Dear Amber users:
I am trying to simulate a protein-protein complex with a calcium ion (Ca2+) at the binding interface. Energy minimizations on the initial crystal structure without explicit solvent lead to displacement of Ca2+, even though the ion is restrained. I searched the Amber achieve and found that the similar problems had been raised before and that two kinds of models had been used for solving the problem: bonded and non-bonded. The latter is preferred in my case because an experiment shows that the mutation of a particular residue that bonds to Ca2+ leads to partial dissociation of the complex.
Although there have been clear demonstrations of non-bonded models for Zn2+ with Amber and Ca2+ with Charmm (indicating divalent ion coordination after MD simulations), I did not see such a clear demonstration of a nonbonded model for Ca2+ with Amber. Anyone knows?
Thanks,
Qing
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Qing Zhang, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Department of Molecular Biology, MB-5
The Scripps Research Institute
10550 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037-1000
Tel: (858) 784-2333
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Cell: (917) 509-3182
Email: qzhang.scripps.edu
Website: http://www.qingzhang.info
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Received on Fri Dec 08 2006 - 16:23:21 PST
