[gmx-users] Re: gmx-users Digest, Vol 51, Issue 77

ANINDITA GAYEN aninditagayen at yahoo.co.in
Tue Jul 22 06:26:50 CEST 2008


dear sir,

 I am trying to do that you have said.
yours sincerely,
 anindita
> 
> ANINDITA GAYEN wrote:
> > 
> > dear sir,
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I have tried to insert only one chaps in the bilayer
> and the problem arose after the minimisation when i started
> the MD. I have also tried to do a minimistaion using lincs,
> where the minimisation also failed to proceed. Can you
> please tell me is this shows that the topology is broken
> and therefore it cannot produce the actual geometry?
> > 
> 
> As I said before, EM is not guaranteed to remove all bad
> contacts.  If your 
> minimization fails with LINCS warnings, it is most likely
> due to the fact that 
> you have bad steric clashes.  Check the atom pairs that
> LINCS prints it; it will 
> give you a clue as to where the problem lies.
> 
> Other options include removing a different lipid; maybe the
> location you've 
> selected is a bad one to try to disturb the bilayer.
> 
> > I am also trying to take a last chance where i want to
> use the genbox command to place the chaps in the bilyer.
> But, one of my colleague have faced a problem that
> inserting one protein in a bilayer caused removal of about
> 9 lipid molecules. Will this cause a problem in the
> original bilayer property?
> > 
> 
> Well, what do you expect?  If you need to place a large
> molecule in the bilayer, 
> several lipids may have to be removed :)
> 
> Sufficient equilibration (tens of ns under the appropriate
> conditions) should 
> return bilayer properties to normal.  Only after this time
> should you begin data 
> collection.  "Solvating" a single CHAPS molecule
> with your bilayer should not 
> remove too many lipids, probably just one or two.
> 
> > I am disturbing a number of times; but i am really
> helpless. If the minimisation with lincs fails for a
> molecule, i want to know is the topology totally incorrect?
> Then what shall i do?
> > 
> 
> Without seeing the topology, I have no idea.  But
> that's not my job, or anyone's 
> on the list.  You've got to check your own work.
> 
> -Justin
> 
> > Can anyone please help me with the topology?
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Mon, 21/7/08, Justin A. Lemkul
> <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:
> > 
> >> From: Justin A. Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu>
> >> Subject: Re: [gmx-users] segmentation fault with
> lincs warning
> >> To: aninditagayen at yahoo.co.in
> >> Cc: gmx-users at gromacs.org
> >> Date: Monday, 21 July, 2008, 6:26 AM
> >> ANINDITA GAYEN wrote:
> >>> Dear Sir,
> >>>
> >>>         I have removed now one dmpc molecule
> from the
> >> bilayer, but the problem is the same. I have also
> tried
> >> using a downloaded pdb of chaps from pdb data
> bank, i.e.
> >> 1XU9. Why all the bonds of chaps are rotating more
> than 30
> >> degree when i have already minimised chaps to a
> reasonable
> >> potential value? Is there any problem in the
> topology?
> >> "Is the topology broken?" i have read
> that this
> >> type of problem may happen if i have problem in my
> topology
> >> file. This can be true as i have built the
> topology by hand
> >> using the toplogy file from prodrg2 server and
> oplsaa force
> >> field bonds, angles, and dihedrals. 
> >> It sounds like your in vacuo minimization was
> successful,
> >> so I doubt that your 
> >> topology is severely broken.  There are plenty of
> pitfalls
> >> in converting a 
> >> GROMOS topology from PRODRG to OPLS-AA, but I
> recall
> >> several discussions on this 
> >> topic a while back, so my comments are the same as
> those
> >> I've already given.
> >>
> >>> Can you tell me what will be the rpoblem if i
> use
> >> oplsUA atom descriptions for chaps? Are OPLSUA
> atom and
> >> geometry definintion that are defined in the
> OPPLSAA itp
> >> files in the gromacs ff library totally
> uncompatible with
> >> OPLSAA? 
> >> I know nothing about OPLS-UA, but my knee-jerk
> reaction to
> >> this question is 
> >> "absolutely not."  One cannot represent,
> say,
> >> nonbonded interactions under (for 
> >> example) OPLS-UA, then apply bonded parameters
> from
> >> OPLS-AA, or vice versa, or 
> >> some hybrid of both.
> >>
> >> I don't think that messing with the force
> field
> >> representation of CHAPS is going 
> >> to substantially change things.
> >>
> >>> If yes, then what is the way? how can i insert
> chaps
> >> in the bilayer?
> >> Alright, so you removed one lipid from your DMPC
> bilayer,
> >> but that does not 
> >> guarantee that all steric clashes are resolved. 
> Are you
> >> still trying to fit 4 
> >> CHAPS into the bilayer, as in your quoted message
> below, or
> >> just one molecule? 
> >> The latter case would probably be the best one.
> >>
> >> Also, is this crash occurring during minimization,
> >> equilibration, or MD?  Be 
> >> aware also that even if you pass through
> minimization, not
> >> all unfavorable 
> >> clashes will necessarily be resolved by energy
> >> minimization.  EM just provides a 
> >> "reasonable" starting structure for the
> >> simulation.
> >>
> >> If manual removal of a single DMPC does not allow
> for
> >> appropriate insertion of 
> >> CHAPS, try another methodology, such as using
> genbox or
> >> InflatGRO to prepare the 
> >> input structure.
> >>
> >> -Justin
> >>
> >>> Sincerely
> >>> yours,
> >>> Anindita Gayen
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --- On Mon, 14/7/08, Justin A. Lemkul
> >> <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:
> >>>> From: Justin A. Lemkul
> <jalemkul at vt.edu>
> >>>> Subject: Re: [gmx-users] segmentation
> fault with
> >> lincs warning
> >>>> To: aninditagayen at yahoo.co.in,
> "Discussion
> >> list for GROMACS users"
> <gmx-users at gromacs.org>
> >>>> Date: Monday, 14 July, 2008, 4:40 PM
> >>>> ANINDITA GAYEN wrote:
> >>>>> Dear all,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have an dmpc bilayer equilibrated
> for 12 ns.
> >> I have
> >>>> built a CHAPS molecule in the OPLSAA force
> field
> >> and
> >>>> inserted it in the equilibrated bilayer.
> There was
> >> no
> >>>> problem till the minimisation, but when i
> started
> >> the MD,
> >>>> the job escaped out with a lincs error
> >>>>> Initializing LINear Constraint Solver
> >>>>>   number of constraints is 6572
> >>>>>   average number of constraints
> coupled to one
> >>>> constraint is 3.3
> >>>>>    Rel. Constraint Deviation:  Max   
> between
> >> atoms   
> >>>>  RMS
> >>>>>        Before LINCS         0.817519  
> 4126  
> >> 4128  
> >>>> 0.017115
> >>>>>         After LINCS         30.145958 
> 17066 
> >> 17068  
> >>>> 1.789056
> >>>>> Step -2, time -0.004 (ps)  LINCS
> WARNING
> >>>>> relative constraint deviation after
> LINCS:
> >>>>> max 30.145958 (between atoms 17066 and
> 17068)
> >> rms
> >>>> 1.789056
> >>>>> bonds that rotated more than 30
> degrees:
> >>>>>  atom 1 atom 2  angle  previous,
> current,
> >> constraint
> >>>> length
> >>>>>    4128   4129   31.1    0.1571  
> 0.1600     
> >> 0.1530
> >>>>>   16859  16858   36.1    0.1529  
> 0.1022     
> >> 0.1529
> >>>>>   16858  16859   36.1    0.1529  
> 0.1022     
> >> 0.1529
> >>>>>   16897  16858   49.2    0.1523  
> 0.1495     
> >> 0.1529
> >>>>> [all the atoms and bonds in the error
> list are
> >> for
> >>>> CHAPS]
> >>>>> Do i have the problem in the topology
> file? I
> >> have
> >>>> inserted 4 chaps mole cules without
> replacing the
> >> dmpc
> >>>> molecules, i.e. 4 chaps with 128 dmpc
> molecules in
> >> the
> >>>> bilayer. Is this causing any steric
> problem?
> >>>> This is a *very* common problem, and a lot
> of
> >> potential
> >>>> solutions are in the 
> >>>> list archive and wiki site.  As such, I
> won't
> >> list them
> >>>> here, but you can 
> >>>> certainly find them within a few minutes
> (or
> >> seconds) of
> >>>> searching.
> >>>>
> >>>> If you have a pre-equilibrated bilayer,
> and
> >> inserted
> >>>> molecules into it without 
> >>>> removing any lipids, you probably have
> very severe
> >> atomic
> >>>> overlap.  But as I 
> >>>> said, search the archive and try the
> things you
> >> find there.
> >>>> -Justin
> >>>>
> >>>>> Please suggest a way to get out of the
> >> problem. If you
> >>>> want, i can upload my topology and mdp
> files in
> >> the next
> >>>> mail.
> >>>>> Yours truly,
> >>>>> anindita gayen
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>       Unlimited freedom, unlimited
> storage.
> >> Get it
> >>>> now, on
> >>>>
> >>
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> >>>> ========================================
> >>>>
> >>>> Justin A. Lemkul
> >>>> Graduate Research Assistant
> >>>> Department of Biochemistry
> >>>> Virginia Tech
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> 
> Justin A. Lemkul
> Graduate Research Assistant
> Department of Biochemistry
> Virginia Tech
> Blacksburg, VA
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> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:26:05 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Claus Valka <lastexile7gr at yahoo.de>
> Subject: [gmx-users] switch potential function gromacs
> 3.3.2
> To: gmx-users at gromacs.org
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> 
> Hello,I would like to know the switching potential
> function.In the manual the potential function is Phi(r).
> Yet, this function has 1/nm**6 or 1/nm**12 units. So this
> potential should be multiplied by a factor. I supposed that
> this factor should be 6*4*epsilon*sigma**6 for the
> attractive part and 12*4*epsilon*sigma**12 for the
> dispersion part, similar to what gromacs does for the tail
> correction. Yet, in the file tables.c I have seen a swi
> function which doesn't seem to be the same as the one I
> describe. I'm not so accustomed to c++ language, so your
> help would be greatly appreciated.Thank you,Nikos
> 
> 
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> Message: 3
> Date: 21 Jul 2008 12:57:42 -0000
> From: "sarbani chattopadhyay"
> <sarbani_c84 at rediffmail.com>
> Subject: [gmx-users] problem with charmm
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>   hi,
>     I have followed the process as told by Yuguan Mu.But
> while using the comman "pdb2gmax" 
> I get the following error
> Source code file: ter_db.c, line: 85
> 
> Fatal error:
> Reading Termini Database: expected 3 items of atom data in
> stead of 1 on line
>        N      NH3        14.0027    -0.3000
> I am not being able to fix this problem.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:03:08 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Michael Hirtz <hirtz at uni-muenster.de>
> Subject: [gmx-users] Re: Simulation of silicon oxide
> surfaces
> To: <gmx-users at gromacs.org>
> Message-ID:
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> Hi Diego, hello other gmx-users participants,
> 
> > Hi Michael, look for the bionano tutorial at VMD site.
> It will
> > instruct you how to use TCL to build your SiO surface
> from an "unit
> > cell".
> > In a near future they will release the "inorganic
> builder plugin" that
> > will make things a LOT easier.
> 
> Thanks for your reply! I haven't seen the tutorial
> before, so that gave me
> already some good background for the creation of
> substrates. But my main
> problem was not so much to get the structure (as pdb or
> similar) at all but to
> translate it to a GROMACS topography (like they used
> scripts for to generate a
> .psf in the bionano tutorial). I had found the inorganic
> builder plugin before
> (you can already download and install it to vmd), but still
> only end up with a
> .pdb that of course cannot be translated by pdb2gmx because
> it doesn't
> recognize the residues.
> 
> When I look at the .psf for the SiN membrane of the
> tutorial, it seems that
> the whole substrate is introduced as one molecule. Of
> course I could build
> something similar in a GROMACS topography and define all
> necessary bonds, but
> what atomtypes should be used and what for the other
> parameters ([pairs],
> [angles] and [dihedrals]).
> 
> Or would it be feasible to use single position restraint Si
> and O atoms (or
> maybe better SiO2 molecules) to build up the substrate?
> Since I only need the
> surface and it doesn't matter whether it's
> crystaline or amorphous I guess
> that would be also ok...
> 
> Any comments/suggestions , anyone?
> 
> Thanks,
>    Michael
> 
> 
> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Michael Hirtz
> <hirtz at uni-muenster.de
> >> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> 
> >> I want to set up a silicon oxide surface with
> varying -OH surface group
> >> for my simulation. Does anybody know a tool that
> could do that or maybe
> >> even has a topology I could start on and alter
> manually?
> 
> >> Thanks for any sugesstions,
> >>    Michael
> >> --
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:38:59 -0400
> From: Jeetain Mittal <jeetain at gmail.com>
> Subject: [gmx-users] How to modify code so that rlist >
> rcoulomb
> To: gmx-users at gromacs.org
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> Hi All,
> 
> I want to simulate a system for which rvdw > rcoulomb
> and to account  
> for LJ interactions correctly rlist should be greater than
> rvdw (if  
> nstist != 1). For current gromacs setup rlist should be
> equal to  
> rcoulomb. I searched the mailing list and there has been
> several  
> discussions related to this issue such as,
> 
> http://www.gromacs.org/pipermail/gmx-users/2006-July/022804.html
> 
> I was wondering if anyone has implemented something already
> so that a  
> system with,  rlist > rvdw > rcoulomb, can be
> simulated without any  
> problem. Can anyone please guide me what files / variables
> should be  
> changed to implement this.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeetain 
> 
> 
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:17:58 -0700
> From: "Vitaly Chaban" <vvchaban at gmail.com>
> Subject: [gmx-users] RE: problem with using VMD to view the
> trajectory
> To: gmx-users at gromacs.org
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> > I am a new user of gromacs. Recently, I have installed
> the gromacs-3.3.3 software package on my computer. After
> installation was complete, I run the example of water in
> > the online reference manual. The trajectory file is OK
> for the first time. But when I run it for the second time,
> and used vmd to look at the trajectory, I found that the
> trajetory is >disordered, the frames in the VMD main are
> equal to 2, and the output file .gro seems ok. What's
> worry with my gromacs? I don't know what to do now and
> how can I overcome >this. Could you help me?
> 
> If the trajectory was OK for the first time everything is
> very well
> with your example. I would suggest just to rerun your task
> and pay
> particular attention to the type of file you submit to VMD
> (trr, xtc).
> 
> What means "trajectory is disordered"? Is
> everything OK with your
> settings of PBC?
> 
> -- 
> Vitaly V. Chaban
> School of Chemistry
> National University of Kharkiv
> Svoboda sq., 4, Kharkiv 61077, Ukraine
> email: chaban at univer.kharkov.ua
> skype: vvchaban
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