[gmx-users] Re: Reg: Gromacs binary liquid-liquid simulation

Justin A. Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Mon Sep 13 14:24:48 CEST 2010



vinothkumar mohanakrishnan wrote:
> hi i have 20 coordinates in the .gro file from PRODRG server where as i 
> have only 6 atom coordidates in the .top file this file also i got from 
> PRODRG. below i am giving both my .top file as well as .gro file for 
> hexane. do i manually edit the .top file from PRODRG to match the 
> coordinates, if so how?.my worry again is when i give this command
> 

You're trying to use an all-atom coordinate file with a united-atom force field. 
  Do not try to add atoms to the topology.  Use an appropriate coordinate file.

Also, the charges assigned to the hexane molecule (like much of the output from 
PRODRG) are probably not correct.  In UA force fields like Gromos, aliphatic 
groups should be uncharged.  Note that there is a charge imbalance in your 
molecule, such that there is a permanent, albeit small, net dipole on the 
molecule.  Ask yourself: does this model reflect reality?

> genbox -cp hexane_box.gro -ci hexane_box.gro -p hexane.top -o 
> hexane_multi.gro -nmol 100 -seed 1997
> 
> the .top file doesn't get updated with more number (say 101) of hexane 
> molecules in the molecules section.kindly advice me on this point.
> 

Perhaps the box you're using simply can't fit more than 101 molecules.

-Justin

> hexane.top
> 
> #include "ffG43a1.itp"
> 
> [ moleculetype ]
> ; Name nrexcl
> hexane      3
> 
> [ atoms ]
> ;   nr      type  resnr resid  atom  cgnr   charge     mass
>      1       CH3     1  DRG     CAA     1   -0.018  15.0350  
>      2       CH2     1  DRG     CAB     1    0.011  14.0270  
>      3       CH2     1  DRG     CAC     1    0.008  14.0270  
>      4       CH2     1  DRG     CAD     1    0.009  14.0270  
>      5       CH2     1  DRG     CAE     1    0.009  14.0270  
>      6       CH3     1  DRG     CAF     1   -0.019  15.0350  
> 
> [ bonds ]
> ; ai  aj  fu    c0, c1, ...
>    2   1   2    0.153   7150000.0    0.153   7150000.0 ;   CAB  CAA  
>    2   3   2    0.153   7150000.0    0.153   7150000.0 ;   CAB  CAC  
>    3   4   2    0.153   7150000.0    0.153   7150000.0 ;   CAC  CAD  
>    4   5   2    0.153   7150000.0    0.153   7150000.0 ;   CAD  CAE  
>    5   6   2    0.153   7150000.0    0.153   7150000.0 ;   CAE  CAF  
> 
> [ pairs ]
> ; ai  aj  fu    c0, c1, ...
>    1   4   1                                           ;   CAA  CAD  
>    2   5   1                                           ;   CAB  CAE  
>    3   6   1                                           ;   CAC  CAF  
> 
> [ angles ]
> ; ai  aj  ak  fu    c0, c1, ...
>    1   2   3   2    109.5       520.0    109.5       520.0 ;   CAA  CAB  
> CAC  
>    2   3   4   2    109.5       520.0    109.5       520.0 ;   CAB  CAC  
> CAD  
>    3   4   5   2    109.5       520.0    109.5       520.0 ;   CAC  CAD  
> CAE  
>    4   5   6   2    109.5       520.0    109.5       520.0 ;   CAD  CAE  
> CAF  
> 
> [ dihedrals ]
> ; ai  aj  ak  al  fu    c0, c1, m, ...
>    4   3   2   1   1      0.0    5.9 3      0.0    5.9 3 ; dih   CAD  
> CAC  CAB  CAA  
>    5   4   3   2   1      0.0    5.9 3      0.0    5.9 3 ; dih   CAE  
> CAD  CAC  CAB  
>    6   5   4   3   1      0.0    5.9 3      0.0    5.9 3 ; dih   CAF  
> CAE  CAD  CAC
> 
> ; Include SPC water topology
> #include "spc.itp"
> 
> [ system ]
> hexane in water
> 
> [ molecules ]
> ;molecule name number
> hexane         101
> SOL              1764
> 
> hexane.gro
> PRODRG COORDS
>    20
>     1DRG  CAA      1   0.684  -0.063   1.332
>     1DRG  HAA      2   0.684   0.013   1.254
>     1DRG  HAB      3   0.583  -0.075   1.371
>     1DRG  HAC      4   0.724  -0.158   1.295
>     1DRG  CAB      5   0.778  -0.021   1.445
>     1DRG  HAD      6   0.776  -0.098   1.522
>     1DRG  HAE      7   0.744   0.077   1.479
>     1DRG  CAC      8   0.923  -0.003   1.396
>     1DRG  HAF      9   0.950  -0.087   1.332
>     1DRG  HAG     10   0.985   0.007   1.485
>     1DRG  CAD     11   0.940   0.127   1.316
>     1DRG  HAH     12   0.913   0.211   1.380
>     1DRG  HAI     13   0.878   0.117   1.227
>     1DRG  CAE     14   1.085   0.145   1.267
>     1DRG  HAJ     15   1.087   0.222   1.190
>     1DRG  HAK     16   1.118   0.047   1.232
>     1DRG  CAF     17   1.179   0.186   1.380
>     1DRG  HAM     18   1.149   0.284   1.418
>     1DRG  HAN     19   1.281   0.191   1.342
>     1DRG  HAL     20   1.168   0.108   1.456
>    0.84818   0.84818   0.84818
> 
> Regards
> Vinoth 
> 
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu 
> <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     vinothkumar mohanakrishnan wrote:
> 
>         i want to do MD for hexane-water system. I got hexane.gro and
>         hexane..itp from PRODRG 2.5 Beta server with that i made the
>         hexane.top file. below is the serious of commands i executed in
>         gromacs, i am adding 200 hexane molecules an 1115 water
>         molecules. after the first genbox i checked my topolgy file
>         wheather the no .of hexane molecules got updated r increased to
>         200 but it doesn't and remains as 1 and then i maually changed
>         it to 200 in the molecules section. i dont know where
> 
> 
>     Per your genbox command below, if you have one hexane (in
>     hexane_box.gro) and you add 200 (with -nmol), you should then have
>     201 hexane molecules in the system.
> 
> 
>         iam going wrong and i always get the error message as " number
>         of coordinates in coordinate file (hexane_solv.gro, 7365) does
>         not match topology (hexane.top, 4545) " while running grompp for
>         energy minimisation. i read the error gromacs (website)
>         documentation and found that the hexane.top r hexane.gro file is
>         not getting updated, but iam helpless. any help is highly
>         appreciated. below is my topology file as well.
> 
> 
>     Follow my previous advice and see if you can trace back where the
>     error came from.  Count the molecules in your .gro file, i.e.:
> 
>     grep OW hexane_solv.gro | wc -l
> 
>     will give you the number of water molecules.  Do something analogous
>     for hexane.  You're off by 2820 atoms, which is in the ballpark of
>     940 waters, so something has broken down pretty badly somewhere.
> 
>     -Justin
> 
> 
>         ; The force field files to be included
>         #include "ffG43a1.itp"
> 
>         ; Include hexane topology
>         #include "hexane.itp"
> 
>         ; Include SPC water topology
>         #include "spc.itp"
> 
>         [ system ]
>         hexane in Water
> 
>         [ molecules ]
>         ;molecule name number
>         hexane         200
>         SOL              1115
>         *
>         Commands*
> 
>          editconf -f hexane.gro -o hexane_box.gro -c -bt triclinic -box
>         8.31 3.01 3.01
> 
>         genbox -cp hexane_box.gro -ci hexane_box.gro -p hexane.top -o
>         hexane_multi.gro -nmol 200 -seed 1997
> 
>         genbox -cp hexane_multi.gro -cs spc216.gro -p hexane.top -o
>         hexane_solv.gro
> 
>         grompp -f em.mdp -c hexane_solv.gro -p hexane.top -o hexane_em.tpr
> 
>         Regards
>         Vinoth
> 
> 
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>     Justin A. Lemkul
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Justin A. Lemkul
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ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
MILES-IGERT Trainee
Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
jalemkul[at]vt.edu | (540) 231-9080
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