Hello,
I've carried out simulation of a protein embedded in a membrane using
the MARTINI coarse-grained force field. My simulation is 1 micro
second long and towards the end of the simulation the protein drifts
towards the 'edge' of the box.
In my analysis, I want to look at the minimum distance between each
lipid 'atom' and the protein and, for each timepoint, record the
residue or 'atom' in the protein that the lipid 'atom' is closest to.
I can find the minimum distance using g_mindist but there is no option
to record which residue or 'atom' in the protein the lipid 'atom' is
closest to.
I've written my own scripts to look at minimum distances and record
the closest-protein-residue information, but where the minimum
distance is between the protein and the lipid atom's periodic image -
when the protein is getting to 'the edge of the box' - these seem to
be really slow running.
So the question is, is there a quick fix to get g_mindist to record
the information I want it to (or even is there some other blindingly
obvious function + special options that I've missed that will do the
job)? The other solution would be to edit the trajectory so that the
protein always stays in the centre of the box. I have already altered
the trajectory, using g_traj and -pbc nojump (to remove jumps in the z-
direction) then -pbc mol (to remove drift of lipids in the xy-plane),
but I haven't managed to find anything that will maintain the protein
in the box centre throughout the simulation.
Does anyone have any ideas? Please let me know if, as is usually the
case, I've left out an important bit of information.
Many thanks,
Anna
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