Hi Francesco, I would not recommend trying to build a lipid bilayer in Chimera. I do not have specific information, but I would first look for such tools in simulation programs such as Amber. You can also look for publications where simulations in lipid bilayers were performed. If there are examples you think are well done, you can try to follow the protocol described in the paper. I thought there might be coordinates available for an equilibrated bilayer, but was not able to find it with a little searching. You might be able to find such a thing with more careful searching. Another suggestion is to post your question on the amber mailing list (see http://amber.scripps.edu/#reflector ) or the computational chemistry mailing list (see ccl.net ) or even search their archives. Best, Elaine p.s. about your other question on "cleaning up" structures, if you mean deleting extra things you don't want, you can use Chimera's "delete" command, or select the unwanted things and then use "Actions... Atoms/Bonds... delete" ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. meng@cgl.ucsf.edu UCSF Computer Graphics Lab and Babbitt Lab Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/index.html On Oct 11, 2007, at 7:38 AM, Francesco Pietra wrote:
How far (and how close to reality) can we go in building a lipid bilayer with Chimera for use with Amber and Dock? If possible, where to drop in Chimera?
I mean a lipid bilayer for a model of ion channel, i.e. ca 30A thick.
Thanks francesco pietra
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