[gmx-users] pdb as topology file

Lishan Yao yaolisha at msu.edu
Tue Apr 6 15:20:01 CEST 2004


My pdb file only has C-alpha and the trajectory file only has C-alpha
too. You think this will cause any problem?

Lishan

On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 07:57, David van der Spoel wrote:
> 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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