[gmx-users] Bad water removal

[Justin A. Lemkul]

madhumita das wrote:
> Hi, 
>  I have generated a membrane protein complex and then added a waterbox 
> using Gromacs,but instead of being at the outer surfaces of lipid 
> membrane,water spreads all around the membrane. How to make appropriate 
> water box?am I doing a simple mistake?

If you've got water all around the membrane, then your box dimensions are 
probably set incorrectly.

Please see the following tutorial; it addresses this issue and others:

http://www.bevanlab.biochem.vt.edu/Pages/Personal/justin/gmx-tutorials/membrane_protein/index.html

-Justin

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Justin A. Lemkul
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Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
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