Hi,
Some time ago I used the HOLE program to calculate the pore radius of a transmembrane channel:
http://www.msg.ucsf.edu/local/programs/hole/doc/hole_d00.html
I'm not sure whether this will be suitable for your system or not (since it is intended for channels through proteins, rather than channels through membranes) but possibly worth a look.
Cheers,
Callum
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From: amber-bounces.ambermd.org [amber-bounces.ambermd.org] on behalf of Albert [mailmd2011.gmail.com]
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Subject: Re: [AMBER] area per lipid popc membrane
On 08/23/2012 07:19 AM, jojartb.jgypk.u-szeged.hu wrote:
> Hi,
> Another possibility is to use the GridMAT-MD tool:
> http://www.bevanlab.biochem.vt.edu/GridMAT-MD/
> The program needs only a xxx.gro file, which can be produce by using vmd.
> HTH,
> Balazs
the results from GridMAT-MD is not reliable for protein/membrane system
since it overestimate protein area. I tested it for protein/POPC system,
you always get something around 54 for ALP which is also state in J
Comput Chem 31: 2169–2174, 2010 titled "g_membed: Efficient Insertion of
a Membrane Protein into an Equilibrated Lipid Bilayer with Minimal
Perturbation". here is a figure for ALP in g_membed paper:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/56271062/figure3.jpeg
for protein free system, it should be all right.
good luck
Albert
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