[gmx-users] pdb2gmx problems

Ken Rotondi ksr at chemistry.umass.edu
Tue Jan 17 16:32:48 CET 2006


Hello All,

when I run (using GROMACS3.2.1with a modified .hdb including the RNA 
bases)

pdb2gmx -f test.pdb -o test.gro -p test.top -i test.itp -n test.ndx 
-ignh

on the attached .pdb file with ff 43a1 (gromos96 official) it converts 
successfully. Both the pdb2gmx output:

			  chain  #res #atoms
			  1 ' '     4     82

and .top file:

			[ molecules ]
			; Compound        #mols
			Protein             1

Indicate that there is one molecule. However, the .pdb file clearly has 
a TER statement and a large gap between the second and third 
nucleotides. Why does GROMACS think this is one chain? How can I fix 
this? If it thinks this is one chain, why doesn't GROMACS issue a long 
bond warning between nucleotides 2 and 3?

Also, this is two RNA molecules, the pdb2gmx output correctly states: 
"No N- or C-terminus found: this chain appears to contain no protein"  
yet the .top states that this is 1 molecule of protein, is this an 
issue?


test.pdb:

ATOM  85982  P   CYT  2876      21.204  38.244 127.202  1.00 90.16
ATOM  85983  O1P CYT  2876      21.841  36.963 127.601  1.00 90.16
ATOM  85984  O2P CYT  2876      20.444  38.320 125.929  1.00 90.16
ATOM  85985  O5* CYT  2876      20.247  38.715 128.385  1.00 90.16
ATOM  85986  C5* CYT  2876      20.724  38.778 129.727  1.00 90.16
ATOM  85987  C4* CYT  2876      19.688  39.417 130.621  1.00 90.16
ATOM  85988  O4* CYT  2876      19.465  40.787 130.198  1.00 90.16
ATOM  85989  C1* CYT  2876      18.104  41.134 130.400  1.00 90.16
ATOM  85990  N1  CYT  2876      17.522  41.499 129.099  1.00 90.16
ATOM  85991  C6  CYT  2876      18.105  41.096 127.930  1.00 90.16
ATOM  85992  C2  CYT  2876      16.355  42.269 129.076  1.00 90.16
ATOM  85993  O2  CYT  2876      15.849  42.622 130.152  1.00 90.16
ATOM  85994  N3  CYT  2876      15.810  42.610 127.886  1.00 90.16
ATOM  85995  C4  CYT  2876      16.386  42.210 126.750  1.00 90.16
ATOM  85996  N4  CYT  2876      15.813  42.568 125.598  1.00 90.16
ATOM  85997  C5  CYT  2876      17.576  41.425 126.744  1.00 90.16
ATOM  85998  C2* CYT  2876      17.418  39.931 131.050  1.00 90.16
ATOM  85999  O2* CYT  2876      17.420  40.082 132.456  1.00 90.16
ATOM  86000  C3* CYT  2876      18.306  38.786 130.579  1.00 90.16
ATOM  86001  O3* CYT  2876      18.230  37.667 131.455  1.00 90.16
ATOM  86002  P   ADE  2877      17.220  36.462 131.121  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86003  O1P ADE  2877      17.365  35.450 132.197  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86004  O2P ADE  2877      17.422  36.062 129.705  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86005  O5* ADE  2877      15.777  37.124 131.252  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86006  C5* ADE  2877      15.322  37.645 132.498  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86007  C4* ADE  2877      13.982  38.318 132.324  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86008  O4* ADE  2877      14.119  39.444 131.417  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86009  C1* ADE  2877      12.927  39.594 130.661  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86010  N9  ADE  2877      13.264  39.467 129.244  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86011  C4  ADE  2877      12.493  39.880 128.185  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86012  N3  ADE  2877      11.289  40.477 128.235  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86013  C2  ADE  2877      10.841  40.734 127.008  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86014  N1  ADE  2877      11.415  40.481 125.826  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86015  C6  ADE  2877      12.625  39.880 125.810  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86016  N6  ADE  2877      13.198  39.627 124.631  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86017  C5  ADE  2877      13.209  39.555 127.047  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86018  N7  ADE  2877      14.412  38.949 127.381  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86019  C8  ADE  2877      14.396  38.920 128.692  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86020  C2* ADE  2877      11.945  38.523 131.144  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86021  O2* ADE  2877      11.111  39.066 132.147  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86022  C3* ADE  2877      12.900  37.467 131.682  1.00 85.57
ATOM  86023  O3* ADE  2877      12.315  36.513 132.574  1.00 85.57
TER
ATOM  86024  P   CYT     4      81.895 101.701   7.632  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86025  O2P CYT     4      83.321 101.006   7.355  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86026  O1P CYT     4      81.655 102.878   6.560  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86027  O5* CYT     4      81.147 100.998   7.544  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86028  C5* CYT     4      81.639  99.722   7.962  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86029  C4* CYT     4      83.139  99.613   7.817  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86030  O4* CYT     4      83.507  99.864   6.435  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86031  C1* CYT     4      84.739 100.566   6.388  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86032  N1  CYT     4      84.503 101.863   5.735  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86033  C6  CYT     4      83.234 102.347   5.581  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86034  C2  CYT     4      85.600 102.598   5.271  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86035  O2  CYT     4      86.741 102.136   5.425  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86036  N3  CYT     4      85.389 103.791   4.668  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86037  C4  CYT     4      84.145 104.253   4.522  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86038  N4  CYT     4      83.983 105.434   3.920  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86039  C5  CYT     4      83.011 103.526   4.986  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86040  C2* CYT     4      85.248 100.691   7.826  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86041  O2* CYT     4      86.116  99.615   8.121  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86042  C3* CYT     4      83.945 100.627   8.613  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86043  O3* CYT     4      84.157 100.174   9.946  1.00 94.72
ATOM  86044  P   CYT     5      84.453 101.240  11.112  1.00 93.36
ATOM  86045  O1P CYT     5      84.493 100.492  12.394  1.00 93.36
ATOM  86046  O2P CYT     5      83.513 102.379  10.955  1.00 93.36
ATOM  86047  O5* CYT     5      85.925 101.760  10.795  1.00 93.36
ATOM  86048  C5* CYT     5      87.050 100.894  10.922  1.00 93.36
ATOM  86049  C4* CYT     5      88.317 101.623  10.538  1.00 93.36
ATOM  86050  O4* CYT     5      88.250 101.994   9.136  1.00 93.36
ATOM  86051  C1* CYT     5      88.868 103.256   8.945  1.00 93.36
ATOM  86052  N1  CYT     5      87.851 104.195   8.448  1.00 93.36
ATOM  86053  C6  CYT     5      86.519 103.894   8.527  1.00 93.36
ATOM  86054  C2  CYT     5      88.268 105.407   7.892  1.00 93.36
ATOM  86055  O2  CYT     5      89.483 105.652   7.833  1.00 93.36
ATOM  86056  N3  CYT     5      87.341 106.278   7.433  1.00 93.36
ATOM  86057  C4  CYT     5      86.043 105.976   7.515  1.00 93.36
ATOM  86058  N4  CYT     5      85.162 106.865   7.050  1.00 93.36
ATOM  86059  C5  CYT     5      85.590 104.747   8.077  1.00 93.36
ATOM  86060  C2* CYT     5      89.465 103.677  10.289  1.00 93.36
ATOM  86061  O2* CYT     5      90.812 103.258  10.366  1.00 93.36
ATOM  86062  C3* CYT     5      88.560 102.937  11.264  1.00 93.36
ATOM  86063  O3* CYT     5      89.201 102.720  12.516  1.00 93.36

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