# NOTE: YOU MUST COMPLETE STEPS 1 AND 2 BEFORE RUNNING PACKMOL ON THIS FILE # Step 3: Pack the lipids in the outer monolayer around the proteins from step1. # # ----- Run using: ----- # packmol < step3_outerlayer.inp # (This takes about 4 hours on an Intel i7 processor) # ----- Settings: ----- # All the atoms from diferent molecules will be at least 5.5 Angstrons apart tolerance 5.5 # (Setting "discale" to 1.4 increases the typical separation # distance to approximately 1.4*5.5 = 7.7 Angstroms.) discale 1.4 # The other parameters below are optional: nloop 10000 maxit 20 seed 12345 sidemax 3000.0 # What fraction of the molecules are moved during "large moves"? (default 0.05) movefrac 0.05 # The output file name output step3_outerlayer.xyz # File types are in xyz format filetype xyz # The proteins and lipids whose position we determined earlier in steps 1-2 # will be frozen in place during this step. structure step2_innerlayer.xyz number 1 fixed 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. end structure # 12500 DPPC lipids will be put in a shell with their hydrophilic heads # (atom 1) pointing outwards, and their tails (atom 5) pointing inwards. structure DPPC.xyz number 12500 atoms 5 inside sphere 0. 0. 0. 310.0 end atoms atoms 1 outside sphere 0. 0. 0. 336.0 end atoms end structure # 12500 DLPC lipids will be put in a shell with their hydrophilic heads # (atom 1) pointing outwards, and their tails (atom 4) pointing inwards. structure DLPC.xyz number 12500 atoms 4 inside sphere 0. 0. 0. 313.0 end atoms atoms 1 outside sphere 0. 0. 0. 332.0 end atoms end structure