[gmx-users] RE: gro file and topology files

Justin A. Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Tue Nov 9 19:37:26 CET 2010



Nimesh Jain wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering if the order of molecules in topology file and the order 
> of coordinates in gro file have to be same. My files are as follows:
> 
> gro file:
> 1624
>     1B1       C    1  22.237  30.408  26.522
>     1B1      SA    2  22.348  30.033  26.829
>     1B1       P    3  22.125  30.102  27.144
>     2B2       T    4  21.852  30.069  26.468
>     2B2      SA    5  21.824  30.189  26.949
>     2B2       P    6  21.450  30.060  27.068
>     3B3       G    7  21.778  29.762  26.361
>     3B3      SA    8  21.321  30.008  26.724
>     3B3       P    9  20.949  29.853  26.660
>     4B4       G   10  21.629  29.470  26.321
>     4B4      SA   11  21.026  29.716  26.325
>     4B4       P   12  20.750  29.499  26.117
>     5B5       A   13  21.487  29.154  26.338
>     5B5      SA   14  20.990  29.299  25.943
>     5B5       P   15  20.872  28.995  25.697
>     6B6       G   16  21.351  28.838  26.366
>     6B6      SA   17  21.165  28.798  25.747
>     6B6       P   18  21.201  28.428  25.579
>     7B7       A   19  21.229  28.513  26.410
>     7B7      SA   20  21.416  28.303  25.825
>     7B7       P   21  21.542  27.915  25.815
>     8B8       T   22  21.195  28.076  26.416
>     8B8      SA   23  21.574  27.883  26.158
>     8B8       P   24  21.640  27.516  26.330
>     9B9       A   25  20.912  27.888  26.523
>     9B9      SA   26  21.488  27.595  26.632
>     ...................................................
>    ................................................... upto 880 
> particles then,
> 295NEU    NEU  881  27.530  28.268  24.349
>   296NEU    NEU  882  27.355  27.969  24.193
>   297NEU    NEU  883  27.623  27.876  23.941
>   298NEU    NEU  884  27.801  27.639  24.177
>   299NEU    NEU  885  27.473  27.507  24.322
>   300NEU    NEU  886  27.376  27.410  23.963
>   301NEU    NEU  887  27.316  26.930  24.121
>   302NEU    NEU  888  27.540  26.452  24.221
>   303NEU    NEU  889  27.266  26.353  23.979
>   304NEU    NEU  890  27.681  25.977  24.053
>   305NEU    NEU  891  27.538  25.708  24.281
> ............................................................. upto 1416 
> particles then,
> 831POS    POS 1417  27.764  28.400  24.075
>   832POS    POS 1418  27.717  27.250  23.909
>   833POS    POS 1419  27.466  26.805  23.792
>   834POS    POS 1420  27.758  26.635  23.970
>   835POS    POS 1421  27.530  26.183  23.770
>   836POS    POS 1422  27.930  25.982  25.593
>   837POS    POS 1423  27.940  25.614  25.687
>   838POS    POS 1424  27.629  25.568  26.499
>   839POS    POS 1425  27.293  25.195  26.653
>   840POS    POS 1426  26.656  24.646  27.207
>   841POS    POS 1427  27.493  24.378  26.671
>   842POS    POS 1428  25.704  28.084  24.322
>   843POS    POS 1429  26.024  28.033  24.522
>   844POS    POS 1430  25.690  27.436  25.511
>   845POS    POS 1431  25.499  26.486  25.378
> ............................................................... upto 
> 1553 particles then,
> 968NEG    NEG 1554  27.665  27.041  24.226
>   969NEG    NEG 1555  27.770  25.717  24.582
>   970NEG    NEG 1556  27.165  25.469  26.884
>   971NEG    NEG 1557  26.602  25.231  27.215
>   972NEG    NEG 1558  27.309  24.502  27.300
>   973NEG    NEG 1559  27.075  25.317  25.083
>   974NEG    NEG 1560  26.927  25.837  25.127
>   975NEG    NEG 1561  26.247  26.641  24.480
>   976NEG    NEG 1562  25.888  26.676  24.614
>   977NEG    NEG 1563  25.773  27.276  25.174
>   978NEG    NEG 1564  25.345  26.065  25.614
>   979NEG    NEG 1565  24.862  26.307  25.737
>   980NEG    NEG 1566  27.642  26.470  26.780
>   981NEG    NEG 1567  26.721  27.065  26.145
>   982NEG    NEG 1568  26.398  26.984  25.969
>   983NEG    NEG 1569  26.291  25.493  26.397
>   984NEG    NEG 1570  26.029  24.681  26.249
>   985NEG    NEG 1571  26.374  23.945  26.814
>   986NEG    NEG 1572  26.551  24.207  25.873
>   987NEG    NEG 1573  27.184  23.760  24.934
>   988NEG    NEG 1574  25.102  22.440  25.649
>   989NEG    NEG 1575  23.763  24.119  26.999
> ..........................1624 particles ...
> 
> 
> 
> topology
> ...........................................
> ...................................
> [ moleculetype ]
>    Neutral    1
> 
>   [ atoms ]
>    1  NEU     1  NEU  NEU    1
> 
>   [ moleculetype ]
>    Positive    1
> 
>   [ atoms ]
>    1  POS     1  POS  POS    1
> 
>   [ moleculetype ]
>    Negative    1
> 
>   [ atoms ]
>    1  NEG     1  NEG  NEG    1
> 
> [ moleculetype ]
>    SS1    1
> 
>   [ atoms ]
>     1    C    1  B1    C      1
>     2   SA    1  S1   SA      2
>     3    P    1  P1    P      3
>     4    T    2  B2    T      4
>     5   SA    2  S2   SA      5
>     6    P    2  P2    P      6
>     7    G    3  B3    G      7
>     8   SA    3  S3   SA      8
>     9    P    3  P3    P      9
>    10    G    4  B4    G     10
>    11   SA    4  S4   SA     11
>    12    P    4  P4    P     12
>    13    A    5  B5    A     13
>    14   SA    5  S5   SA     14
> 
> The starting coordinates in gro file belong to molecule SS1 in topology 
> file. As you can see, the coordinates for NEU, POS and NEG particles are 
> towards the end in gro file but I am defining these particles in the 
> beginning of topology file. Please let me know if this is ok or is it 
> wrong ? And how can I check.
> 

The only order that is pertinent is that of the [molecules] directive in the 
.top file.  It must match that of the coordinate file.  If not, grompp will exit 
with a fatal error.  That's a fairly obvious way to check :)

-Justin

> Thanks,
> Nimesh
> 

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Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
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