Abstract
This chapter discusses the practical aspects of setting up molecular dynamics simulations of membrane-associated proteins and peptides, and the analysis thereof. Topology files for selected lipids are provided and selected analysis tools presented. These include tools for the creation of lipid bilayers of mixed lipid content (DOPE) and easy extraction of lipid coordinates (g_zcoor, g_xycoor), the calculation of helical axes (g_helixaxis) and aromatic order parameters (g_arom), the determination of peptide- or protein-interacting lipids (g_under), and the investigation of lipid-specific interactions through the calculation of lipid-bridged residue–residue contacts (g_prolip).
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Lensink, M.F. (2015). Membrane-Associated Proteins and Peptides. In: Kukol, A. (eds) Molecular Modeling of Proteins. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1215. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1465-4_6
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