[gmx-users] Check for bad contacts and/or reduce the timestep

Mark Abraham Mark.Abraham at anu.edu.au
Sat Dec 3 07:32:04 CET 2011


On 3/12/2011 5:15 PM, pragna lakshmi wrote:
> I understood that the system has large velocities. Since simulation 
> has been stopped at Step 226040, time 452.08 (ps) can i conclude that 
> error is because of any invalid parameters in topology file generated 
> by server for ligand.

Such a conclusion would be premature, given your inappropriate use of 
thermostats and the information in the URL Justin provided...

Mark

>
> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Mark Abraham <Mark.Abraham at anu.edu.au 
> <mailto:Mark.Abraham at anu.edu.au>> wrote:
>
>     On 3/12/2011 4:42 PM, pragna lakshmi wrote:
>>     Thank u for reply. I did energy minimization and equilibration
>>     step. It converged in 696 steps which is shown below.
>>
>>     Step=  692, Dmax= 9.2e-03 nm, Epot= -7.12587e+05 Fmax=
>>     7.62150e+03, atom= 2099
>>     Step=  693, Dmax= 1.1e-02 nm, Epot= -7.12588e+05 Fmax=
>>     9.72038e+03, atom= 2099
>>     Step=  695, Dmax= 6.6e-03 nm, Epot= -7.12670e+05 Fmax=
>>     9.39830e+02, atom= 2099
>>
>>     writing lowest energy coordinates.
>>
>>     Steepest Descents converged to Fmax < 1000 in 696 steps
>>     Potential Energy  = -7.1266969e+05
>>     Maximum force     =  9.3982965e+02 on atom 2099
>>     Norm of force     =  2.1967674e+01
>>
>
>     The atom that has the greatest force after EM is the same one for
>     which LINCS warnings arise later. That's worth paying attention
>     to. Read the advice about diagnosing unstable systems on the link
>     Justin gave you last time.
>
>>
>>     # md.mdp file
>>
>>     title = protein
>>     cpp = /lib/cpp ; location of cpp on SGI
>>     constraints = all-bonds
>>     integrator = md
>>     dt = 0.002 ; ps !
>>     nsteps = 1000000 ; total 50 ps.
>>     nstcomm = 1
>>     nstxout = 500 ; output coordinates every 1.0 ps
>>     nstvout = 0
>>     nstfout = 0
>>     nstlist = 10
>>     ns_type = grid
>>     rlist = 0.9
>>     coulombtype = PME
>>     rcoulomb = 0.9
>>     rvdw = 1.0
>>     fourierspacing = 0.12
>>     fourier_nx = 0
>>     fourier_ny = 0
>>     fourier_nz = 0
>>     pme_order = 6
>>     ewald_rtol = 1e-5
>>     optimize_fft = yes
>>     ; Berendsen temperature coupling is on in four groups
>>     Tcoupl = berendsen
>>     tau_t = 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
>>     tc-grps = protein ZN IMP sol NA+
>>     ref_t = 300 300 300 300 300
>
>     http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Terminology/Thermostats
>
>
>>     ; Pressure coupling is on
>>     Pcoupl = berendsen
>>     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
>
>     It's probably not useful to re-generate velocities after the
>     position-restrained step.
>
>     Mark
>
>>
>>     # pr.mdp file
>>
>>     title = protein
>>     cpp = /lib/cpp ; location of cpp on SGI
>>     define = -DPOSRES
>>     constraints = all-bonds
>>     integrator = md
>>     dt = 0.002 ; ps !
>>     nsteps = 50000 ; total 20.0 ps.
>>     nstcomm = 1
>>     nstxout = 250 ; output coordinates every 0.5 ps
>>     nstvout = 1000 ; output velocities every 2.0 ps
>>     nstfout = 0
>>     nstlog = 10
>>     nstenergy = 10
>>     nstlist = 10
>>     ns_type = grid
>>     rlist = 0.9
>>     coulombtype = PME
>>     rcoulomb = 0.9
>>     rvdw = 1.0
>>     fourierspacing = 0.12
>>     fourier_nx = 0
>>     fourier_ny = 0
>>     fourier_nz = 0
>>     pme_order = 6
>>     ewald_rtol = 1e-5
>>     optimize_fft = yes
>>     ; Berendsen temperature coupling is on in four groups
>>     Tcoupl = V-rescale
>>     tau_t = 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
>>     tc_grps = protein ZN sol IMP NA+
>>     ref_t = 300 300 300 300 300
>>     ; Pressure coupling is on
>>     Pcoupl = no
>>     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
>>
>>     #em.mdp file
>>
>>     title = protein
>>     cpp = /lib/cpp ; location of cpp on SGI
>>     define = -DFLEX_SPC ; Use Ferguson's Flexible water model [4]
>>     constraints = none
>>     integrator = steep
>>     dt = 0.002 ; ps !
>>     nsteps = 2000
>>     nstlist = 10
>>     ns_type = grid
>>     rlist = 0.9
>>     coulombtype = PME ; Use particle-mesh ewald
>>     rcoulomb = 0.9
>>     rvdw = 1.0
>>     fourierspacing = 0.12
>>     fourier_nx = 0
>>     fourier_ny = 0
>>     fourier_nz = 0
>>     pme_order = 4
>>     ewald_rtol = 1e-5
>>     optimize_fft = yes
>>     ;
>>     ; Energy minimizing stuff
>>     ;
>>     emtol = 1000.0
>>     emstep = 0.01
>>
>>     I need further help to trouble shoot this problem.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Justin A. Lemkul
>>     <jalemkul at vt.edu <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>         pragna lakshmi wrote:
>>
>>             Hi,
>>                 I am trying to run protein-ligand complex simulation.
>>             At the final MD run step it is showing the following
>>             error. Can anybody tell me the solution for this error?
>>
>>
>>         http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Errors#LINCS.2fSETTLE.2fSHAKE_warnings
>>
>>         There are hundreds of threads in the archive with the same
>>         issue and several possible solutions.  Please consult the
>>         link above (and referenced pages), as well as other posts.
>>
>>         If you need further help diagnosing the problem, please post
>>         a complete .mdp file, as well as a description of prior
>>         minimization and equilibration.
>>
>>         -Justin
>>
>>         -- 
>>         ========================================
>>
>>         Justin A. Lemkul
>>         Ph.D. Candidate
>>         ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
>>         MILES-IGERT Trainee
>>         Department of Biochemistry
>>         Virginia Tech
>>         Blacksburg, VA
>>         jalemkul[at]vt.edu <http://vt.edu> | (540) 231-9080
>>         http://www.bevanlab.biochem.vt.edu/Pages/Personal/justin
>>
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>>
>>     -- 
>>     T.Pragna Lakshmi,
>>     Junior Scientist,
>>     Vision Research Center,
>>     Sankara Netralaya,
>>     Chennai,
>>     India.
>>     Pin: 600006.
>>
>>
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> T.Pragna Lakshmi,
> Junior Scientist,
> Vision Research Center,
> Sankara Netralaya,
> Chennai,
> India.
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