[AMBER] Removing PBC for protein–ligand complex

From: Enrico Martinez via AMBER <amber.ambermd.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:01:10 +0100

Dear Amber users!

I am using the following cpptraj workflow to remove periodic boundary
conditions for a dimeric protein bound to a ligand, to
analyze water-mediated hydrogen bonding during molecular dynamics. My
system contains protein, ligand, water, and ions, and I want to keep
everything in the post-processed, with the protein properly centered:

unwrap bymol
unwrap :* # sometimes used only for protein residues
autoimage
image origin center familiar
center :*.N,CA,C origin # center on backbone atoms
# rms first :*.N,CA,C-\n # optionally add rms fit

Visually, this creates a reasonable system without jumps across box.
However, when I visualize water near the ligand,I notice that water
molecules appear to move very rapidly in a non-physical way. How could it
be fixed?

Many thanks in advance!

Enrico
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