Dear amber users,
I am doing a perturbation with gibbs (amber7) and I mutate two hidrogen-
bonded base pairs at the same time in a DNA double helix (dickerson
dodecamer).
My mutation consists in Ade --> Gua, and Cyto1 --> Cyto2 ( where cytoX
are two tautomers of cytosine)
I made a prior equilibration of the system and nothing anomalous happens,
but when I turn to the perturbation I found that the DNA strands separate
along the perturbation i.e. firstly, some hidrogen bonds increase their
distance and finally the whole helix is completely open.
I would think that this could be because of two appearing/disappearing
groups that leads to an instability but this would also mean that the
DNA separation would begin in the base pairs that I am mutating, and this
is not my case.
What reason can a DNA double helix have to get separated ? I guess that
this can be due to some kind of erronous electrostatic interactions but I
have carefully checked my charges ...
Please, any comments are kindly acknowledged.
thanks in advance
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