Hello, Firstly, proper equilibration is a technical requirement. The production MD simulation might crash, if the system was not properly equilibrated.
Secondly, if you want to study the properties of a macromolecule in solvent, you must do a macromolecule position-restraint equilibration. Otherwise, the structure of the macromolecule would be distorted in a non-natural way. Best wishes Andreas -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Du Jiangfeng (BIOCH) Sent: 28 February 2012 09:46 To: [email protected] Subject: [gmx-users] A theoretical question Dear GMX-users, In my impression, a conventional simulation should be composed by: assemble system --> energy minimization --> NVT and NPT equilibration --> MD simulation, right? Now assume this procedure is correct, how about if there is no equilibration, as long as we set the temperature and pressure at the purposed numbers in MD parameter files? Actually, this is puzzling me always. Any reply is appreciated. Jiangfeng Du, PhD Student Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht Department of Biochemistry P.O. Box 616 Mobile: +31-681741859 FAX: +31-43-3884159 6200 MD Maastricht The Netherlands-- gmx-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users Please search the archive at http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/Search before posting! Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the www interface or send it to [email protected]. Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists -- gmx-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users Please search the archive at http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/Search before posting! Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the www interface or send it to [email protected]. Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists
