[gmx-users] Position Restraints

[Justin A. Lemkul]

#ZHAO LINA# wrote:
> Thanks for your answer.
> 
> How can I tell which ones I should restrain? all no-H atoms? in most general situations.

For the sake of clarity in the archive, it's probably best to avoid broad 
generalizations.  People can easily stumble upon a post and take it way out of 
context.  A "general situation" might encompass a lot.  I will reiterate that if 
you want to recapitulate the behavior of pdb2gmx with respect to typical 
biomolecules, you should choose all non-H atoms.

If you have some other specialized application, I can make no recommendation, 
nor can anyone else, in the absence of a more thorough description.

-Justin

> 
> lina
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> #ZHAO LINA# wrote:
>>  Hi,
>>
>> When I used the genrestr to get the posre.itp specially,
>> I found it set all atom to be applied to.
>> Is that okay? How could I figure out which ones should not be set to.
>>
>> A little naive questions, but I do do not know.
> 
> The answer depends on your needs.  When running genrestr without an index file,
> you can choose from any of the default groups.  If you provide an index file,
> any group can be chosen.
> 
> The default behavior of pdb2gmx is to generate a posre.itp file that restrains
> all heavy (non-H) atoms.  You can do the same with genrestr if you want, but
> again, the atoms you want to restrain depend on your goals.
> 
> -Justin
> 
>> Thanks with regards,
>>
>> lina
>>
> 
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Justin A. Lemkul
Ph.D. Candidate
ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
MILES-IGERT Trainee
Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
jalemkul[at]vt.edu | (540) 231-9080
http://www.bevanlab.biochem.vt.edu/Pages/Personal/justin

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