[gmx-users] position restraint single atom

[Justin Lemkul]

On 2/15/17 9:33 AM, Andrea Spitaleri wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have a dsDNA and I'd like to restraint just two atoms, O3' and O5'
> respectively, in order to mimic the anchor-like to a solid support. I have
> create ad hoc posre.itp file but for some reason the DNA-anchor is moving too
> much from the starting position. I would expect more rigidity around the two
> atoms. Does it sound strange to you? I mean, I was expecting oscillation of the
> whole DNA but keeping the anchors fixed. Are two atoms too little to get this
> kind behaviour (i.e. DNA-anchor)? The constant force is 1000 kJ/mol nm^2.
>
> Any help/comments on this are welcome.
>

What about using a larger force constant?  Trying to impede the motion of an 
entire dsDNA using only two atoms as restraints might be difficult to accomplish.

-Justin

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