Well, I am only trying to get structures with some of them far from the
initial structure (large RMSD) and some of them close to the initial one...

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Tsjerk Wassenaar <tsje...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Liang Liu,
>
> You will never get broader sampling by adding restraints. If you want
> to have broader sampling, raise the temperature or add denaturants.
> But also ask yourself the question if what you think you want is what
> you should be wanting. What is the actual question you're trying to
> solve?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tsjerk
>
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Liu, Liang <liu4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > How's position restraint? If the force constant is reduced (reduce the
> > number in posre.itp ?), the simulation will lead to more flexible
> structure?
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalem...@vt.edu>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Liu, Liang wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
> >>> Will the constrain help?
> >>>
> >>
> >> Bond constraints?  Well, in general, they're useful, and likely
> necessary
> >> at high temperature to keep your system stable.  Please be more
> specific.
> >>
> >> -Justin
> >>
> >>> On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalem...@vt.edu
> >>> <mailto:jalem...@vt.edu>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>    Liu, Liang wrote:
> >>>
> >>>        Hi, all,
> >>>
> >>>        I am trying to use Gromacs to obtain structural ensembles around
> >>>        native structures (PDB structures).
> >>>        However the simulated structures are always very close to the
> >>>        initial one, with RMSD < 0.2.
> >>>        I am wondering how to obtain large-RMSD structures? Thanks.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>    Large RMSD values would indicate non-native structures, which
> >>>    doesn't sound like what you're looking for.  If your goal is simply
> >>>    enhanced sampling, try REMD.
> >>>
> >>>    -Justin
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