[gmx-users] Replicating an experiment

[David van der Spoel]

On 12/25/10 6:37 PM, NG HUI WEN wrote:
> Thank you David for your prompt and useful reply :)  I am in fact simulating a membrane protein.
>
> It's good to know I can use the "generate-new-starting-velocity" method. But, do you mind to elaborate a bit more what you mean by "if you simulate long enough"?
>
> I would like to try your suggestion of picking a random structure from an elevated temperature simulation. Can I achieve that by taking my existing membrane protein system,
> 1) pass it through grompp with a new mdp (with higher temperature) to produce a new .tpr file
> 2) simulate the system for a period (perhaps 1 ns)
> 3) take any frame / final structure
> 4) pass it through grompp again (with original mdp with temperature 300K, gen_seed = -1) to produce the .tpr file for my replicate?
>
Yes that is what I meant. Of course you should check that your protein 
is not unfolding, or you membrane going into the wrong phase.

> Thanks very much indeed!!
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> On 2010-12-25 15.05, NG HUI WEN wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> Merry Xmas! I have a very quick question here which i'd like to pick
>> your brain on, would really appreciate a reply.
>> I am planning to replicate an experiment that I have carried out. Just
>> wondering what is the best way to do it? I am thinking of changing the
>> starting velocity of my system by setting a random number e.g 23412445
>> etc in the gen_seed section as below, not sure if it is meaningful to do so?
>> gen_vel = yes
>> gen_temp = 300.0
>> gen_seed = random number
>> Thank you for your input!
> That will work fine, if you simulate long enough. Consider that the
> starting structure may also influence how different your results  will
> be, e.g. for a protein in water. For liquids there is no such problem.
> You can do a simulation and slightly elevated temperature and pick
> structures from that with a different random seed, in order to randomize
> your simulations even more.
>> HW
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