[gmx-users] Simulation of Protein-Protein Complex

Justin Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Thu Apr 2 21:24:28 CEST 2020



On 4/2/20 3:19 PM, Surya Sanjay wrote:
> Hello all,
> I am a beginner Gromacs user and I have been using the Gromacs tutorials on
> mdtutorials.com/gmx/. I would like to simulate the binding of the
> infectious and normally-folded prion variants, and I want to know if the
> protein-protein complex procedure is different from that of protein-ligand
> systems.

A system containing several proteins is functionally no different than 
simulating one protein. Don't equate protein-protein systems to 
protein-ligand systems, which often require external ligand 
parametrization. None of that is necessary when dealing with proteins.

-Justin

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