Hello Santhosh--

  Sorry for the slow response- Thanksgiving was busy.
> 

> This is more of a conceptual question.?
> If we are generating synthetic RDC's [from a ensemble of conformations], how 
> do
> we add noise to the system? [noise - observation errors]
> 
> For NOE's the acceptable way is 10-25% Guassian noise.
> 
> For RDC's I can think of two ways:
> 1). Have a Guassian noise of of 0.26 HZ for NH and other bond vectors have
> different errors.?
> 
> This was mentioned in the paper,?Amplitudes of Protein Backbone Dynamics and
> Correlated Motions in a Small R/??Protein: Correspondence of Dipolar Coupling
> and Heteronuclear Relaxation?Measurements. by Dr. Clore and Dr. Schwieters.?
> 
> Since the RDC's have different magnitudes, depending upon the orientation, 
> this
> model can potentially add huge noises to some RDC's while not affecting some
> others.?
> 
> 2). Use 10% Guassian noise of the magnitude of the RDC.
> I have not seen this method used in the papers I have read.?
> 
> What is the accepted method of adding noise to synthetic data
> 

Method 1 more closely corresponds to errors measured in experiments,
so that would be the correct choice.

best regards--
Charles

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