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Example: Move a hydrogen atom from carboxylic acid group to a guanidine group to make a Salt Bridge

NOTES:
In the original structure, Asn46 has a terminal
carboxylic acid group.  The hydrogen atom
is in the wrong position - it is too close to one
of the hydrogen atoms on the guanine group
of Arg10. 

The carboxylic acid hydrogen is moved in
two steps: A bond is created between it and
the nitrogen atom it is to be bonded to, and
the bonds it currently makes are broken. 
Then the geometry is optimized using a simple
MM method.

In this example there are pauses of two
seconds.  These pauses allow the steps to
be seen.  In normal use, the pauses would
not be used, and the process would be fast.

Details, read: "Move_a_hydrogen_atom.txt"
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