Hi Charles,
that's correct! In fact from your paper (Journal of Magnetic Resonance 149, 
239?244 (2001))

E(noe) = k(Rcalc - Rmin)^2

so there is not cutoff contribution to the E(noe).

sorry about that

thanks a lot

andrea

On 05/07/2010 04:23 PM, Charles at Schwieters.org wrote:
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> Hello Andrea--
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>>>
>>>> I am using vmd-xplor to calculate the E[NOE] as reported in
>>>> http://www.cell.com/biophysj/abstract/S0006-3495(06)71992-0 paper.
>>>> the file.tbl is read properly and everything goes fine. I do:
>>>> noe load 0 0 file.tbl
>>>> noe calc
>>>> and a series of violations are reported. Then, in the tcl console I
>>>> get a number (i.e. 6.23) and I think that this is the E[NOE]. Is it
>>>> right?
>>>
>>> That should be the noe cost.
>>>
>>>> If so, what kind of unit is it? kcal/mol or kj/mol?
>>>>
>>>
>>> kcal/mol. Note, that the graphical interface should be more intuitive.
>>>
>>
>> if the value is the NOE cost, it should depend on the cutoff used.
>> However, this value does not change in function of the  cutoff, even
>> for higher cutoff, when not violations are found.
>>
>> how is it possible?
>
> I think you are still referring to VMD-XPLOR, and the cutoff value in
> the GUI there (the same as the threshold value in Xplor-NIH) serves only
> to determine whether a restraint is violated- it does not affect the
> energy calculation.
>
> best regards--
> Charles
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