[gmx-users] Water models and force fields

[Lieven Buts]

  I was reading through the (freely available) article on
protein force fields in the "Encyclopedia of Computational 
Chemistry" (http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/ecc/) and
noticed the following:

   "... Popular water models include the TIP3P and TIP4P models
   and the SPC and SPC/E models. Many force fields are designed
   to work with a particular water model to obtain a proper
   balance between the solvent and solute external interactions.
   Using a different water model than that prescribed for a 
   particular force field may alter this balance. ..."

  Does this have any implications for the choice of water model
in GROMACS?

-- 
Lieven Buts
Vrije Universiteit Brussel