In this spirit I am studying biomolecules using computer simulations.
These two pictures show the model: The protein "ubiquitin" in a hydrated ionic liquid as solvent.
(a) The protein is represented by van der Waals balls, the hydrated ionic liquid by a transparent green mass and the simulation boundaries, a truncated octahedron, by black lines.
(b) Same as in (a) except that the solvent is reduced to solvent molecules within a 10 angstrom radius around the 76th amino acid of ubiquitin.
