[gmx-users] Error by pdb2gmx

Justin A. Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Wed Apr 29 01:28:44 CEST 2009



Yanmei Song wrote:
> Dear Dallas:
> 
> Thanks for your response. It consists of many repeating units. Do you
> mean I can write the rtp entry for one repeating unit and give it a
> residue name. After that I need to insert this into the force field
> rtp file, right? How can I do that? It seems I can not change the rtp
> file.  Thanks.

You will need an entry for the repeat units and the terminal/capping groups. 
You can make a local copy of the .rtp file and edit it in your working 
directory; pdb2gmx will then read this copy when processing your structure.

-Justin

> 
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Dallas B. Warren
> <Dallas.Warren at pharm.monash.edu.au> wrote:
>> If it is a repeating unit, then you can build a .rtp entry then use it as you would for a protein.
>>
>> Catch ya,
>>
>> Dr. Dallas Warren
>> Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Pharmacology
>> Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University
>> 381 Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3010
>> dallas.warren at pharm.monash.edu.au
>> +61 3 9903 9167
>> ---------------------------------
>> When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> [mailto:gmx-users-bounces at gromacs.org] On Behalf Of Yanmei Song
>>> Sent: Wednesday, 29 April 2009 8:59 AM
>>> To: jalemkul at vt.edu; Discussion list for GROMACS users
>>> Subject: Re: [gmx-users] Error by pdb2gmx
>>>
>>> Dear Justin:
>>>
>>> Do you have any suggestions on how I can get the itp and gro file for
>>> a very long polymer molecules (for example 500 united-atoms), which
>>> only consists of Si, O and C atom. I can use PRODRG to generate a
>>> short chain. But PRODRG has limitation of atom numbers in a molecule,
>>> probably less than 300. So any ideas for building up a long chain
>>> based on the short chain? By the way, I already have the force field
>>> parameters.
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Justin A. Lemkul
>>> <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yanmei Song wrote:
>>>>> Dear All users:
>>>>>
>>>>> I was trying to set up a long chain polymer system. I got the
>>>>> following PDB file from WebLab. How can I make changes to
>>> the file in
>>>>> order to make it as a GROMACS input pdb file. Then I can
>>> use pdb2gmx
>>>>> to get the gro, itp and top file.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I perform the pdb2gmx command, I got the error message:
>>>>>
>>>>> Residue 'MOL' not found in residue topology database
>>>>>
>>>> You can't expect pdb2gmx to be magic.  A simple search of
>>> the list archives
>>>> and wiki will turn up the following:
>>>>
>>>>
>>> http://wiki.gromacs.org/index.php/Errors#Residue_.27XXX.27_not
>> _found_in_residue_topology_database
>>>> -Justin
>>>>
>>>>> Thank you in advance!
>>>>>
>>>>> REMARK   Created:  Tue Apr 28 15:02:20 US Mountain
>>> Standard Time 2009
>>>>> ATOM      1 Si1  MOL A   1       3.798   2.502  -0.836  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM      2  O2  MOL A   1       4.664   1.185  -0.027  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM      3 Si4  MOL A   1       4.900  -0.177   1.079  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM      4  O6  MOL A   1       3.689  -1.438   0.845  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM      5 Si7  MOL A   1       2.039  -2.056   0.903  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM      6  O8  MOL A   1       2.039  -3.722   0.332  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM      7 Si9  MOL A   1       1.180  -5.224   0.014  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM      8  O10 MOL A   1       2.298  -6.420  -0.633  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM      9 Si16 MOL A   1       3.361  -7.028  -1.900  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     10  O17 MOL A   1       4.535  -5.799  -2.365  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     11 Si18 MOL A   1       5.953  -5.366  -3.320  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     12  O22 MOL A   1       6.258  -3.639  -3.185  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     13 Si24 MOL A   1       5.682  -1.999  -3.453  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     14  O26 MOL A   1       6.881  -0.844  -2.890  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     15 Si28 MOL A   1       8.517  -0.212  -3.003  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     16  O29 MOL A   1       8.809   0.341  -4.647  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     17 Si30 MOL A   1       9.880   1.056  -5.847  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     18  C34 MOL A   1       9.732  -1.565  -2.571  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     19  C36 MOL A   1       8.724   1.219  -1.818  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     20  C38 MOL A   1       6.589  -0.910   0.760  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     21  C40 MOL A   1       4.840   0.411   2.849  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     22  C42 MOL A   1       5.390  -1.733  -5.281  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     23  C44 MOL A   1       4.081  -1.754  -2.530  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     24  C46 MOL A   1       7.438  -6.318  -2.702  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     25  C48 MOL A   1       5.648  -5.792  -5.115  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     26  C50 MOL A   1       2.341  -7.493  -3.396  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     27  C52 MOL A   1       4.255  -8.543  -1.268  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     28  C54 MOL A   1       0.463  -5.865   1.617  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     29  C56 MOL A   1      -0.202  -4.925  -1.209  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     30  C58 MOL A   1       1.433  -2.009   2.671  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     31  C60 MOL A   1       0.903  -1.026  -0.161  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     32  O62 MOL A   1       3.060   3.615   0.318  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     33 Si63 MOL A   1       1.891   3.996   1.583  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     34  O64 MOL A   1       2.107   5.670   2.078  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     35 Si68 MOL A   1       3.135   6.928   2.750  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     36  C69 MOL A   1       3.667   6.449   4.477  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     37  C72 MOL A   1       5.024   3.447  -1.883  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     38  C74 MOL A   1       2.469   1.818  -1.953  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     39  C76 MOL A   1       0.160   3.770   0.914  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     40  C78 MOL A   1       2.129   2.878   3.056  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     41  C80 MOL A   1       2.186   8.538   2.814  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     42 Si84 MOL A   1       4.912   7.172   1.476  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     43  C84 MOL A   1       8.985   1.172  -7.484  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     44  C86 MOL A   1      10.388   2.767  -5.292  1.00  0.00
>>>>> ATOM     45  C88 MOL A   1      11.402  -0.013  -6.044  1.00  0.00
>>>>> TER
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>> Virginia Tech
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Justin A. Lemkul
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Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
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