[gmx-users] help regarding simulation

[Justin A. Lemkul]

onetwo wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I want to know one thing that if MD could be used in my case, i have a 
> protein for which crystal structure is known with a conenzyme bound to 
> it. It is given in literature that related proteins of this family shows 
> large conformational change near the substrate binding region when the 
> substrate binds to the protein.
> In absence of the crystal structure, if doing simulation with the 
> protein complexed with the coenzyme and the docked substrate will be 
> useful? , i.e, if this complex with the help of the simulation could be 
> capable of displaying such conformational change ? or what could be the 
> probable limitaions ?
> 

Possibly.  The limitation is time.  Conformational changes are generally slow, 
so your simulations would likely have to be fairly long.

-Justin

> Regards and thanks for your time.
> 
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Justin A. Lemkul
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ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
MILES-IGERT Trainee
Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
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