Re: Hi: Re: [gmx-users] Hello: Forcefield and potentials for DNA-zinc finger complex

2009-05-26 Thread Tsjerk Wassenaar
Hi Nehme, Also, in our zinc finger models, the zinc plays a structural role and it is not implicated in DNA recognition. Furthermore, I will read your paper and the references. I looked in the Literature and from NMR studies/X-ray and MD done on zinc fingers containing a zinc ion coordinated

Re: Hi: Re: [gmx-users] Hello: Forcefield and potentials for DNA-zinc finger complex

2009-05-20 Thread Tsjerk Wassenaar
Hi Nehme, I've did simulations on TRAIL, which also contains a zinc-finger domain, involving three cysteines and a chloride ion. But it's not so simple. Luckily the exact parameters seemed not that vital, as the zinc apparently functions to keep the three subunits together and was in any case not

[gmx-users] Hello: Forcefield and potentials for DNA-zinc finger complex

2009-05-19 Thread Nehme El Hachem
Hello, I have a DNA-Zinc finger complex. What are the suitable forcefields for that type of complexes (the zinc ion is coordinated to 4 deprotonated cysteines)? I need to do some molecular minimization and dynamics including the nucelic acid sequence. Looking for some help. Thank you.

Re: [gmx-users] Hello: Forcefield and potentials for DNA-zinc finger complex

2009-05-19 Thread Justin A. Lemkul
Nehme El Hachem wrote: Hello, I have a DNA-Zinc finger complex. What are the suitable forcefields for that type of complexes (the zinc ion is coordinated to 4 deprotonated cysteines)? The first step is probably to search in the literature for anything similar. Has anyone attempted such

Re: [gmx-users] Hello: Forcefield and potentials for DNA-zinc finger complex

2009-05-19 Thread Tsjerk Wassenaar
Hi, Have a look at http://wiki.gromacs.org/index.php/Parameterization and http://wiki.gromacs.org/index.php/Exotic_Species Next to that, also consider that you are talking about a site with -2 formal charge (ZnS4)2-. How likely is that? From QM studies, it seems much more likely that there are