AMBER Archive (2003)

Subject: Re: AMBER: references about AMBER MD simulations

From: David A. Case (case_at_scripps.edu)
Date: Thu Aug 07 2003 - 01:21:05 CDT

On Thu, Aug 07, 2003, sd233_at_georgetown.edu wrote:
>
> When I looked at the RMS plot (using carnal), after running 500PS of
> MD simulations with WATERBOX (size 16A) for a protein, the RMSD lies
> around 0.4Angstroms from the initial structure. Is it a healthy
> simulation?

Depends on what you really mean by "size 16 A": you could hardly fit a
protein into a 16 Ang box if you want any reasonable distance between
the protein and the edge of the box.

An RMS shift (vs. what? an x-ray structure, a minimized structure?) of only
0.4 Ang. is unusually small. You may worry that fluctuations are being
underestimated for some reason. But this is speculation since I know
almost nothing about your simulation.

>
> Also Could anybody point out the references about AMBER MD simulations
> for proteins with WaterBOX.
>

You should have no difficulty in finding hundreds of papers that describe
such simulations.

..good luck...dac 

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