[gmx-users] Terminal group patching

[Justin Lemkul]

On 4/20/17 1:33 PM, Alex Mathew wrote:
> Dea gromacs users,
> Is it necessary we have to do terminal group patching before doing MD
> simulation?  Can anyone tell me why it is required or what will happen if
> we don't do it? any information or source of information is appreciated.
>

This is a rather vague question so there's not really a very good answer I can 
give except that all biomolecules have certain chemical functional groups at 
their termini and you should treat them in the most realistic way.

-Justin

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