[gmx-developers] Problem with dihedral restraint in gromacs 4.6

[Landry Charlier]

Last question (I hope).

How can I choose the force constant?

Indeed for the version 4.5, the force constant is defined by the  
option dihre_fc in the mdp input file. After this force is multiply by  
kfac contained in the dihedral_sections in the topology file

Now this option is obsolete. The force constant is defined by kfac in  
gromacs4.6 ? If yes, kfac has now a unit. In kJ.mol-1.rad-2 ?

Thank you

Quoting Landry Charlier <landry.charlier at univ-montp1.fr>:

>
> OK, thanks for the reply.
>
> I have put a #ifdef DIH_RESTR in the topol file and define =  
> -DDIH_RESTR in the mdp input file in order turn on the dihedral  
> restraints. So I have not to erase the dihedral_restraints section  
> in order to turn them off.
>
> Landraille
>
> Quoting "Shirts, Michael (mrs5pt)" <mrs5pt at eservices.virginia.edu>:
>
>> Hi, all-
>>
>>> Indeed, if i check the mdout.mdp file generated during the grompp
>>> step, there is no dihre option as in the version 4.5.
>>> So how can I turn on/off the dihedral restraints without the dihre option?
>>
>> Using the topology, like you are doing now.
>>
>>> For the moment, I modify the topology file by put or erase the
>>> dihedral_restraints section. The dihre option was more useful.
>>
>> The goal of this change was to harmonize all of the free energy and A <-> B
>> state options; the mix of types resulted in bugs and complexity in the
>> underlying code.  Now, all types of transformation use the same syntax.  If
>> there are issues with the interface, please let us know!
>>
>> Best,
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Michael Shirts
>> Assistant Professor
>> Department of Chemical Engineering
>> University of Virginia
>> michael.shirts at virginia.edu
>> (434)-243-1821
>>
>>
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