[gmx-users] DMPC Bilayer

[Justin Lemkul]

On 8/23/13 9:21 AM, Rama wrote:
>
> Hi Justin,
>
> Thanks for Kalp15-DPPC Bilayer tutorial.
>
> I'm doing MD simulations for MMP protein-DMPC bilayer (128 lipids) complex
> by following your protocol. I'm not familiar with MD simulation parameters.
> Should I need to change any parameters in npt.mdp , nvt.mdp and md.mdp files
> or somewhere else.
>

Lipids can be exceptionally tricky to get right.  If you're not familiar with 
what the settings are and what they do, please invest some time in reading about 
advances in methods and force fields.  My tutorial is just one example of how 
things can be done, but the force fields used are fairly old and better ones, 
requiring entirely different settings, exist.

At minimum, clearly one would need to change DPPC in tc-grps to DMPC, and since 
the phase transition temperature of DMPC is lower than DPPC, there is no need to 
run the simulation at 323 K.

-Justin

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