[gmx-users] disulphide bonds

Justin A. Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Fri Jun 27 02:00:27 CEST 2008



Justin A. Lemkul wrote:
>
>
> rams rams wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
> Have you tried -ignh, like the program is suggesting?  It looks like 
> your hydrogen nomenclature is different than that of the force field 
> you're trying to use.
>
> -Justin
>
>> 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 
>> <mailto: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> <mailto: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>
>>         <mailto: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>
>>            <mailto: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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>>     Justin A. Lemkul
>>     Graduate Research Assistant
>>     Department of Biochemistry
>>     Virginia Tech
>>     Blacksburg, VA
>>     jalemkul[at]vt.edu <http://vt.edu> | (540) 231-9080
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Justin A. Lemkul
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
jalemkul[at]vt.edu | (540) 231-9080
http://www.bevanlab.biochem.vt.edu/Pages/Personal/justin

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