Re: [gmx-users] REMD simulation of peptide-membrane system

2011-03-03 Thread Mark Abraham


On 03/03/11, Jianguo Li   wrote:
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> Dear all,
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> I'd like to do folding simulations of a short peptide on membrane surface 
> using REMD using atomistic FF. But the problem is that membrane will disrupt 
> at high temperatures. To maintain the membrane structure, I am thinking the 
> following two methods:
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> (1) To use different coupling temperature for different groups (e.g., keeping 
> membrane at 323K for all the replicas, but keeping peptide and water with 
> different temperatures). Will this lead to artifact? 
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Yes. You will have heat flowing via the system between two external heat baths.

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> (2) If this leads to serious artifact, I may need to use constraints on the 
> membrane, as mentioned in the paper from Berkowitz group.
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That seems more wise, but still not great.

Mark
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[gmx-users] REMD simulation of peptide-membrane system

2011-03-03 Thread Jianguo Li
Dear all,

I'd like to do folding simulations of a short peptide on membrane surface using 
REMD using atomistic FF. But the problem is that membrane will disrupt at high 
temperatures. To maintain the membrane structure, I am thinking the following 
two methods:

(1) To use different coupling temperature for different groups (e.g., keeping 
membrane at 323K for all the replicas, but keeping peptide and water with 
different temperatures). Will this lead to artifact? 


(2) If this leads to serious artifact, I may need to use constraints on the 
membrane, as mentioned in the paper from Berkowitz group.

Is there any other method for the above problem?

Any comments is greatly appreciated, thank you in advance,

Cheers,
Jianguo

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