[gmx-users] area per lipid in ondulated membranes

[Marc F. Lensink]

On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 02:06:30PM +0000, Rebeca García Fandiño wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I am trying to calculate the area per lipid for a quite big membrane formed by a unique type o lipid (DOPC). I can see ondulations in the membrane, so I am not sure of the right area I should have to employ, because the max and min values in x and y axes are not representative for the real area of each layer.
> Could anybody suggest how could I calculate this paremeter in this type of simulations?

calculate the solvent-accessible surface area using a Really Large
probe?

cheers,
marc



-- 
Marc F. Lensink
Centre for Structural Biology and Bioinformatics          CSBB
Université Libre de Bruxelles           marc.lensink at ulb.ac.be
Boulevard du Triomphe - CP 263, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
tel: +32 2 650 5411  secr: +32 2 650 2013  fax: +32 2 650 5425