[gmx-users] General MD question

[Itamar Kass (Med)]

Hi Stephan,

It all a matter of time scale. Large molecules ==> slower movements (compare
trucks and motor-bikes).

Cheers,
Itamar.

On 1 February 2011 03:18, lloyd riggs <lloyd.riggs at gmx.ch> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> A quick question as I have not really delved into code for gromacs ever,
> nor know anyone close whom has worked on it.
>
> If I set up an MD simulation using a 4 protein complex, and 1 small
> peptide, plus waters, etc...and run the whole thing the proteins never move,
> only the amino acids within(constant temp RT and pressure 1 bar).
>
> Two domains make one complex, and another two the other.  Basically, if I
> seperate the domains say 5, 10, 15 angstrom, etc...the amino acids will
> drift (the chains) towards each other, but the two large (global) protein
> units never move their center (I know I can make it work with Pull vectors,
> but why not in the simple system with a generated initial randomized
> velocities), I woundered why they are fixed in a normal run with minimal
> parameters?  Is there a reason (specific to developers), historical reason,
> or other?  As waters move around fine, and anything else added (salt, small
> molecules of 20-30 atoms, water) except the central molecule(s) of interest.
>
> Grüsse
>
> Stephan Watkins
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