[gmx-users] re: LJ potential for Heme iron ???

[nk yx]

>nk yx wrote:
> Yes, the simulation goes well when a ligand is close to the heme.
> But when the protein has no ligand, the free water is easy to collapse 
> nearby the heme.

>Strange. I have also simulated a P450 without ligand, which had water
>in the active site instead. That didn't give any problems that I saw...
  Maybe,someone else also met the same question as mine. see 
Bioph.J.2003,84:3883
 The authors adopted the LJ parameters for Fe from Charmm because of the 
collapse of free water.

> I found the parameters(different to zero) for Fe2+ in OPLS force field. 
> Might I use the parameters for the Fe since I modified the charge from 
> +2 to +1.

>That would at least be a good initial guess, I think.

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