[gmx-users] pbc problem

[Justin Lemkul]

On 10/29/13 12:02 PM, shahab shariati wrote:
> Dear Mark
>
> Very thanks for your reply
>
>> To make this clear, center the trajectory on the water and watch the
>> time evolution in some visualization program.
>
> I did your suggestion (center the trajectory on the water). Again, drug
> molecule is in region (1)in some frames and is in region (4) in other
> frames.
>
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> Dear Justin
>
> Very thanks for your attention
>
>> As has already been stated several times, there is no problem at all.
>> The outcome is completely normal, and there are not discrete
>> regions (1) and (4).
>> It is a continuous block of water via PBC.  The molecule can freely
>> diffuse throughout it.
>
> If outcome is completely normal, Can I use this structure for pmf
> calculation. I want to calculate potential of mean force, delta G, as a
> function of the distance between the centers of mass of drug and the
> centers of mass of bilayer.
>

Given the inherent symmetry of the system, yes.

-Justin

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