[gmx-users] Re: Perturbation from/to dummies

[PeiQuan Chen]

Dear gmx-users:

>Atoms with zero mass, will have zero inverse mass in the constraint 
>algorithms, so they won't move.
>But you should not change the mass of a particle when you change it from an 
>interacting atom
>to a dummy atom.

  For example, if I want to mutate H2PO4- to F- and vice versa, can anybody give me some hints on 
using dummy atoms to implement it. I should use dummy atom with zero mass or non-zero mass?
  Thank you in advance!

Sincerely yours
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PeiQuan Chen
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