From: Bjoern Olausson (namdlist_at_googlemail.com)
Date: Fri Jul 08 2011 - 05:57:03 CDT
On Friday 08 July 2011 12:35:40 jaya c.jose wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am trying to simulate a peptide using GB-OBC implicit solvent model in
> NAMD2.8.
> My system is having total charge -5,so is it possible to use explicit ions
> to neutralize the system?
>
You don't need to neutralize your system.
> I would like to know what is the thumb rule to choose the ion concentration
> for a system.
>
Do you have lab experiments you want to match against or any information at
which ion concentration the protein is handled? If yes, I would suggest to
start with those values.
If you have no clue at all, I would say it can't harm to add ions in the range
from 1 mM to 500 mM (0M represents distilled water) but that is finally up to
you any your system... for example if you have an protein/enzyme which is
halophilic you might want to ramp up you ion concentration.
Why not run some short test simulations to see how very high/low salt
concentration affect your system.
Cheers,
Bjoern
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