Precisely, minimize, not eliminate ...
yong
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> [mailto:owner-amber.scripps.edu] On Behalf Of David E. Konerding
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 11:39 AM
> To: amber.scripps.edu
> Subject: Re: AMBER: surface code in Amber
>
>
> Dr. Yong Duan wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, John Lee wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>I just worried about if there is such a cave. And most
> possiblly caves
> >>collapse due to VDW forces.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Cavity inside protein can remain as cavity if the overall structure
> >can support it. In addition, these cavities can remain "dry".
> >
> >
>
> It shouldn't- it would be a 'vaccuum'. The van der waals
> forces almost
> always adjust to minimize interior
> vaccuum.
>
> Dave
>
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