Including bound water in MD simulations

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Shahid Khan
Tue, Mar 14, 2023 6:20 PM

Hello,

We need to run MD simulations to measure the dynamics of localized waters
in PDB structures. The localized waters are designated HOH, rather than
recognized model types such as TIP3P etc.  Can one replace "HOH" in the PDB
file with "TIP3P" (for example) so that the localized water positions will
be recognized by NAMD and other MD simulation software? Alternatively, are
there parameters and topology files that recognize the "HOH" designation?

Shahid

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Dr. Shahid Khan
Senior Scientist
Molecular Biology Consortium
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Hello, We need to run MD simulations to measure the dynamics of localized waters in PDB structures. The localized waters are designated HOH, rather than recognized model types such as TIP3P etc. Can one replace "HOH" in the PDB file with "TIP3P" (for example) so that the localized water positions will be recognized by NAMD and other MD simulation software? Alternatively, are there parameters and topology files that recognize the "HOH" designation? Shahid -- Dr. Shahid Khan Senior Scientist Molecular Biology Consortium Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory