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Lipid Converter, A framework for lipid manipulation in molecular dynamics simulations

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The Journal of Membrane Biology, 247 (11): 1137-1140 (November 2014)
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-014-9705-5

Abstract

Construction of lipid membrane and membrane protein systems for molecular dynamics simulations can be a challenging process. In addition, there are few available tools to extend existing studies by repeating simulations using other force fields and lipid compositions. To facilitate this, we introduce Lipid Converter, a modular Python framework for exchanging force fields and lipid composition in coordinate files obtained from simulations. Force fields and lipids are specified by simple text files, making it easy to introduce support for additional force fields and lipids. The converter produces simulation input files that can be used for structural relaxation of the new membranes.

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