From: Vlad Cojocaru (Vlad.Cojocaru_at_eml-r.villa-bosch.de)
Date: Mon Nov 13 2006 - 03:51:46 CST
Dear Arturas,
I have done some LES simulations looking at large conformational changes
in an RNA motif and I had many different system setups including one in
which a whole peace of RNA (17 too 22 bp) was included in a single LES
region. The computational time was not dramatically increased...But I
have done the simulations with AMBER, so I have no idea about how NAMD
behaves (if you want to exact numbers of CPU times from my simulations I
can look them up this week sometime ... they are archived).
However what I believe and I hope its in the interest of people doing
LES simulations is a discussion in my papers about the choice of LES
regions and no. of copies ...Below are the 2 refs.
But of course, its important first that you read first the intial
literature about LES, how it works, advantages and disadvantages
If you have any further questions, I would be pleased to answer you.
Best wishes
vlad
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Cojocaru V, Nottrott S, Klement R, Jovin TM.
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=15659359&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum>
The snRNP 15.5K protein folds its cognate K-turn RNA: a combined
theoretical and biochemical study.RNA. 2005 Feb;11(2):197-209.
* *Cojocaru V, Klement R, Jovin TM.
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=15956103&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum>
Loss of G-A base pairs is insufficient for achieving a large opening of
U4 snRNA K-turn motif.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2005 Jun 13;33(10):3435-46. Print 2005.
Arturas Ziemys wrote:
>Hi,
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>1) In the manual of NAMD there is now clue about how many atoms can be included into LES. Is there any limitations and considerations about it ?
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>2) How calculation time depends on number of atoms and number of copies ?
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>3) Is it effective for crossing enthalpic barriers, or entropy barriers, or both ?
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>Best
>Arturas
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-- Dr. Vlad Cojocaru EML Research gGmbH Molecular and Cellular Modeling Group Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33 69118 Heidelberg, Germany Phone: +49-6221-533266 Fax: +49-6221-533298 e-mail: Vlad.Cojocaru_at_eml-r.villa-bosch.de http://projects.villa-bosch.de/mcm/people/cojocaru/
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