes the rate limiting step.

Type: float

Default: 0.7

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