[gmx-users] Warning: 1-4 interaction

[Joern Lenz]

dear gromacs guys,
i have the following problem:

i linked the phosphate atom of a DNA to the phenolic-hydroxyl group of a 
proteins tyrosine by defining a line in the specbond.dat file.
the distance before linking these atoms was about 4.2 angstroms.
my intention now was first to minimize the linked complex using the following 
mdp file:

integrator      = steep
dt              = 0.002
nsteps          = 400
nstenergy       = 5   
nstxtcout       = 5      
nstlist         = 5 
ns_type         = simple
rlist           = 1.0  
coulombtype     = PME          
rcoulomb        = 1.0        
rvdw            = 1.0         
pbc             = xyz         
fourierspacing  = 0.12
fourier_nx      = 0
fourier_ny      = 0
fourier_nz      = 0
pme_order       = 4
ewald_rtol      = 1e-5
optimize_fft    = yes
constraints     = none         
emtol       = 1.0            
emstep      = 0.0005

starting the minimzation the following warning occurs - and i know that this 
problem was discussed often before :

Warning: 1-4 interaction between 1435 and 8183 at distance 1.862 which is 
larger than the 1-4 table size 1.000 nm
These are ignored for the rest of the simulation
This usually means your system is exploding,
if not, you should increase table-extension in your mdp file

i know what this error message means.  Their 1-4 distance is too long.
the mentioned atoms are of the DNA and the tyrosine respectively.
my question now is: how can i fix this warning ? since i run minimzation and 
this warning occurs i do not know exactly how to go on becuase i run 
minimization in order to shrink the bond-length between protein and dna.
how else can i shrink it to avoid the warning ?
does anyone has an idea that would help me to gon on with my work ?
thanks a lot in advance and have a nice spring-day evening
greetings 
joern