[gmx-users] g_angle (Problem in Dihedral Angles)

David spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se
Mon Dec 13 21:35:13 CET 2004


On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 00:32 +0530, Alok wrote:
> Hello Gmx Usrs,
>                           I am  calculating the Dihedral angle (chi1 
> &chi 2)for a residue in my protein using the program g_angle. I was 
> thinking that dihedral angle should be in the range -180 to +180  or 0 
> to 360 degree . But i am getting values which are mixed up of these two 
> range  like -185 degree or sometimes negative and positive   values both 
> ... can any one suggest me where is the problem? if i am doing anything 
> wrong.
> 
> i used  g_angle     -f    ***.xtc   -s    ***.tpr   -n    ***.ndx     
> -od    -ov   -type dihedral   command.
>                                             
check what they look like as a function of time. it may be that the
periodicity is taken out, in which case they should be continuous.


>                             
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>           thanks in advance
>                                                                         
>                                                                         
>                  Alok Jain
> 
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