Re: [AMBER] closeness

From: Daniel Roe <daniel.r.roe.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 22:32:26 -0700

Hi,

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:12 PM, Sylvester Tumusiime <stumusii.uno.edu> wrote:
> Total vdw box size: 34.015 41.102 44.674 angstroms.
>
> Volume: 62457.939 A^3
>
> Total mass 26186.398 amu, Density 0.696 g/cc
> 1. Should i consider the stated volume (62457.939 A^3) as the true volume
> of the box? If not, what dimension can i use as a true reflection of my box
> volume?

This volume seems right for a rectangular box of the given dimensions.
However, since your density is so low you can expect the volume to
decrease during equilibration.

> 2. Secondly, I came across the "closeness" command in amber manual. Can i
> use this in conjunction with the solvate (cap/box) commands to specify the
> location of ions within my system as a substitute to the addions command and
> the RP RW arguments of AddToBox?

I assume you're referring to the 'closeness' parameter for the
solvatebox/solvateoct/etc commands? This only controls how close water
can come to solute atoms. If you really need specific locations for
ions your best bet is probably to add the ions to your PDB in
whichever places you want - just make sure you use residue names that
leap expects for ions. However, in most cases I think the addions or
addionsrand commands do a fine job (provided you do some subsequent
equilibration). Based on what you've said I don't think you want a
solvent cap...

-Dan

> Thanks,
> S.T.
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