[gmx-users] disulphide bonds

rams rams rams.crux at gmail.com
Fri Jun 27 01:47:29 CEST 2008


Hi,

The merge command did worked well in creating the disulphide bonds but with
that I ran into some other problem. Is there any thing else to add along
with the -merge ?

Since I have two independent chains, its asking for the n-terminus and
c-terminus twice. I am giving them as NH3+ and COO- in both the cases. Since
I like to have them as such. Now with the merge command, its complaining
like the following:

Fatal Error:
Atom H1 in residue PHE 22 not found in rtp entry with 17 atoms
             while sorting atoms. Maybe different protonation state.
             Remove this hydrogen or choose a different protonation state.
             Option -ignh will ignore all hydrogens in the input.

My PHE22 is the starting residue of my second chain and my first chain ends
with Aspargine. Though its creating the _pwi2MM.pdb file  but nothing I can
find in _pwi.top file.

Can some one suggest me something to fix this ?

Thanks and Regards,
Ram.

On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:

>
>
> rams rams wrote:
>
>> Dear Tsjerk,
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion but when I use -merge command it says
>> segmentation error. Let me put the problem in a more elaborated way.
>>
>> I am running this simulation on insulin. It has two chains "a" and "b"
>> which are independent fragments but there are two inter disulphide bonds
>> between the two chains. If I  keep the two chains as a single molecule (as
>> -merge command does) gromacs could recognize the inter dishlphide bonds but
>> while running the following error appears:
>>
>>    396    398  113.3    0.1470   0.2974      0.1470
>>    398    399   93.1    0.1530   0.4267      0.1530
>>    399    400   45.5    0.1230   0.1693      0.1230
>>    399    401   46.5    0.1330   0.1881      0.1330
>> Step=    2, Dmax= 5.0e-03 nm, Epot= -3.06153e+22 Fmax=         inf, atom=
>> 25
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> Program mdrun, VERSION 3.3.1
>> Source code file: nsgrid.c, line: 226
>>
>> Range checking error:
>> Explanation: During neighborsearching, we assign each particle to a grid
>> based on its coordinates. If your system contains collisions or parameter
>> errors that give particles very high velocities you might end up with some
>> coordinates being +-Infinity or NaN (not-a-number). Obviously, we cannot
>> put these on a grid, so this is usually where we detect those errors.
>> Make sure your system is properly energy-minimized and that the potential
>> energy seems reasonable before trying again.
>>
>> Variable ci has value -2147483648. It should have been within [ 0 .. 1000
>> ]
>> Please report this to the mailing list (gmx-users at gromacs.org <mailto:
>> gmx-users at gromacs.org>)
>>
>>
> When do you get this error (i.e., minimization, equilibration, production)?
>  Usually this type of error comes up from a poorly minimized/equilibrated
> structure.
> I agree with Tsjerk that using -merge is the right way to form your
> disulfide, so I assume something else is going wrong during your system
> preparation.  If you'd like to provide details on what you're doing in terms
> of minimization/equilibration, and the contents of the relevant .mdp files,
> we may be able to detect problems.
>
> -Justin
>
>  Where as, if I keep these two as separate molecules it couldnt recognize
>> the two inter disulphide bonds but its running. Now it is adding hydrogens
>> to the sulhur atoms.
>>
>> Is there any way to fix this problem ? Is there any way to edit the
>> topology file to remove the added hydrogen atoms ?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Ram.
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Tsjerk Wassenaar <tsjerkw at gmail.com<mailto:
>> tsjerkw at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    Hi Ram,
>>
>>    Check the option -merge of pdb2gmx.
>>
>>    Cheers,
>>
>>    Tsjerk
>>
>>    On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 6:11 AM, rams rams <rams.crux at gmail.com
>>    <mailto:rams.crux at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>    > Dear Gromacs users,
>>    >
>>    > Is there any way to handle the disulphide bond formed between two
>>    > independent fragments of a protein ? Precisely it is an inter
>>    disulphide
>>    > bond between two fragments. If I keep the two fragments as
>>    separate objects
>>    > while preparing the pdb file (using TER between the two
>>    fragments), gromacs
>>    > is not asking for the formation of a disulphide bond. If I keep
>>    them as a
>>    > single object while preparing the input pdb, gromacs could
>>    recognize the
>>    > disulphide bond but while running the energy minimization its
>>    complaining
>>    > that the distances are too close.
>>    >
>>    > Is there any way to handle these ? I am also thinking like keep
>>    them as
>>    > separate objects and imposing positional restraints on both the
>>    sulphur
>>    > atoms. Is it all right to do that way ?
>>    >
>>    > Please suggest me some thing how to handle these ?
>>    >
>>    > Ram.
>>    >
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