Detar D F
Department of Chemistry and the Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA.
Biophys J. 1966 Jul;6(4):505-12. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(66)86672-9. Epub 2008 Dec 31.
The least squares calculation of the best values of the parameters of the Moffitt equation and of the Drude equation is examined. It is proved that the least squares evaluation of all three parameters of the Moffitt equation becomes indeterminate as the b(o) term approaches zero. Estimates of low helical content based on the Moffitt relationship are therefore also indeterminate and of dubious value. Both the size of b(o) and the range of wavelengths chosen affect the standard deviations of the parameters. The magnitude of the effects is illustrated by selected examples. The computer program OPTROT is available for evaluating the extent to which data may be correlated by the equations.
研究了莫菲特方程和德鲁德方程参数最佳值的最小二乘法计算。结果表明,当b(o)项趋近于零时,莫菲特方程所有三个参数的最小二乘评估变得不确定。因此,基于莫菲特关系对低螺旋含量的估计也是不确定的,且价值存疑。b(o)的大小和所选波长范围都会影响参数的标准差。通过选定的示例说明了影响的大小。计算机程序OPTROT可用于评估方程与数据的相关程度。