Fix backbone of protein

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Hello,
I am simulating a protein in lipid bilayer and i want to fix backbone of the protein during equilibration (NPT AND NVT). How to fix the backbone of that protein

Can anyone please help me regarding fixing the backbone?

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Generate a new position restraint topology using genrestr and selecting only backbone atoms to be restrained. Then #include that topology with a different macro, e.g. #ifdef POSRES_BB.