Re: AW: Energy minimization of membrane

From: Chris Harrison (charris5_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu Feb 09 2012 - 01:28:36 CST

And to answer your other question, using constantArea is one way to
maintain the Area per Lipid.

Best,
Chris

On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 8:53 AM, R. Charbel Maroun
<charbel.maroun_at_inserm.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> No, I haven't run the equilibration in CHARMM 'cause I'm using NAMD. In
> C-GUI's step5_assembly.str, I see :
>
>  SET BOXTYPE  = RECT
>  SET XTLTYPE  = TETRAGONAL
>  SET A        = 85.3711
>  SET B        = 85.3711
>  SET C        = 108.095
>  SET ALPHA    = 90.0
>  SET BETA     = 90.0
>  SET GAMMA    = 90.0
>  SET ZCEN     = 0.0
>  SET NLIPTOP  = 94
>  SET NLIPBOT  = 94
>  SET NWATER   = 15800
>  SET NPWATER  = 3
>  SET POSID    = POT
>  SET NEGID    = CLA
>  SET NPOS     = 45
>  SET NNEG     = 45
>
> So, no problem for A, B, C. Is ZCEN the cellOrigin? If I don't use Charmm,
> where do I get the grid size ? I found the following in the namd wiki :
> "The PME grid size should be about one cell per Angstrom in each dimension,
> with factors of 2, 3, and 5 to be sure that the FFT is efficient (i.e.,
> order N log N complexity). Newer versions of NAMD will pick this
> automatically if you set "pmeGridSpacing 1.0", but the grid may change when
> a constant pressure simulation is restarted." So, something like 90, 90 and
> 111 should be suitable.
>
> On another hand, using
>
> useFlexibleCell       yes
> useConstantRatio      yes
>
> I'm afraid that the cell will get distorted and not respect anymore the
> starting experimental cross-sectional area (63A² for DPPC). Wouldn't it be
> better to use useConstant Area ?
>
> Cheers,
>
> CM
>
>
>
> Ajasja Ljubetič <ajasja.ljubetic_at_gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>> I used CHARMM-GUI for building my membrane system.
>>
>>
>>
>> Did you run the equlibration in CHARMM as well? If so, just open the
>> file step6.6_equilibration.str, where you have the box size (A, B, C) and
>> the FFT grid size information.
>> If you didn't run the equilibration in charm then look
>> into step5_assembly.str.
>>
>> Usually I ignore the grid used by charmm and just set PMEGridSpacing to
>> 1.0.
>>
>> You might also want to use
>>
>> useFlexibleCell       yes
>> useConstantRatio      yes
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Ajasja
>>
>
>
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