[gmx-users] shell again

[David van der Spoel]

On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 15:03, Dmitry Kovalsky wrote:
> Hi there, 
> 
> Tracing back a problem with option -shell ( Vol 1 #412) in genbox programm
> I have found out that depending on the shell value I get different results.
> 
> I have used tried 0.3. and 0.15 nm shell and got very quickly (1 ns) two 
> distinct resulted conformations. 
> 
> So I'm wondering how shell can influence the dynamics of a protein
just look at the screen. If you have too little water it will desolvate
most/part of the protein, leaving you with a vacuum simulation. People
using shells of water usually simulate a limited time, or with many
restraints. There are also potentials (but not in gromacs) that take
care that no water evaporates, or gets ordered on the surface. Check out
work by the Aqvist group.

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Groeten, David.
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