[gmx-developers] How to obtain the element of an atom?

[Lorién López Villellas]

Hello again.

As Dmitry suggested, we have been working with the *gmx_mtop_t* data. So
far, it seems that it is what we needed.

However, we are having some trouble with the *iatoms* structure (
*idef->il[F_CONSTR].iatoms* in *Constraints::Impl::setConstraints()*). We
are currently testing our algorithm with the GROMACS-Lysozime tutorial (the
md-simulation part). The *elements_iatoms.txt* file attached contains
*iatoms* and each atom element when calling to setConstraints(). We see
some weird bonds:

   - Bond 1938, which is part of a cysteine amino acid (let us call it
   amino acid x), connects atom 1910 (carbon) with atom 1913 (sulfur), forming
   a C-S bond, which is just right.
   - Bond 100, connects atom 98 (sulfur) with atom 1913 (the sulfur atom of
   amino acid x). As far as I know, a connection S-S is not even possible in a
   peptide-chain.
   - The bond that should connect atom 1913 with a hydrogen atom does not
   exist.

What is weird is that almost every bond makes sense, except some bonds like
the ones shown below. As this structure is used in SHAKE, I guess we are
doing something wrong.

Thank you all in advance.

Regards,
Lorién

El jue, 11 feb 2021 a las 19:16, Lorién López Villellas (<
lorien.lopez at bsc.es>) escribió:

> Hi.
>
> One the possible solutions (there are atomic numbers stored in the
>> gmx_mtop_t)
>
>
> I think we can work with that. Thanks!
>
> But that would make the algorithm work only for proteins. Why not do the
>> numbering based on bond connectivity?
>
>
> We have two versions of the algorithm, a sequential one that works with
> any molecule and a parallel one that, as you say, only works with proteins.
> The parallelization of the algorithm is based on the structure of the
> peptide chain. The numbering we use is extremely specific; each amino acid
> bond must always have the same index. The reordering algorithm needs to
> identify each of the molecule bonds precisely. We have not found a way to
> achieve that without using the additional information that the atoms'
> element provides.
>
> Regards,
> Lorién
>
> El jue, 11 feb 2021 a las 17:30, Berk Hess (<hess at kth.se>) escribió:
>
>> On 2/11/21 4:22 PM, Lorién López Villellas wrote:
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> Why is the element number relevant for constraints? The element number is
>>> never used in MD calculations.
>>
>>
>> We have performed a heavy code optimization based on the structural
>> patterns of the peptide chains. In order to apply this optimization, we
>> need a very specific bond numbering. To get to this bond numbering, we use
>> a bond reordering phase. The reordering algorithm needs to know the
>> elements of the molecule's atoms to locate itself.
>>
>> But that would make the algorithm work only for proteins. Why not do the
>> numbering based on bond connectivity?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Berk
>>
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