[gmx-users] Re: LINCS WARNING relative constraint deviation

E. Nihal Korkmaz enihalkorkmaz at gmail.com
Mon Jun 20 18:10:26 CEST 2011


What would you suggest as a short time step? I was using 0.002 ps. And just
to make sure, would 5 ns of equilibration be enough for a ~110 amino acid
long protein?

Thanks,
Nihal

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Mark Abraham <Mark.Abraham at anu.edu.au>wrote:

> **
> On 20/06/2011 3:29 PM, E. Nihal Korkmaz wrote:
>
> I also checked the output of the minimization:
>
> Steepest Descents converged to machine precision in 402 steps,
> but did not reach the requested Fmax < 10.
> Potential Energy  = -1.81875038188621e+04
> Maximum force     =  3.20769543152855e+02 on atom 331
> Norm of force     =  2.04356801849931e+01
>
> I assume the structure is not relaxed enough to start a simulation. How can
> I get it minimize further? I increased the step size up to 0.1 ps, i still
> get the same result.
>
>
> The minimization is probably OK, but a period of equilibration at a short
> time step will probably help smooth the process out. Simulations in implicit
> solvent have few explicit degrees of freedom compared to explicit solvent,
> and might be rather more susceptible to equilibration issues if the
> generated velocities are randomly not-quite-good-enough.
>
> Mark
>
>
> Thanks,
> Nihal
>
> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 11:48 PM, E. Nihal Korkmaz <
> enihalkorkmaz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am trying to simulate a GB simulation of a 112 amino acid long protein.
>> I keep getting these errors,
>>
>> Step 27718, time 55.436 (ps)  LINCS WARNING
>> relative constraint deviation after LINCS:
>> rms 33.319842, max 438.763717 (between atoms 79 and 81)
>> bonds that rotated more than 30 degrees:
>>  atom 1 atom 2  angle  previous, current, constraint length
>>
>> Step 27718, time 55.436 (ps)  LINCS WARNING
>> relative constraint deviation after LINCS:
>> rms 0.058237, max 1.390675 (between atoms 91 and 93)
>> bonds that rotated more than 30 degrees:
>>  atom 1 atom 2  angle  previous, current, constraint length
>>      91     92   50.2    0.1016   0.1065      0.1010
>>      91     93   90.0    0.1002   0.2415      0.1010
>>      91     94   70.2    0.1025   0.1066      0.1010
>>      79     80   90.0    0.1057   1.0667      0.1090
>>      79     81   90.0    1.3066  47.9342      0.1090
>>      85     86   90.0    0.1084   0.1758      0.1090
>>      85     87   90.0    1.0654   0.1668      0.1090
>>      88     89   90.0    0.1097   0.6994      0.1090
>>      88     90   90.0    0.1125   0.1097      0.1090
>>      91     92   50.2    0.1016   0.1065      0.1010
>>      91     93   90.0    0.1002   0.2415      0.1010
>>      91     94   70.2    0.1025   0.1066      0.1010
>>
>>
>> I am copying my mdp parameters below, I'd appreciate any suggestions to
>> fix that.
>>
>> integrator               = sd
>> tinit                    = 0
>> dt                       = 0.002
>> nsteps                   = 2500000
>> simulation_part          = 1
>> init_step                = 1
>>
>> nstxout                  = 5000
>> nstvout                  = 5000
>> nstenergy                = 500
>> nstxtcout                = 500
>> nstlog                   = 500
>>
>> xtc_grps                 = System
>> energygrps               = System
>> comm_mode                = Linear
>> ; neighbor searching and vdw/pme setting up
>> nstlist                  = 10
>> ns_type                  = grid
>> pbc                      = xyz
>> rlist                    = 2.0
>>
>> implicit_solvent         = GBSA
>> gb_algorithm             = OBC
>> gb_saltconc              = 0.15
>> rgbradii                 = 2.0
>>
>> coulombtype              = Cut-off
>> fourierspacing           = 0.1
>> pme_order                = 6
>> rcoulomb                 = 2.0
>>
>> vdwtype                  = Cut-off
>> rvdw_switch              = 1.0
>> rvdw                     = 2.0
>>
>> ; cpt control
>> tcoupl                   = V-rescale
>> tc-grps                  = System
>> tau_t                    = 0.1
>> ref_t                    = 300.0
>>
>> Pcoupl                   = Berendsen
>> pcoupltype               = isotropic
>> tau_p                    = 1.0
>> compressibility          = 4.5e-5
>> ref_p                    = 1.0
>>
>> ; velocity & temperature control
>> gen_vel                  = yes
>> gen_temp                 = 300.0
>> annealing                = no
>> constraints              = hbonds
>> constraint_algorithm     = lincs
>> morse                    = no
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> Elif Nihal Korkmaz
>>
>> Research Assistant
>> University of Wisconsin - Biophysics
>> Member of Qiang Cui & Thomas Record Labs
>> 1101 University Ave, Rm. 8359
>> Madison, WI 53706
>> Phone:  608-265-3644
>> Email:   korkmaz at wisc.edu
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Elif Nihal Korkmaz
>
> Research Assistant
> University of Wisconsin - Biophysics
> Member of Qiang Cui & Thomas Record Labs
> 1101 University Ave, Rm. 8359
> Madison, WI 53706
> Phone:  608-265-3644
> Email:   korkmaz at wisc.edu
>
>
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-- 
Elif Nihal Korkmaz

Research Assistant
University of Wisconsin - Biophysics
Member of Qiang Cui & Thomas Record Labs
1101 University Ave, Rm. 8359
Madison, WI 53706
Phone:  608-265-3644
Email:   korkmaz at wisc.edu
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