[gmx-users] Pushing the pulled ligand into the binding pocket

[Justin Lemkul]

On 5/6/15 3:59 AM, Ayesha Fatima wrote:
> Dear Gromacs users,
> I have just started using gromacs 5.0.4 for steered dynamics and am running
> a setup for pulling my ligand out of the binding pocket. It is still
> running but a few questions to the users since this method is being used
> very frequently.
>
> 1) I have pulled my ligand in the +z direction but used the
> pull_geometry=distance. Now to push it back into the pocket what should be
> the code? Is it the same or i have to to use pull_geometry=direction and
> give a direction vector? I checked the mailing list but could not find a
> satisfactory answer.
>

You can do it with any method.  If you want to use distance, use a negative pull 
rate.  If you want to use direction, use a negative pull vector.

-Justin

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