先看看RMSD的计算公式(转自http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_mean_square_deviation_(bioinformatics)) RMSD(Root Mean Squared Deviation)
where δ is the distance between N pairs of equivalent atoms (usually Cα and sometimes C,N,O,Cβ).
Normally a rigid superposition which minimizes the RMSD is performed, and this minimum is returned. Given two sets of n points and , the RMSD is defined as follows:
An RMSD value is expressed in length units. The most commonly used unit in structural biology is the Ångström (Å) which is equal to 10–10m.