[gmx-users] first residue in chains warning issue

[Justin Lemkul]

On 5/22/15 3:39 AM, Ming Tang wrote:
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> Dear Justin,
>
> Is there any significant difference between the equilibrated states of the protein equilibrated by NPT with all-bonds constrained and without any constraints?
> If the difference is quite small, then I can choose constraining bonds to increase time step.
>

This is generally (read: pretty much always) what people do in biomolecular 
simulations.  The bonds are rarely (read: practically never) excited from their 
ground state, so constraints are a reasonable approximation.  This isn't 
universal, but it's definitely true in most biological systems at ambient 
conditions.

-Justin

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