[gmx-users] Range checking error

011013021-Jyotsna 011013021 at bioinfo.sastra.edu
Thu Feb 11 10:16:18 CET 2010


Dear all,

I am simulating a protein along with a ligand molecule. 
The ligand molecule is modeled as per the literature. The 
ligand molecule consists of FE and S alone and in addition 
to that it is covalently bonded with the enzyme's cys 
residue. So I have modeled my ligand FE4S4 with SG and CB 
atoms of cystine. I have included only bonded terms in my 
forcefield for my ligand (since I do not know other terms 
like angle and dihedral angles force constants etc) and 
the article does not mention these.

Now the problem is, when I try to run energy minimization 
, I encounter  "Range checking error:" and the detailed 
error is pasted below. So I suspect this error is due to 
inadequate force field data like angles and dihedrals. Or 
is it caused by some other factor?.But one thing I am sure 
of is , when I simulate my system without the ligand, the 
error disappears. I am unable to find any answer to this 
query in the forum.

Kindly extend your help this time as you always do.


#########################################################################
Steepest Descents:
    Tolerance (Fmax)   =  2.00000e+02
    Number of steps    =         5000
Warning: 1-4 interaction between 2446 and 2468 at distance 
6.079 which is larger than the 1-4 table size 2.000 nm
These are ignored for the rest of the simulation
This usually means your system is exploding,
if not, you should increase table-extension in your mdp 
file
or with user tables increase the table size
Step=    0, Dmax= 1.0e-02 nm, Epot=          nan Fmax= 
1.71540e+115, atom= 2452
-------------------------------------------------------
Program mdrun_d, VERSION 4.0
Source code file: nsgrid.c, line: 357

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 .. 4096 ]

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Thank You
Jyotsna














On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:42:09 +1100
  Mark Abraham <mark.abraham at anu.edu.au> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
>From: 011013021-Jyotsna <011013021 at bioinfo.sastra.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 21:48
> Subject: Re: [gmx-users] H2 topology
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>> 
>> Dear David,
>> 
>> Thanks for your reply.  From your reply, I get the 
>> impression that the bond length of my hydrogen molecule 
>>gets 
>> adjusted duing minimization of the whole system ( 
>>protien+water+ 
>> inserted hydrogen molecule). But the issue impending is 
>>the 
>> insertion of the hydrogen molecule itself into the 
>>protein+water 
>> box created in previous step. For insertion/addition of 
>>hydrogen 
>> molecules I used the command:
>> 
>> genbox_d -cp 2frv.conf.gro -o 2frv.solv.gro -p 2frv.top 
>>–ci 
>> h2.gro –nmol 100
> 
> What about a two-stage process? Do genbox -ci h2.gro 
>-nmol 100 when there's no water, and then solvate 
>*afterwards*.
> 
> Or, generate solvent, and get a list of 100 random 
>numbers in the right range, manually delete those water 
>molecules to create interstices, update your [molecules] 
>section, then use genconf -ci and equilibrate carefully 
>to fix the density.
> 
> Or, generate solvent for a box somewhat smaller than the 
>one you want, use editconf -scale to scale the 
>coordinates up to create interstices, use genconf -ci and 
>then minimize really gently to fix all the bond lengths, 
>and equilibrate carefully to fix the density.
> 
> Mark
> 
>>  It reports to me the inability to add any of the 
>>hydrogen 
>> molecules, ie it adds 0 molecules out of 100 requested.
>> ###########error########################
>> Reading molecule configuration
>> Gallium Rubidium Oxygen Manganese Argon Carbon Silicon
>> Containing 3 atoms in 1 residue
>> Initialising van der waals distances...
>> Try 999
>> Added 0 molecules (out of 100 requested) of H2
>> Writing generated configuration to 2frv.solv.gro
>> 
>> Back Off! I just backed up 2frv.solv.gro to 
>>./#2frv.solv.gro.1#
>> PERIPLASMIC HYDROGENASE; PERIPLASMIC HYDROGENASE
>> 
>> Output configuration contains 8340 atoms in 977 residues
>> Volume : 1299.08 (nm^3)
>> Density : 143.043 (g/l)
>> Number of SOL molecules: 186
>> 
>> Processing topology
>> Removing line #40 'SOL 39308' from topology file 
>>(2frv.top)
>> ####################error end###############
>> How do i rectify this problem?
>>  I suspect the problem is due to the bond length of the 
>> hydrogen molecule that I created with 1.66A distance ( 
>>as 
>> described in my previous post) and the fact that the gap 
>>between 
>> the solvent molecules (in my case , water) is not big 
>>enough to 
>> accomodate the H2 molecules(as I had used the pdb of CO2 
>>and 
>> replaced each O with an H and C atom with dummy atom.). 
>>So could 
>> you please help me figure out any tool that helps in 
>>adjusting 
>> the bond length of my hydrogen molecule in pdb to the 
>>desired 
>> length of 0.7A.
>> 
>> Or as you said is it possible to minize a single 
>>molecule using 
>> md_run program, as I encountered certain problems in 
>>doing so .
>> 
>> Sorry for the lengthy mail.
>> 
>> Thank you ,
>> Jyotsna
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:30:21 +0100
>>  David van der Spoel <spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se> wrote:
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>> >On 2/3/10 7:52 AM, 011013021-Jyotsna wrote:
>> >>
>> >>Dear Justin ,
>> >>
>> >>Thank you very much for your help.
>> >>To create a linear H2 molecule with a dummy atom in 
>>the center is
>> >>proving to be quite a difficult task.
>> >>Hence , I created a pdb file of CO2 using Cerius(2) , 
>>and 
>> replaced the
>> >>atoms in the pdb file with 2 H atoms and a dummy 
>>atom.(since 
>> CO2 is a
>> >>three atom , linear system i.e the two O atoms 
>>replaced by two 
>> H atoms
>> >>and the C atom by the dummy)
>> >>The problem is the bond distance. For CO2 , it is 1.66 
>>A but I 
>> need the
>> >>distance for H2 to be only 0.7 A as per the literature 
>>I am 
>> following.>>By replacing the atoms in the pdb file , 
>>there is a 
>> problem regarding
>> >>distance since the coordinates of the pdb also point 
>>towards 
>> 1.6 A.
>> >>I would be very grateful if you could tell me how I 
>>can build 
>> a PDB for
>> >>H2 with dummy atom with the right distance.
>> >>
>> >>Thank You,
>> >>Jyotsna
>> >Doesn't matter if the pdb is wrong initially, you just 
>>do an 
>> energy minimization. What is important is (put in exact 
>>bond length):
>> >
>> >[ bonds ]
>> >1 2 1 0.74 500000
>> >
>> >[ vsites2 ]
>> >3 1 2 1 0.5
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >-- 
>> >David van der Spoel, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
>> >Dept. of Cell & Molec. Biol., Uppsala University.
>> >Box 596, 75124 Uppsala, Sweden. Phone:	+46184714205. 
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