[gmx-users] gmx solvate density problem

[Justin Lemkul]

On 3/24/16 2:41 PM, Irem Altan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to add tip4p water into the unit cell of a protein. I have removed the crystal waters. The output of gmx solvate is the following:
>
> Output configuration contains 4642 atoms in 753 residues
> Volume                 :     38.4496 (nm^3)
> Density                :      1223.1 (g/l)
> Number of SOL molecules:    603
>
> I have not changed the vdW radii. Why could the density be this high? How is the solvent volume estimated anyway?
>

It's an approximate density based on assumptions about atom names, etc.  It's 
relatively meaningless, as you'll need to equilibrate anyway.

-Justin

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