AMBER Archive (2007)

Subject: Re: AMBER: PME and counter ions

From: Bill Ross (ross_at_cgl.ucsf.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 19 2007 - 14:14:19 CST


> On Wed, Dec 19, 2007, Pablo Englebienne wrote:
>
> > >Yes, water was added after adding the ions as recommended in the amber
> > >manual. The number of counter ions added corresponds to the charge of
> > >the protein so it is neutralized, ofcourse. :-)
> > >
> > >charge mol
> > >addIons mol Na+ 250
> > >solvateBox mol TIP3PBOX 8
>
> Of course I don't know why a 7500 residue system is "really unstable", but you
> should look (visually) at the distributions of ions you get. Also, it is
> certainly worth solvating *before* the addIons step: that is what I would
> recommend, and I don't know where in the manual it states otherwise(?).

Doing addIons this way reduces gaps in the solvent.

Also, how did you equilibrate? (Not sure if this was mentioned before.)

Bill
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