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Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is a procedure widely used to examine data collected from molecular dynamics simulations of biological macromolecules. It allows for greatly reducing the dimensionality of their configurational space, facilitating further qualitative and quantitative analysis. Its simplicity and relatively low computational cost explain its extended use. However, a judicious implementation of PCA requires the knowledge of its theoretical grounds as well as its weaknesses and capabilities. In this article, we review these issues and discuss several strategies developed over the last years to mitigate the main PCA flaws and enhance the reproducibility of its results.

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