On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Patrick McGrath <ptmcgrat.gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>
> Would this cutoff also appropriate for membrane simulations?
>
​Depends on who you ask and what membrane force field you're using. If
you're using the CHARMM force field, they'll tell you that you need a 12 A
cutoff and ideally a vdW force-switch turned on at 10 A (which Amber
doesn't have).
The Lipid14 paper uses a 10 A cutoff, so I would suggest using that for
Lipid14 simulations. The long-range dispersion correction assumes
isotropic particle distribution, and membranes are anisotropic systems. As
a result, the correction is less accurate for lipid simulations, so a
larger cutoff is probably justified.
All the best,
Jason
--
Jason M. Swails
BioMaPS,
Rutgers University
Postdoctoral Researcher
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