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David van der Spoel spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se
Sun Oct 5 14:33:10 CEST 2008


Sunil Thapa wrote:
> 
> hello gmx users
> I am a new fellow in gromacs
> My structure contains 56 residues belonging to parallel helices 
> separated by about 2 nm.
> I used editconf as:
> editconf----- -bt dodecahedron -c
> and
> editconf---- -bt dodecahedron -d 6.5 -c
>  
> where 6.5nm I used as separation of unit cells
>  
> Now when I solvated using spc216. In the first case, the number of 
> solvent molecules was more than 117000 and in the second case it was 
> 704. Moreover, in both the cases large number of atoms lied outside the box.
>  
> Can you tell me how to know the appropriate size of box for a protein 
> structure like mine
how about 1 nm (10 angstrom)?
> Thanks in advance
> Neal 
> 
> 
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