[gmx-users] genion doubt

Justin A. Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Sat May 15 17:48:49 CEST 2010



manjula kasinathan wrote:
> 
> hi snip
> 
>         Thank u. as per ur suggestion i added sodium ions to my protein. 
> then i carried out mdrun for energy minimization nsteps 3000 but i runs 
> only for 1108 steps. then i went to position restrain steps the command 
> i gave
> 
>         grompp -f pr.mdp -c em.gro -p top.top -o pr.tpr
> 
> i got a fatal error
>             Too many warnings (1), grompp terminated.
>             If you are sure all warnings are harmless, use the -maxwarn 
> option
> 
> WARNING 1 [file pr.mdp, line unknown]:
>   Unknown or double left-hand 'warnings' in parameter file
> 
> y i'm getting this error.how can i correct this could any one help plz.
> 

http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Errors#Unknown_left-hand_XXXX_in_parameter_file

Read the manual - there is no such setting as "warnings."

> my pr.mdp file
> 
> title               = FWS
> warnings            = 10
> cpp                 = /usr/local/gromacs/share/gromacs/cpp
> define              = -DPOSRES
> constraints         = all-bonds
> integrator          = md
> dt                  = 0.002 ; ps !
> nsteps              = 500 ; total 1.0 ps.
> nstcomm             = 1
> nstxout             = 250     ; collect data every 0.5 ps
> nstvout             = 1000
> nstfout             = 0
> nstlog              = 10
> nstenergy           = 10
> nstlist             = 10
> ns_type             = grid
> rlist               = 1.0
> coulombtype         = PME
> rcoulomb            = 1.0
> vdwtype             = cut-off
> rvdw                = 1.4
> fourierspacing      = 0.12
> fourier_nx          = 0
> fourier_ny          = 0
> fourier_nz          = 0
> pme_order           = 4
> ewald_rtol          = 1e-5
> optimize_fft        = yes
> ; Berendsen temperature coupling is on
> Tcoupl              = v-rescale
> tau_t               = 0.1     0.1
> tc-grps             = protein non-protein
> ref_t               = 300     300
> ; Pressure coupling is on
> Pcoupl              = parrinello-rahman
> Pcoupltype          = isotropic
> tau_p               = 0.5
> compressibility     = 4.5e-5
> ref_p               = 1.0
> ; Generate velocites is on at 300 K.
> gen_vel             = yes
> gen_temp            = 300.0
> gen_seed            = 173529
> 
> with this warnings i proceeded with mdrun but i get the following LINCS 
> warnnings
> 
> starting mdrun 'Protein in water'
> 500 steps,      1.0 ps.
> step 300, will finish Sat May 15 08:57:23 2010
> Step 394, time 0.788 (ps)  LINCS WARNING
> relative constraint deviation after LINCS:
> rms 0.000103, max 0.001028 (between atoms 4478 and 4480)
> bonds that rotated more than 30 degrees:
>  atom 1 atom 2  angle  previous, current, constraint length
>    4478   4480   33.4    0.1081   0.1091      0.1090
> Step 423, time 0.846 (ps)  LINCS WARNING
> relative constraint deviation after LINCS:
> rms 0.442275, max 40.666431 (between atoms 8211 and 8212)
> bonds that rotated more than 30 degrees:
>  atom 1 atom 2  angle  previous, current, constraint length
>    8473   8476   88.6    0.1527   0.2741      0.1522
>    8473   8475   89.9    0.1094   3.6185      0.1090
>    8473   8474   89.5    0.1094   0.2778      0.1090
>    8471   8473   87.2    0.1455   0.2548      0.1449
>    8471   8472   33.2    0.1013   0.1241      0.1010
>    8215   8217   32.8    0.1090   0.1240      0.1090
>    8215   8216   39.2    0.1091   0.1282      0.1090
>    8211   8215   45.8    0.1536   0.1603      0.1529
>    8211   8213   44.0    0.1425   0.1645      0.1410
>    8211   8212   90.2    0.4225   4.5416      0.1090
>    8209   8211   45.6    0.1511   0.1348      0.1529
>    8209   8210   32.4    0.1098   0.1199      0.1090
>    8207   8209   33.3    0.1482   0.1823      0.1449
>    7224   7225   30.4    0.1013   0.1010      0.1010
>    5296   5297   30.5    0.1093   0.1092      0.1090
> Warning: 1-4 interaction between 8208 and 8213 at distance 4.720 which 
> is larger than the 1-4 table size 2.400 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 424, time 0.848 (ps)  LINCS WARNING
> relative constraint deviation after LINCS:
> rms 171806.092017, max 19412182.000000 (between atoms 8235 and 8236)
> bonds that rotated more than 30 degrees:
>  atom 1 atom 2  angle  previous, current, constraint length
>    8507   8508   90.0    0.1011   0.2179      0.1010
>    8497   8499   39.8    0.1460   0.2065      0.1449
>    8497   8498   59.8    0.1009   0.1923      0.1010
>    8495   8497   44.0    0.1354 729.7847      0.1335
>    8495   8496   94.4    0.1235 729.7617      0.1229
>    8491   8493   89.7    0.1091   0.2077      0.1090
>    8487   8489   89.8    0.1091   0.5344      0.1090
>    8485   8491   32.7    0.1531   0.1890      0.1529
>    8485   8486   47.4    0.1091   0.1421      0.1090
>    8482   8485   50.7    0.1536 215.0330      0.1529
>    8482   8484   71.0    0.1094 214.9777      0.1090
>    8482   8483   92.6    0.1091 215.0566      0.1090
>    8480   8495   77.1    0.1633 417.3555      0.1522
>    8480   8482   84.2    0.1556 871.1644      0.1529
>    8480   8481   80.7    0.1078 911.5953      0.1090
>    8478   8480   43.4    0.1559 3067.7700      0.1449
>    8478   8479   92.3    0.1070 3786.8391      0.1010
>  
> t = 0.848 ps: Water molecule starting at atom 80338 can not be settled.
> Check for bad contacts and/or reduce the timestep.
> Wrote pdb files with previous and current coordinates
> 
> could any one help me to overcome this problem. thanks in advance
> 
> hi justin as per ur suggestion i viewed my structure but there is no 
> clash in it.
> y i'm getting this error?????
> 

See the diagnostic tips here:

http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Terminology/Blowing_Up

You could also try an NVT equilibration prior to NPT, in case any bad clashes 
generated during the dynamics are causing pressure spikes that are unmanageable 
by the barostat.

-Justin

> Cheers,
> Manju
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> With Regards,
> 
> Manjulakasinathan
> 

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Justin A. Lemkul
Ph.D. Candidate
ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
MILES-IGERT Trainee
Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
jalemkul[at]vt.edu | (540) 231-9080
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