[gmx-users] LINCS dependence

Justin A. Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Tue Sep 29 22:58:37 CEST 2009



sunny mishra wrote:
> Hi Justin,
> 
> Thanks for the reply. I am doing the energy minimization of Na K pump 
> with PDB ID 3B8E using MARTINI forcefield. Here is my em.mdp file for 
> the same. First I get the .gro file from my cleaned PDB file and then 
> try to minimize the system using grompp and then when I do mdrun it 
> gives me lincs warning and gives me segmentation fault.
> 

Well, if your system is crashing during EM, there is something geometrically 
unresolvable about the structure.  Does your structure after the MARTINI 
conversion process look reasonable?

You can try setting "nstxout = 1" to try to capture frames before the crash to 
see where things are falling apart.

-Justin

> ;
> ; STANDARD MD INPUT OPTIONS FOR MARTINI 2.0
> ;
> ; for use with GROMACS 3.3
> ;
> 
> ; VARIOUS PREPROCESSING OPTIONS =
> title                    = Martini
> cpp                      = /usr/bin/cpp
> 
> ; RUN CONTROL PARAMETERS =
> ; MARTINI - Most simulations are stable with dt=40 fs,
> ; some (especially rings) require 20-30 fs.
> ; The range of time steps used for parametrization 
> ; is 20-40 fs, using smaller time steps is therefore not recommended.
> 
> integrator               = steep
> ; start time and timestep in ps
> tinit                    = 0.0
> dt                       = 0.030
> nsteps                   = 1000
> ; number of steps for center of mass motion removal =
> nstcomm                  = 1
> comm-grps         =
> 
> ; OUTPUT CONTROL OPTIONS =
> ; Output frequency for coords (x), velocities (v) and forces (f) =
> nstxout                  = 5000
> nstvout                  = 5000
> nstfout                  = 0
> ; Output frequency for energies to log file and energy file =
> nstlog                   = 1000
> nstenergy                = 1000
> ; Output frequency and precision for xtc file =
> nstxtcout                = 1000
> xtc_precision            = 100
> ; This selects the subset of atoms for the xtc file. You can =
> ; select multiple groups. By default all atoms will be written. =
> xtc-grps                 =
> ; Selection of energy groups =
> energygrps               =
> 
> ; NEIGHBORSEARCHING PARAMETERS =
> ; MARTINI - no need for more frequent updates
> ; or larger neighborlist cut-off due
> ; to the use of shifted potential energy functions.
> 
> ; nblist update frequency =
> nstlist                  = 10
> ; ns algorithm (simple or grid) =
> ns_type                  = grid
> ; Periodic boundary conditions: xyz or none =
> pbc                      = xyz
> ; nblist cut-off         =
> rlist                    = 1.2
> 
> ; OPTIONS FOR ELECTROSTATICS AND VDW =
> ; MARTINI - vdw and electrostatic interactions are used
> ; in their shifted forms. Changing to other types of
> ; electrostatics will affect the general performance of
> ; the model.
> 
> ; Method for doing electrostatics =
> coulombtype              = Shift
> rcoulomb_switch          = 0.0
> rcoulomb                 = 1.2
> ; Dielectric constant (DC) for cut-off or DC of reaction field =
> epsilon_r                = 15
> ; Method for doing Van der Waals =
> vdw_type                 = Shift
> ; cut-off lengths        =
> rvdw_switch              = 0.9
> rvdw                     = 1.2
> ; Apply long range dispersion corrections for Energy and Pressure =
> DispCorr                 = No
> 
> ; OPTIONS FOR WEAK COUPLING ALGORITHMS =
> ; MARTINI - normal temperature and pressure coupling schemes
> ; can be used. It is recommended to couple individual groups
> ; in your system seperately.
> 
> ; Temperature coupling   =
> tcoupl                   = no
> Pcoupl                   = no
> 
> ; GENERATE VELOCITIES FOR STARTUP RUN =
> gen_vel                  = no
> gen_temp                 = 320
> gen_seed                 = 473529
> 
> ; OPTIONS FOR BONDS     =
> ; MARTINI - for ring systems constraints are defined
> ; which are best handled using Lincs.
> 
> constraints              = none
> ; Type of constraint algorithm =
> constraint_algorithm     = Lincs
> ; Do not constrain the start configuration =
> unconstrained_start      = no
> ; Highest order in the expansion of the constraint coupling matrix =
> lincs_order              = 4
> ; Lincs will write a warning to the stderr if in one step a bond =
> ; rotates over more degrees than =
> lincs_warnangle          = 30
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu 
> <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     sunny mishra wrote:
> 
>         Hi,
> 
>         I have a quick question. My system exploded when I tried to run
>         the simulation and it gives me the LINCS warning. I am using
>         MARTINI forcefield and finally I get segmentation fault. I don't
>         know that what are the factors do i need to change to get rid of
>         the LINCS warning. Please let me know. I also tried changing the
>         large Van Der Waal distance but it doesn't work either. Do you
>         have any idea?
> 
> 
>     General answer: your system is unstable.  Changing cutoffs
>     haphazardly is a recipe for failure; these values are often
>     intimately linked to the validity of the force field.  You will
>     probably have to provide more information on what you are doing
>     (system description, as well as your .mdp file).  Now that the
>     mailing list search is functioning again (officially), you should be
>     able to search the list archive.  LINCS errors are posted weekly, if
>     not daily sometimes!
> 
>     -Justin
> 
>         Sunny
> 
> 
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>     Department of Biochemistry
>     Virginia Tech
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Justin A. Lemkul
Ph.D. Candidate
ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
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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