title: Gro2mat: a package to efficiently read gromacs output in MATLAB.
abstract: Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are a state-of-the-art computational method used to investigate molecular interactions at atomic scale. Interaction processes out of experimental reach can be monitored using MD software, such as Gromacs. Here, we present the gro2mat package that allows fast and easy access to Gromacs output files from Matlab. Gro2mat enables direct parsing of the most common Gromacs output formats including the binary xtc-format. No openly available Matlab parser currently exists for this format. The xtc reader is orders of magnitudes faster than other available pdb/ascii workarounds. Gro2mat is especially useful for scientists with an interest in quick prototyping of new mathematical and statistical approaches for Gromacs trajectory analyses. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analysis and Scientific Computing, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, 1040, Austria.
authors.forename: Hung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dien
authors.forename: Charlotte M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Deane
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Knapp
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens / Q000737:chemistry*; D056004:Molecular Dynamics Simulation; D011485:Protein Binding; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens
keywords: Gromacs; Matlab; molecular dynamics simulations