CHARMM Development Project Forums User Discussion & Questions Parameter Set Discussion can i run NPT simulation with charmm?

I plan to put membrane, protein, water together and run simulations. I was suggested to run NAPzT simulaton (pressure is coupled only to z direction and the xy-corss area of the simulation box is a constant), because the force filed (c27) was optimized in NAPzT simulaton. I am wondering if i can run NPT simulation, where pressure is also coupled to xy direction with the newly developed charmm force field, such as c36? is c36 well developed so that i can use this force field just like c27?
thank you.

Ummm... there is a c36 force field for carbohydrates and the CHARMM general force field (CGenFF) was also released with c36, but you're only simulating "membrane, protein, water". Are you talking about the c32 lipid force field?

The C36 lipid force field, which is suitable for NPT simulations, has not been released yet; the manuscript should be submitted for publication in the next couple of weeks.

so, only c36 force field can be used to do NPT simulations? and it is well developed for NPT simulations with different kinds of lipids and amino acid (as long as these molecules are included in the force field)? thanks.
"The C36 lipid force field, which is suitable for NPT simulations, has not been released yet"

NPT simulations of a range of PC lipid bilayers stay close to their expt area/lipid values for extended periods with the new c36 force field.

With the earlier c27 (and c32) lipid force fields, NPT simulations tend to condense in the xy plane, so that the area/lipid shrinks. To compensate, one can use the NPgammmaT ensemble with an applied surface tension (gamma) of about 15 dyn/cm.

Dear Rick,

Is there any update for the C36 lipid force field?

Where can we get that?

Thank you very much

Since the paper is now available online (J. Phys. Chem. B, ASAP), the files are undergoing final review, and are about to be released on Alex MacKerell's site, maybe next week.