Re: [AMBER] Question about Heating and equilibration protocol?

From: manikanthan bhavaraju <manikanthanbhavaraju.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:05:48 -0500

Hi,



>
> 1-Is it better to start heating from 0K or higher temperatures like 100K or
> 200K? (to prevent wild fluctuations and to be well equilibrated)
>

  It is recommended to heat the system at 0-15K. Don't start with higher
temperatures for heating.

> 2-Is it better to heat up the system directly (from beginning to final
> temperature) or do it in several steps?
>

  Yes you can do in several steps.

> 3-Is it better to heat up the system gradually (in a controlled manner
> nmropt=1) or as routine procedure?
>


4- how long should be sufficient for each step for a protein like this?
> Typically for initial heating do like 100-150 ps (NVT) and the another
> 800-900 ps (NPT) and then you can start equilibrating the system under your
> required conditions.
>



Manikanthan

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Manikanthan Bhavaraju
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Dept. of Chemistry
Mississippi State University
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