-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Hello Franz--

> 
> The main thing which I want to include is the minimal distance between the
> helices when they lie on the surface of the micelle. Probably, lower bound
> distance restraints would be helpful. I could write a list where each
> long-range distance should not be closer than the diameter of the micelle
> (minus a term for the immersion depth of each helix), which seems to be the
> non-elegant way of doing this. 

It sounds plenty elegant to me. Perhaps Ez (as implemented in Shi,L et
al; J Biomol NMR. 2009 Aug;44(4):195-205) would help too?

Furthermore, the negatively charged
> headgroups of the micelle might be important if an electrostatic term is
> included in the force field.
> 

When you start adding solvent+micelle, and don't have a decent starting
structure, its quite unlikely that you'll converge in a reasonable
amount of time.

best regards--
Charles
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8+ <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/>

iEYEARECAAYFAksG9fsACgkQPK2zrJwS/lYkGgCdG/wx/CT0gyx51ynpV3CrdApH
iOMAnRb18XdlOyndTOxqEpPMiaAkDJek
=uuJ4
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Reply via email to