On 11/12/12 6:35 AM, vidhya sankar wrote:
Dear Justin,
Thank you for your previous reply,
I
am doing Protein-Lipid simulation. After Em When I visualize the str in .vmd
The water Molecules Present in Lipid (DPPC) Head groups .There is No Water
Molecules Present in the Hydrophobic Part of Bilayer . While The Protein Is in
the Center of box .
Then I Have done NVT Equilibration When I visualize the .gro file in vmd
Around 40 Water molecules (out of 2699 ) are present in Hydrophobic part of
Lipid (that is Moving inside the box, Nearer to protein which is at the center)
How to Avoid this ?
Some water will diffuse into the lipid headgroup and ester regions, which are
largely devoid of water based on the method of increasing the van der Waals
radius of carbon, but will normally be hydrated. If the water molecules are
diffusing all the way into the membrane, making contact with the lipid tails
themselves, this would be very odd and I suspect a result of incorrect packing
of the lipids. That's a blind guess, and I'm not going to try to predict what's
going on in your system, but it would be very odd for a properly equilibrated
membrane to allow that many water molecules to diffuse deeply within it.
May I simply delete these 40 water Molecules ? or
Maybe.
May I freeze these molecules During NVT Equilibration) ?
The better approach would be a position restrain along the z-axis only, allowing
the lipids to perhaps re-orient and pack a bit better, followed by NVT
equilibration in the absence of any restraints on water.
Can i Leave it as such and Then Proceed Further NPT?
You could, but expect your equilibration to last significantly longer than
normal for the hydrophobic effect to expel any water molecules that are in bad
places.
-Justin
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