Energy scores of D-amino acids
I used PyMOL and Maestro to invert the chirality of single L-amino acids into D-amino acids, as well as all L-residue polypeptide to all D-residue polypeptides. Even though they are mutually mirror images, but D-amino acids and D-polypeptides all have remarkably higher energy scores than their counterparts by using PyRosetta scoring protocol. May I ask what are some possible reasons for this difference? I am wondering whether it is caused by computational error or more delicate design, such as strong and weak nuclear forces, in Rosetta tool.