[gmx-users] Fatal error: Atom CA not found in residue LYSH200 while adding hydrogens

Haining Liu liu123s at uwindsor.ca
Wed Oct 10 06:03:43 CEST 2007


Hi,

I have a problem using Gromacs. When I use the pdb2gmx command to  
generate the .top and .gro files, I got the error:

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Option     Filename  Type         Description
------------------------------------------------------------
   -f       2FDG.pdb  Input        Generic structure: gro g96 pdb tpr  
tpb tpa
                                    xml
   -o       2FDG.gro  Output       Generic structure: gro g96 pdb xml
   -p       2FDG.top  Output       Topology file
   -i      posre.itp  Output       Include file for topology
   -n      clean.ndx  Output, Opt. Index file
   -q      clean.pdb  Output, Opt. Generic structure: gro g96 pdb xml

Option       Type   Value   Description
------------------------------------------------------
-[no]h       bool   no      Print help info and quit
-[no]X       bool   no      Use dialog box GUI to edit command line  
options
-nice        int    0       Set the nicelevel
-[no]merge   bool   no      Merge chains into one molecule definition
-ff          string select  Force field, interactive by default. Use - 
h for
                             information.
-water       enum   spc     Water model to use: with GROMOS we  
recommend SPC,
                             with OPLS, TIP4P: spc, spce, tip3p,  
tip4p, tip5p
                             or f3c
-[no]inter   bool   no      Set the next 6 options to interactive
-[no]ss      bool   no      Interactive SS bridge selection
-[no]ter     bool   no      Interactive termini selection, iso charged
-[no]lys     bool   no      Interactive Lysine selection, iso charged
-[no]arg     bool   no      Interactive Arganine selection, iso charged
-[no]asp     bool   no      Interactive Aspartic Acid selection, iso  
charged
-[no]glu     bool   no      Interactive Glutamic Acid selection, iso  
charged
-[no]gln     bool   no      Interactive Glutamine selection, iso neutral
-[no]his     bool   no      Interactive Histidine selection, iso  
checking
                             H-bonds
-angle       real   135     Minimum hydrogen-donor-acceptor angle for a
                             H-bond (degrees)
-dist        real   0.3     Maximum donor-acceptor distance for a H- 
bond (nm)
-[no]una     bool   no      Select aromatic rings with united CH  
atoms on
                             Phenylalanine, Tryptophane and Tyrosine
-[no]ignh    bool   no      Ignore hydrogen atoms that are in the pdb  
file
-[no]missing bool   no      Continue when atoms are missing, dangerous
-[no]v       bool   no      Be slightly more verbose in messages
-posrefc     real   1000    Force constant for position restraints
-vsite       enum   none    Convert atoms to virtual sites: none,  
hydrogens
                             or aromatics
-[no]heavyh  bool   no      Make hydrogen atoms heavy
-[no]deuterate bool no      Change the mass of hydrogens to 2 amu

Opening library file /usr/local/gromacs/share/gromacs/top/FF.dat

Select the Force Field:
0: GROMOS96 43a1 force field
1: GROMOS96 43b1 vacuum force field
2: GROMOS96 43a2 force field (improved alkane dihedrals)
3: GROMOS96 45a3 force field (Schuler JCC 2001 22 1205)
4: GROMOS96 53a5 force field (JCC 2004 vol 25 pag 1656)
5: GROMOS96 53a6 force field (JCC 2004 vol 25 pag 1656)
6: OPLS-AA/L all-atom force field (2001 aminoacid dihedrals)
7: Encad all-atom force field, using scaled-down vacuum charges
8: Encad all-atom force field, using full solvent charges
0
Opening library file /usr/local/gromacs/share/gromacs/top/ffG43a1.rtp
Opening library file /usr/local/gromacs/share/gromacs/top/aminoacids.dat
Reading 2FDG.pdb...
WARNING: all CONECT records are ignored
Read 'ALKYLATED DNA REPAIR PROTEIN ALKB; 5'-D(P*TP*(MA7)P*T)-3'',  
1747 atoms
Opening library file /usr/local/gromacs/share/gromacs/top/xlateat.dat
26 out of 26 lines of xlateat.dat converted succesfully
Analyzing pdb file
Gave chain 3 chain identifier 'C'
There are 3 chains and 1 blocks of water and 324 residues with 1747  
atoms

   chain  #res #atoms
   1 'A'   200   1556
   2 'B'     3     63
   3 'C'     2      9
   4 '-'   119    119  (only water)

All occupancies are one
Opening library file /usr/local/gromacs/share/gromacs/top/ffG43a1.atp
Atomtype 50
Reading residue database... (ffG43a1)
Opening library file /usr/local/gromacs/share/gromacs/top/ffG43a1.rtp
Residue 96
Sorting it all out...
Opening library file /usr/local/gromacs/share/gromacs/top/ffG43a1.hdb
Opening library file /usr/local/gromacs/share/gromacs/top/ffG43a1-n.tdb
Opening library file /usr/local/gromacs/share/gromacs/top/ffG43a1-c.tdb
Processing chain 1 'A' (1556 atoms, 200 residues)
There are 307 donors and 274 acceptors
There are 442 hydrogen bonds
Will use HISB for residue 52
Will use HISB for residue 58
Will use HISB for residue 83
Will use HISA for residue 117
Will use HISB for residue 158
Will use HISA for residue 173
Will use HISB for residue 183
Checking for duplicate atoms....
Opening library file /usr/local/gromacs/share/gromacs/top/specbond.dat
6 out of 6 lines of specbond.dat converted succesfully
Special Atom Distance matrix:
                    MET35   MET43   MET47   CYS50  HISB52  HISB58    
MET78
                    SD270   SD326   SD352   SG374  NE2388  NE2438    
SD603
    MET43   SD326   0.512
    MET47   SD352   0.404   0.438
    CYS50   SG374   1.375   1.733   1.304
   HISB52  NE2388   1.976   2.415   2.060   1.098
   HISB58  NE2438   1.169   1.333   1.453   2.160   2.198
    MET78   SD603   1.727   2.055   1.634   0.534   0.889   2.316
   HISB83  NE2647   2.030   2.379   1.967   0.828   0.738   2.511    
0.354
    CYS86   SG669   1.983   2.179   1.783   1.042   1.412   2.546    
0.647
   CYS103   SG793   1.332   1.583   1.151   0.441   1.336   2.130    
0.571
HISA117  NE2902   1.137   0.874   0.844   1.778   2.418   1.659   1.898
HISB158 NE21226   2.370   2.389   2.050   1.701   2.709   3.430   1.866
HISA173 NE21348   1.409   1.201   1.096   1.797   2.415   1.898   1.833
HISB183 NE21423   2.480   2.432   2.147   2.005   3.052   3.576   2.217
   CYS189  SG1467   1.697   1.684   1.437   1.597   2.689   2.859    
2.005
                   HISB83   CYS86  CYS103 HISA117 HISB158 HISA173  
HISB183
                   NE2647   SG669   SG793  NE2902 NE21226 NE21348  
NE21423
    CYS86   SG669   0.777
   CYS103   SG793   0.924   0.768
HISA117  NE2902   2.208   1.758   1.443
HISB158 NE21226   2.113   1.745   1.523   2.213
HISA173 NE21348   2.125   1.581   1.410   0.343   2.126
HISB183 NE21423   2.484   2.093   1.818   2.292   0.403   2.228
   CYS189  SG1467   2.327   2.111   1.513   1.882   1.060   1.967    
0.992


N-terminus: NH3+
C-terminus: COO-
WARNING: atom CA not found in residue 200 while adding atom

-------------------------------------------------------
Program pdb2gmx, VERSION 3.3.2
Source code file: genhydro.c, line: 304

Fatal error:
Atom CA not found in residue LYSH200 while adding hydrogens
-------------------------------------------------------

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The pdb file is downloaded from www.pdb.org without any changing. Can  
someone help to fix this problem?

Thanks,
Haining



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