[gmx-users] Peptide interactions with membrane lipids

Aswin Sai Narain aswin_biogenie at yahoo.co.uk
Sun Oct 12 05:55:02 CEST 2003


Hi all


I have a major doubt. How do I actually go about placing the peptide in the
membrane environment? Is it correct to use genbox using dppc as solvent?
Because, when I did this, the following happened.

I tried running the em. I used the following mdp file:

;
; User spoel (236)
; Wed Nov  3 17:12:44 1993
; Input file
;
cpp                 =  /lib/cpp
define              =  -DFLEX_SPC
constraints         =  none
integrator          =  steep
nsteps              =  10000
;
; Energy minimizing stuff
;
emtol               =  2000
emstep              =  0.01
nstcomm             =  1
ns_type             =  grid
rlist               =  1
rcoulomb            =  1.8
rvdw                =  1.0
Tcoupl              =  no
Pcoupl      =  no
gen_vel             =  no

The em simulation showed the following:
Steepest Descents:
   Tolerance         =  2.00000e+03
   Number of steps   =        10000
Warning: 1-4 interaction at distance larger than 1
These are ignored for the rest of the simulation
turn on -debug for more information
Step=    1, Dmax= 1.0e-02 nm, Epot=  2.94805e+09 Fmax= 1.01461e+09, atom=
7856
Step=    2, Dmax= 1.2e-02 nm, Epot=  2.68462e+09 Fmax= 1.79138e+08, atom=
7406
Step=    3, Dmax= 1.4e-02 nm, Epot=  2.62547e+09 Fmax= 5.29382e+07, atom=
8436
Step=    4, Dmax= 1.7e-02 nm, Epot=  2.61144e+09 Fmax= 4.96408e+07, atom=
8006
Step=    5, Dmax= 2.1e-02 nm, Epot=  2.60584e+09 Fmax= 2.32306e+07, atom=
8585
Step=    6, Dmax= 2.5e-02 nm, Epot=  2.59659e+09 Fmax= 1.70494e+07, atom=
8006
Step=    7, Dmax= 3.0e-02 nm, Epot=  2.58519e+09 Fmax= 4.06876e+06, atom=
8007
Step=    8, Dmax= 3.6e-02 nm, Epot=  2.53756e+09 Fmax= 9.73282e+07, atom=
8088
Step=    9, Dmax= 4.3e-02 nm, Epot=  2.53431e+09 Fmax= 5.31674e+06, atom=
8088
Step=   10, Dmax= 5.2e-02 nm, Epot=  2.48471e+09 Fmax= 2.74124e+06, atom=
2182
Step=   11, Dmax= 6.2e-02 nm, Epot=  2.37340e+09 Fmax= 2.67713e+06, atom=
2182
Step=   12, Dmax= 7.4e-02 nm, Epot=  2.24401e+09 Fmax= 2.60029e+06, atom=
2182
Step=   13, Dmax= 8.9e-02 nm, Epot=  2.09428e+09 Fmax= 3.99132e+06, atom=
8307
Step=   14, Dmax= 1.1e-01 nm, Epot=  1.98544e+09 Fmax= 3.43059e+07, atom=
8307
Step=   15, Dmax= 1.3e-01 nm, Epot=  1.97118e+09 Fmax= 6.31594e+07, atom=
8306
Step=   16, Dmax= 1.5e-01 nm, Epot=  1.96094e+09 Fmax= 2.42373e+06, atom=
2182
Step=   17, Dmax= 1.8e-01 nm, Epot=  1.68085e+09 Fmax= 2.32879e+07, atom=
2269
Step=   19, Dmax= 1.1e-01 nm, Epot=  1.66439e+09 Fmax= 3.53242e+07, atom=
8006
Step=   20, Dmax= 1.3e-01 nm, Epot=  1.65200e+09 Fmax= 1.20352e+07, atom=
8006
Step=   21, Dmax= 1.6e-01 nm, Epot=  1.60965e+09 Fmax= 3.01545e+06, atom=
8006
Step=   25, Dmax= 2.4e-02 nm, Epot=  1.58496e+09 Fmax= 2.16532e+06, atom=
2182
Step=   28, Dmax= 7.2e-03 nm, Epot=  1.57481e+09 Fmax= 2.15790e+06, atom=
2182
Step=   30, Dmax= 4.3e-03 nm, Epot=  1.56873e+09 Fmax= 2.15345e+06, atom=
2182
Step=   34, Dmax= 6.5e-04 nm, Epot=  1.56782e+09 Fmax= 2.15278e+06, atom=
2182
Step=   38, Dmax= 9.7e-05 nm, Epot=  1.56768e+09 Fmax= 2.15268e+06, atom=
2182
Step=   45, Dmax= 1.8e-06 nm, Epot=  1.56768e+09 Fmax= 2.15268e+06, atom=
2182
Step=   46, Dmax= 2.2e-06 nm, Epot=  1.56767e+09 Fmax= 2.15267e+06, atom=
2182
Step=   48, Dmax= 1.3e-06 nm, Epot=  1.56376e+10 Fmax= 3.15365e+12, atom=
8530
Stepsize too small (6.55034e-07 nm)Converged to machine precision,
but not to the requested precision (2000)

writing lowest energy coordinates.

Back Off! I just backed up amem.trr to ./#amem.trr.1#

Back Off! I just backed up amem.gro to ./#amem.gro.1#

Steepest Descents did not converge in 49 steps
  Potential Energy  =  1.56767e+09
Maximum force:  2.15267e+06

gcq#1: "I Live the Life They Wish They Did" (Tricky)


For the md i used this mdp:

title               =  Yo
cpp                 =  /lib/cpp
constraints         =  all-bonds
constraint_algorithm=  Shake
integrator          =  md
dt                  =  0.002
nsteps              =  5000
nstcomm             =  1
nstxout             =  250
nstvout             =  1000
nstfout             =  0
nstlog              =  100
nstenergy           =  100
nstlist             =  10
ns_type             =  grid
rlist               =  1.0
rcoulomb            =  1.8
rvdw                =  1.0
; Berendsen temperature coupling is on in two groups
Tcoupl              =  berendsen
tc-grps      =  Protein SOL DPPC
tau_t               =  0.1 0.1 0.1
ref_t               =  300 300 300
; Energy monitoring
energygrps          =  Protein  SOL DPPC
; Isotropic pressure coupling is now on
Pcoupl             =  berendsen
Pcoupltype          = isotropic
tau_p               =  1.0
compressibility     =  4.5e-5
ref_p               =  1.0
; Generate velocites is off at 300 K.
gen_vel             =  no
gen_temp            =  300.0
gen_seed            =  173529

And the errors were:

Warning: 1-4 interaction at distance larger than 1
These are ignored for the rest of the simulation
turn on -debug for more information
Wrote pdb files with previous and current coordinates
step 0
Warning: Only triclinic boxes with the first vector parallel to the x-axis
and the second vector in the xy-plane are supported.
         Box (3x3):
            Box[    0]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
            Box[    1]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
            Box[    2]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
         Can not fix pbc.
Warning: Only triclinic boxes with the first vector parallel to the x-axis
and the second vector in the xy-plane are supported.
         Box (3x3):
            Box[    0]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
            Box[    1]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
            Box[    2]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
         Can not fix pbc.
Warning: Only triclinic boxes with the first vector parallel to the x-axis
and the second vector in the xy-plane are supported.
         Box (3x3):
            Box[    0]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
            Box[    1]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
            Box[    2]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
         Can not fix pbc.
Warning: Only triclinic boxes with the first vector parallel to the x-axis
and the second vector in the xy-plane are supported.
         Box (3x3):
            Box[    0]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
            Box[    1]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
            Box[    2]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
         Can not fix pbc.
Warning: Only triclinic boxes with the first vector parallel to the x-axis
and the second vector in the xy-plane are supported.
         Box (3x3):
            Box[    0]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
            Box[    1]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
            Box[    2]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
         Can not fix pbc.
Warning: Only triclinic boxes with the first vector parallel to the x-axis
and the second vector in the xy-plane are supported.
         Box (3x3):
            Box[    0]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
            Box[    1]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
            Box[    2]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
         Can not fix pbc.
Warning: Only triclinic boxes with the first vector parallel to the x-axis
and the second vector in the xy-plane are supported.
         Box (3x3):
            Box[    0]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
            Box[    1]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
            Box[    2]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
         Can not fix pbc.
Warning: Only triclinic boxes with the first vector parallel to the x-axis
and the second vector in the xy-plane are supported.
         Box (3x3):
            Box[    0]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
            Box[    1]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
            Box[    2]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
         Can not fix pbc.
Warning: Only triclinic boxes with the first vector parallel to the x-axis
and the second vector in the xy-plane are supported.
         Box (3x3):
            Box[    0]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
            Box[    1]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
            Box[    2]={         nan,          nan,          nan}
         Can not fix pbc.
Fatal error: ci = -1 should be in 0 .. -1 [FILE nsgrid.c, LINE 210]

Plz help me out.

Aswin Sai Narain. S
Student
Centre for Biotechnology
Anna University
Chennai 25

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