[gmx-users] transfer pdb to gro

Justin A. Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Thu Oct 16 19:47:57 CEST 2008



He, Yang wrote:
> Hi Justin.
> 
> I just followed the pdb file from you but I can still not create the correct gro.file. I use this command  editconf -f hao.pdb -o hao.gro  -d 1.0
> 
> What is the problem . And I find what you create for the pdb file based on mine almost  makes no difference .
> 

I have no idea what the problem is.  What's in the .gro file?

Sometimes tools don't function properly when they haven't been installed 
correctly.  What is your operating system?  What version of Gromacs are you 
using?  What were the compilers (and versions)?  Did the installation process 
report any errors?

-Justin

> Thank you for your guidance.
> 
> Yang He
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Justin A. Lemkul [jalemkul at vt.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 5:48 PM
> To: He, Yang; Gromacs Users' List
> Subject: Re: [gmx-users] transfer pdb to gro
> 
> He, Yang wrote:
>>  So you have created the gro.file . I have tried your pdb.file again but it still can not create the gro.file. It is really strange. Can you show me the gro.file created based on the pdb.file?
>>
> 
> The .gro I created was:
> 
> Gyas ROwers Mature At Cryogenic Speed
>      8
>      1DNA     Ab    1   0.058   0.052   0.000
>      1DNA     Tb    2   0.016   0.234   0.010
>      1DNA     S1    3   0.236   0.657   0.120
>      1DNA     S2    4   0.236  -0.657  -0.120
>      1DNA     P1    5  -0.063   0.890   0.210
>      1DNA     P2    6  -0.063  -0.890  -0.210
>      1DNA     S3    7  -0.195   0.670  -0.460
>      1DNA     S4    8  -0.195  -0.670   0.460
>     0.00000   0.00000   0.00000
> 
> When running editconf (using the .pdb I pasted below), it correctly detects 8 atoms.
> 
> -Justin
> 
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Yang He
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Justin A. Lemkul [jalemkul at vt.edu]
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 5:27 PM
>> To: He, Yang; Gromacs Users' List
>> Subject: Re: [gmx-users] transfer pdb to gro
>>
>> He, Yang wrote:
>>> Hi Justin,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your reply. I have followed the regular forms about pdb file but it still shows that :
>>>
>>> ___> Opening library file /usr/share/gromacs/top/aminoacids.dat
>>>> Opening library file /usr/share/gromacs/top/atommass.dat
>>>> Opening library file /usr/share/gromacs/top/vdwradii.dat
>>>> Opening library file /usr/share/gromacs/top/dgsolv.dat
>>>> #Entries in atommass.dat: 82 vdwradii.dat: 26 dgsolv.dat: 7
>>>> Warning: Number of atoms in atom.pdb is 0
>>>> WARNING: all CONECT records are ignored
>>>> Read 0 atoms
>>>> Volume: 0 nm^3, corresponds to roughly 0 electrons
>>>> No velocities found
>>>>
>> Then you haven't followed the format correctly.
>>
>> I created the following from your original .pdb file:
>>
>> ATOM      1  Ab   DNA           0.575    0.516     0.051   1.0  0.0
>> ATOM      2  Tb   DNA           0.159    2.344     0.191   1.0  0.0
>> ATOM      3  S1   DNA           2.365    6.568     1.280   1.0  0.0
>> ATOM      4  S2   DNA           2.365   -6.568    -1.280   1.0  0.0
>> ATOM      5  P1   DNA          -0.628    8.896     2.186   1.0  0.0
>> ATOM      6  P2   DNA          -0.628   -8.896    -2.186   1.0  0.0
>> ATOM      7  S3   DNA          -1.947    6.704    -4.660   1.0  0.0
>> ATOM      8  S4   DNA          -1.947   -6.704     4.660   1.0  0.0
>> CONECT  1  3
>> CONECT  2  4
>> CONECT  3  1  5
>> CONECT  4  2  6
>> CONECT  5  3  7
>> CONECT  6  4  8
>> CONECT  7  5
>> CONECT  8  6
>> MASTER        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   8    0   8    0
>> END
>>
>> It successfully creates a .gro file.
>>
>> -Justin
>>
>>> So I think it is because that the atom types such as Sugar ,Adenine base are not recognized  by the gromacs .Also, what I want to solve is that how to define these big atoms .
>>>
>>> Do you know how to define these big atoms in order to make the gromacs  recognize them and creat the correct gro.file
>>>
>>> Thank you .
>>>
>>> Yang
>>> From: gmx-users-bounces at gromacs.org [gmx-users-bounces at gromacs.org] On Behalf Of Justin A. Lemkul [jalemkul at vt.edu]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 4:36 PM
>>> To: Discussion list for GROMACS users
>>> Subject: Re: [gmx-users] transfer pdb to gro
>>>
>>> He, Yang wrote:
>>>> Hi all users,
>>>>
>>>> When I use the editconf command to transform pdb file to gro file, it shows like this
>>>>
>>>> Opening library file /usr/share/gromacs/top/aminoacids.dat
>>>> Opening library file /usr/share/gromacs/top/atommass.dat
>>>> Opening library file /usr/share/gromacs/top/vdwradii.dat
>>>> Opening library file /usr/share/gromacs/top/dgsolv.dat
>>>> #Entries in atommass.dat: 82 vdwradii.dat: 26 dgsolv.dat: 7
>>>> Warning: Number of atoms in atom.pdb is 0
>>>> WARNING: all CONECT records are ignored
>>>> Read 0 atoms
>>>> Volume: 0 nm^3, corresponds to roughly 0 electrons
>>>> No velocities found
>>>>
>>>> And this is my original pdb file
>>>>
>>>>  ATOM   1  Ab   DNA           0.575    0.516     0.051   1.0  0.0
>>>>  ATOM   2  Tb   DNA           0.159    2.344     0.191   1.0  0.0
>>>>  ATOM   3  S1   DNA           2.365    6.568     1.280   1.0  0.0
>>>>  ATOM   4  S2   DNA           2.365   -6.568    -1.280   1.0  0.0
>>>>  ATOM   5  P1   DNA           -0.628   8.896     2.186   1.0  0.0
>>>>  ATOM   6  P2   DNA           -0.628  -8.896    -2.186   1.0  0.0
>>>>  ATOM   7  S3   DNA          -1.947    6.704    -4.660   1.0  0.0
>>>>  ATOM   8  S4   DNA          -1.947   -6.704     4.660   1.0  0.0
>>>> CONECT  1  3
>>>> CONECT  2  4
>>>> CONECT  3  1  5
>>>> CONECT  4  2  6
>>>> CONECT  5  3  7
>>>> CONECT  6  4  8
>>>> CONECT  7  5
>>>> CONECT  8  6
>>>> MASTER        0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   8    0   8    0
>>>> END
>>>>
>>>> not very complex, only 8 atoms .  And I find these atoms are not included in the gromacs so i defined them in the .atp file this
>>>>
>>>>  Ab  134.1;   Adenine base of DNA
>>>>  Tb  125.1;   Thymine base of DNA
>>>>  S   83.11;   Sugar of DNA
>>>>  P   94.97;   Phosphate of DNA
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The .atp file means nothing for editconf.
>>>
>>>>  Can anyone of you help me sovle this problem?
>>>>
>>> It looks like the formatting of your .pdb file is irregular.  A fixed format is
>>> required for proper detection of atoms and coordinates.  See here:
>>>
>>> http://www.wwpdb.org/docs.html
>>>
>>> -Justin
>>>
>>>> Thank you in advance
>>>>
>>>> Yang He
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>>> Department of Biochemistry
>>> Virginia Tech
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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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> 
> 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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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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