[gmx-users] Re: gmx-users Digest, Vol 52, Issue 97

Justin A. Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Wed Aug 27 17:47:46 CEST 2008


Have you done anything else to your structure like adding solvent and ions?  I'm 
betting that's where this error is coming from.  Check the .itp files produced 
by pdb2gmx - the last line in the [ bonds ] section will give you a qtot (total 
charge) for each molecule.  If all of these values are not integers, then that's 
the problem.

Otherwise, you have introduced a fragmented molecule (or many, given the 
magnitude of the charge!) somewhere else in your preparation.

-Justin

Ragnarok sdf wrote:
>     Hello Justin, sorry for the delay but I was trying repeat all my
>     steps once more so that I was sure that the error would come out the
>     same. It did.
> 
> Here is a part of my itp file:
> ;
> ;    File '1vkxdna_A.itp' was generated
> ;    By user: onbekend (0)
> ;    On host: onbekend
> ;    At date: Wed Aug 27 11:46:27 2008
> ;
> ;    This is your include topology file
> ;    MY_DUPLEX
> ;
> [ moleculetype ]
> ; Name            nrexcl
> Protein_A           3
> 
> [ atoms ]
> ;   nr       type  resnr residue  atom   cgnr     charge       mass  
> typeB    chargeB      massB
>      1 amber99_25      1    DT5    H5T      1     0.4422      1.008   ; 
> qtot 0.4422
>      2 amber99_43      1    DT5    O5'      2    -0.6318         16   ; 
> qtot -0.1896
>      3 amber99_11      1    DT5    C5'      3    -0.0069      12.01   ; 
> qtot -0.1965
>      4 amber99_19      1    DT5   H5'1      4     0.0754      1.008   ; 
> qtot -0.1211
>      5 amber99_19      1    DT5   H5'2      5     0.0754      1.008   ; 
> qtot -0.0457
>      6 amber99_11      1    DT5    C4'      6     0.1629      12.01   ; 
> qtot 0.1172
>      7 amber99_19      1    DT5    H4'      7     0.1176      1.008   ; 
> qtot 0.2348
>      8 amber99_44      1    DT5    O4'      8    -0.3691         16   ; 
> qtot -0.1343
>      9 amber99_11      1    DT5    C1'      9      0.068      12.01   ; 
> qtot -0.0663
>     10 amber99_20      1    DT5    H1'     10     0.1804      1.008   ; 
> qtot 0.1141
>     11 amber99_40      1    DT5     N1     11    -0.0239      14.01   ; 
> qtot 0.0902
>     12  amber99_7      1    DT5     C6     12    -0.2209      12.01   ; 
> qtot -0.1307
>     13 amber99_23      1    DT5     H6     13     0.2607      1.008   ; 
> qtot 0.13
>     14  amber99_7      1    DT5     C5     14     0.0025      12.01   ; 
> qtot 0.1325
>     15 amber99_11      1    DT5     C7     15    -0.2269      12.01   ; 
> qtot -0.0944
>     16 amber99_18      1    DT5    H71     16      0.077      1.008   ; 
> qtot -0.0174
>     17 amber99_18      1    DT5    H72     17      0.077      1.008   ; 
> qtot 0.0596
>     18 amber99_18      1    DT5    H73     18      0.077      1.008   ; 
> qtot 0.1366
>     19  amber99_2      1    DT5     C4     19     0.5194      12.01   ; 
> qtot 0.656
>     20 amber99_41      1    DT5     O4     20    -0.5563         16   ; 
> qtot 0.0997
>     21 amber99_35      1    DT5     N3     21     -0.434      14.01   ; 
> qtot -0.3343
>     22 amber99_25      1    DT5     H3     22     0.4422      1.008   ; 
> qtot 0.1079
>     23  amber99_2      1    DT5     C2     23     0.5677      12.01   ; 
> qtot 0.6756
>     24 amber99_41      1    DT5      O     24    -0.5881         16   ; 
> qtot 0.0875
>     25 amber99_11      1    DT5    C3'     25     0.0713      12.01   ; 
> qtot 0.1588
>     26 amber99_19      1    DT5    H3'     26     0.0985      1.008   ; 
> qtot 0.2573
>     27 amber99_11      1    DT5    C2'     27    -0.0854      12.01   ; 
> qtot 0.1719
>     28 amber99_18      1    DT5   H2'1     28     0.0718      1.008   ; 
> qtot 0.2437
>     29 amber99_18      1    DT5   H2'2     29     0.0718      1.008   ; 
> qtot 0.3155
>     30 amber99_44      1    DT5    O3'     30    -0.5232         16   ; 
> qtot -0.2077
> 
> Here is my pdb2gmx command line:
>  pdb2gmx -f 1vkxdna.pdb -p 1vkxdna.top -o 1vkxdna.gro
> 
> System charge still comes out as a non integer charge.
> System has non-zero total charge: -2.151740e+01
> Thank you again and sorry for the delay
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     Ragnarok sdf wrote:
> 
>      > Tahnk you Justein for the reply.
>      > I read again chapter 5, this time I tried to be more thorough,
>     but still
>      > I don't really understand why my topology is coming out bad. My .itp
>      > files do not look like the one from the manual abou UREA. What i mean
>      > is, the angles and bonds parts of the file have only 3 columns.
>     Although
>      > I read the manual, I am still not sure about the real problem here.
> 
>     There is no problem with only having three or four columns, per se.
>      Amber
>     topologies will be shown as such.  The bonded parameters will be
>     read from the
>     ffamber*bon.itp file.  Have you identified the atoms involved in the
>     problematic
>     bond(s) and angle(s)?
> 
>      > You mentioned that each residue should end up with an integer charge.
>      > Well, mine don't.
>      > What exactly do you mean with "post one of your nucleotides
>     here"? From
>      > my pdb file or from my itp generated files? The entire double
>     helix with
>      > all nucleotides or really just one of them?
> 
>     Post a single nucleotide from the topology.  Sorry if I wasn't
>     clear.  What
>     would be interesting to see is what charges and atom types you've
>     been assigning
>     to each nucleotide.
> 
>      > Sorry for asking these details. But I just want to make sure I don't
>      > waste your time with useless posts.
> 
>     Much appreciated :)
> 
>     -Justin
> 
>      > Thank you again
>      > And thank you in advance
>      > Fabrício
>      >
>      >
>      >
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>     Message: 3
>     Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:29:33 +0300
>     From: "Shay Amram" <shayamra at post.tau.ac.il
>     <mailto:shayamra at post.tau.ac.il>>
>     Subject: RE: [gmx-users] groups to write to trr
>     To: <vvchaban at gmail.com <mailto:vvchaban at gmail.com>>,      
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>     I think you should try using:
> 
>     trjconv -f file.trr -o file_with_groups_of_interest.trr -n index.ndx
> 
> 
> 
>     You should create the relevant index group (that includes all atoms of
>     interest)  before invoking the above command. You'll be prompted to
>     choose a
>     group so choose the group you created and trjconv will write an
>     output trr
>     that includes the group you picked alone.
> 
> 
> 
>     Hope that helps.
> 
>     -Shay
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     -----Original Message-----
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>     On Behalf Of Vitaly Chaban
>     Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 14:05 PM
>     To: gmx-users at gromacs.org <mailto:gmx-users at gromacs.org>
>     Subject: [gmx-users] groups to write to trr
> 
> 
> 
>     Hi,
> 
> 
> 
>     Is it possible to write only the specified groups to the TRR
> 
>     trajectory like using xtc-grps key for XTC?
> 
> 
> 
>     We calculate VACFs and so need velocities to be written but only the
> 
>     velocity of some groups are of interest, not of all the particles. The
> 
>     "full" TRRs take extremely huge space...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
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Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
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