[gmx-users] pdb as topology file

[David van der Spoel]

On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 00:18, Lishan Yao wrote:
> Hi:
>    I use g_rms to calculate rmsd between a trajectory and a crystal
> structure, by taking the pdb file as the topology file. But
> unfortunately, g_rms gives me much lager numbers than what they should
> be. What could be wrong?
your pdb file may not have the sam enumber of atoms, e.g. H missing.
Then the indexing of e.g. C-alpha atoms will be wrong.
> 
> Best,
> Lishan
> 
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