[gmx-users] Energy Minimization

[Sai Pooja]

Hi all,

I am using CHARMM forcefield with tables for Protein SOL interactions for
alanine dipeptide.
Tables supplied: table.xvg, table_Protein_SOL.xvg, tablep.xvg (Standard
tables for 6-12 interactions used)
Combination rule changed from '2' to '1' in forcefield.itp file.

In the energy minimization step, using mdrun the following problem is
encountered:

Polak-Ribiere Conjugate Gradients:
   Tolerance (Fmax)   =  1.00000e+00
   Number of steps    =        10000
   F-max             =  2.98523e+10 on atom 4
   F-Norm            =  1.32072e+09

step -1: Water molecule starting at atom 1149 can not be settled.
Check for bad contacts and/or reduce the timestep if appropriate.
Wrote pdb files with previous and current coordinates
title           = Energy Minimization   ; Title of run
; The following line tell the program the standard locations where to find
certain files
cpp             = /lib/cpp      ; Preprocessor
; Define can be used to control processes
;define          = -DFLEXIBLE
define          = -DPOSRES
; Parameters describing what to do, when to stop and what to save
integrator      = cg            ; Algorithm (steep = steepest descent
minimization)
emtol           = 1.0           ; Stop minimization when the maximum force <
1.0 kJ/mol
nsteps          = 10000         ; Maximum number of (minimization) steps to
perform
nstenergy       = 10000         ; Write energies to disk every nstenergy
steps
energygrps      = Protein SOL
energygrp_table = Protein SOL
; Parameters describing how to find the neighbors of each atom and how to
calculate the interactions
ns_type         = grid          ; Method to determine neighbor list (simple,
grid)
coulombtype     = User  ; Treatment of long range electrostatic interactions
rcoulomb        = 1.0           ; long range electrostatic cut-off
rvdw            = 1.0           ; long range Van der Waals cut-off
constraints     = none          ; Bond types to replace by constraints
pbc             = xyz           ; Periodic Boundary Conditions (yes/no)


Any suggestions?

Pooja


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