[gmx-users] Prevent protein rotation - rectangular box

[Justin Lemkul]

On 6/2/14, 9:15 PM, Steven Neumann wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:
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>> On 6/2/14, 7:10 AM, Steven Neumann wrote:
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>>> Dear Users,
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>>> I am trying to prevent rotation of my protein in recatngular box and I am
>>> thinking about applying some position restraints with the dummy atoms. I
>>> read some posts about this subject from 2003, 2006 but nothing recent. Is
>>>
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>> Rather than risk wasting time by repeating things, if you're looking up
>> information in old posts, please provide the links to those posts for
>> context.
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> https://mailman-1.sys.kth.se/pipermail/gromacs.org_gmx-users/2006-July/022914.html
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>>   there a gromacs tool to create a dummy atom a apply position restraints or
>>> maybe a pull_code would be a solution? Please, provide me with some
>>> information.
>>>
>>>
>> You can restrain whatever you like, and I don't necessarily see the need
>> for a dummy atom in this case, but the larger question is - why do you need
>> to prevent rotation?
>>
>> -Justin
>>
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> I am studying protein in water. In the dodecahedron box I would have 80K
> water molecules which on my GPU machine give 6 ns/day. If I place my
> protein to the triclinic box I would get 20K atoms getting 50 ns/day. Thats
> a significant improvement. My protein in 15 nm long and 4 nm width so it is
> likely it can rotate and interact with its periodic image. I wish to
> prevent the rotational movements. Would you suggest something?
>

A flat-bottom restraint would probably accomplish the same thing, applying a 
restraint in the dimensions perpendicular to the long axis.  The flat-bottom 
potential is supported as of the first beta release of 5.0.

-Justin

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