[gmx-users] cyclic peptide on GROMACS compatoble with Charmm (all-atom) force field

udaya kiran marelli kiran.udaya at gmail.com
Mon Jun 20 18:39:09 CEST 2011


Dear Mark Abraham,

Thank you for your support.  However, I have edited the N-terminus in -hdb
file so as too include a HN atom for the specific residue and it worked.

regards,
Uday..

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>   1. cyclic peptide on GROMACS compatoble with Charmm  (all-atom)
>      force field (udaya kiran marelli)
>   2. Re: gmx4.5.4 genion problem: No line with moleculetype    'SOL'
>      found (Ye Yang)
>   3. gmx4.5.4 genion problem: No line with moleculetype        'SOL'
>      found (chris.neale at utoronto.ca)
>   4. Re: cyclic peptide on GROMACS compatoble with Charmm
>      (all-atom) force field (Mark Abraham)
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> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:13:54 +0200
> From: udaya kiran marelli <kiran.udaya at gmail.com>
> Subject: [gmx-users] cyclic peptide on GROMACS compatoble with Charmm
>        (all-atom) force field
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>  Dear GROMACS users,
>
> I am trying to construct a cyclic hexa peptide containing all Ala residues.
>  During pdb2gmx conversion using the command    (pdb2gmx -ff charmm27 -ignh
> -f TESTALA.pdb -o TESTALA.gro -ter)  it gave the following error while I am
> demanding the program to give uncharged termini (option :  None)
>
> WARNING: atom HN is missing in residue ALA 1 in the pdb file
>        You might need to add atom HN to the hydrogen database of residue
> ALA
>        in the file ff???.hdb (see the manual)
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Program pdb2gmx, VERSION 4.0.5
> Source code file: pdb2top.c, line: 704
>
> Fatal error:
> There were 1 missing atoms in molecule Protein, if you want to use this
> incomplete topology anyhow, use the option -missing
>
> In the .hdb file the atom HN is defined already.  The error is that it is
> removing the #HN# atom from the Ala 1 residue at the cyclization point.
>
> Could you suggest me in getting rid off the problem.
>
>
> yours sincerely
> Uday.
>
> Marelli Udaya Kiran
> C/o.  Professor Dr. Horst Kessler
> Institute for Advanced Study
> Department Chemie
> Technische Universität München
> Lichtenbergstrasse 4
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> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:06:44 -0400
> From: Ye Yang <knightyangpku at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [gmx-users] gmx4.5.4 genion problem: No line with
>        moleculetype    'SOL' found
> To: jalemkul at vt.edu, Discussion list for GROMACS users
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> Thank you for your suggestions.
> I have checked the topology file with vim, and it looks pefectly, also, the
> only problem happens when I use genion. One thing that might be possible is
> that I use the double precision version of gromacs, because when I solve it
> in water, the written of topology file looks weired(like I showed).
> What do you mean by work-around? You mean just manually change some water
> molecules in topology file and coordinate file into ions? Will the program
> recognize something like CL, NA? Or can I just add ions to the system and
> solve it in water?
>
> Thank you very much
>
> Best
> Wishes
>
> Ye
>
> 2011/6/16 Justin A. Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu>
>
> >
> >
> > Ye Yang wrote:
> >
> >> Hi, everyone:
> >>      I am a new user of Gromacs, and I am running through the tutorial.
> >> When I am trying to run the ligand-receptor binding tutorial from
> >>
> >>
> http://www.bevanlab.biochem.vt.edu/Pages/Personal/justin/gmx-tutorials/complex/02_topology.html
> >>     I met some trouble in adding ion.
> >>     Each time when I use genion, it shows:
> >>
> >> Will try to add 0 NA ions and 6 CL ions.
> >> Select a continuous group of solvent molecules
> >> Group     0 (         System) has 33046 elements
> >> Group     1 (        Protein) has  1693 elements
> >> Group     2 (      Protein-H) has  1301 elements
> >> Group     3 (        C-alpha) has   163 elements
> >> Group     4 (       Backbone) has   489 elements
> >> Group     5 (      MainChain) has   653 elements
> >> Group     6 (   MainChain+Cb) has   805 elements
> >> Group     7 (    MainChain+H) has   815 elements
> >> Group     8 (      SideChain) has   878 elements
> >> Group     9 (    SideChain-H) has   648 elements
> >> Group    10 (    Prot-Masses) has  1693 elements
> >> Group    11 (    non-Protein) has 31353 elements
> >> Group    12 (          Other) has    15 elements
> >> Group    13 (            JZ4) has    15 elements
> >> Group    14 (          Water) has 31338 elements
> >> Group    15 (            SOL) has 31338 elements
> >> Group    16 (      non-Water) has  1708 elements
> >> Select a group: 15
> >> Selected 15: 'SOL'
> >> Number of (3-atomic) solvent molecules: 10446
> >>
> >> Processing topology
> >>
> >> Back Off! I just backed up temp.top to ./#temp.top.3#
> >>
> >> -------------------------------------------------------
> >> Program genion_d, VERSION 4.5.4
> >> Source code file: gmx_genion.c, line: 285
> >>
> >> Fatal error:
> >> No line with moleculetype 'SOL' found the [ molecules ] section of file
> >> 'topol.top'
> >>
> >>
> > Something doesn't match up here - the command backs up temp.top, but then
> > complains it can't find SOL in topol.top.  Either genion is looking at
> the
> > wrong file or your command is somehow wrong.
> >
> >
> >  I checked my topology file and it looks fine:
> >> ; Include Position restraint file
> >> #ifdef POSRES
> >> #include "posre.itp"
> >> #endif
> >>
> >> ; Include water topology
> >> #include "gromos43a1.ff/spc.itp"
> >>
> >> ; Include ligand topoloty
> >> #include "drg.itp"
> >> #ifdef POSRES_WATER
> >> ; Position restraint for each water oxygen
> >> [ position_restraints ]
> >> ;  i funct       fcx        fcy        fcz
> >>   1    1       1000       1000       1000
> >> #endif
> >>
> >> ; Include topology for ions
> >> #include "gromos43a1.ff/ions.itp"
> >>
> >> [ system ]
> >> ; Name
> >>
> >> Protein
> >> [ molecules ]
> >> ; Compound        #mols
> >> Protein_chain_A     1
> >> JZ4                 1     SOL             10446
> >>
> >> One thing that might happen is in the genion source file,  I read
> through
> >> it, and the problem either happens in loading the line to buf2, or in
> the
> >> gmx_strcmp(buf2,"SOL"), since clearly the SOL_line is -1 aftermath.
> >>
> >> The other thing I tried is to remove the ligand JZ4 part in both
> topology
> >> and coordinates file, and in this case, it works perfectly for adding
> ion.
> >> But in this way, I do not know how to insert my ligand into the system
> since
> >> it might collide with solvent.
> >>
> >>
> > If removal of the JZ4 line relieves the problem, perhaps there's a
> problem
> > with that line, i.e. the line ending?  What type of system are you using?
> >  Sometimes Windows line endings cause problems.  Always use a plain text
> > editor and use dos2unix to process text files if you're on Windows.
> >
> > Otherwise, the work-around is to not have genion work on the topology.
> >  Make the corrections yourself.  Simple addition of ions and subtraction
> of
> > water molecules is trivial.
> >
> > -Justin
> >
> >
> >  Can someone help me with this problem?
> >>
> >> Thank you all very much.
> >>
> >> Ye Yang
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > --
> > ========================================
> >
> > Justin A. Lemkul
> > Ph.D. Candidate
> > ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
> > MILES-IGERT Trainee
> > Department of Biochemistry
> > Virginia Tech
> > Blacksburg, VA
> > jalemkul[at]vt.edu | (540) 231-9080
> >
> > http://www.bevanlab.biochem.vt.edu/Pages/Personal/justin
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> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:04:54 -0400
> From: chris.neale at utoronto.ca
> Subject: [gmx-users] gmx4.5.4 genion problem: No line with
>        moleculetype    'SOL' found
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> For the quick fix:
>
> 1. run genion on your topology that does work. Look at this to see the
> format of the ion atom and residue names
>
> 2. Pick a few waters in the structure containing the ligand and
> replace the OW by the ion and remove the hydrogens, then fix the
> number of atoms on the second line of the file and run editconf on the
> file.
>
> ** But I wouldn't be satisfied with that if I were you. there is some
> problem here that you should uncover now before you move farther.
>
> Show us your commands exactly (copy and paste) and perhaps we can help
> more.
>
> As a side note: your topology that you presented  is going to cause
> you problems if you try to put position restraints on the water, as it
> is incorrectly ordered:
>
>  ; Include water topology
>  #include "gromos43a1.ff/spc.itp"
>
>  ; Include ligand topoloty
>  #include "drg.itp"
>  #ifdef POSRES_WATER
>  ; Position restraint for each water oxygen
>  [ position_restraints ]
>  ;  i funct       fcx        fcy        fcz
>     1    1       1000       1000       1000
>  #endif
>
>
> -- original message --
>
> Thank you for your suggestions.
> I have checked the topology file with vim, and it looks pefectly, also, the
> only problem happens when I use genion. One thing that might be possible is
> that I use the double precision version of gromacs, because when I solve it
> in water, the written of topology file looks weired(like I showed).
> What do you mean by work-around? You mean just manually change some water
> molecules in topology file and coordinate file into ions? Will the program
> recognize something like CL, NA? Or can I just add ions to the system and
> solve it in water?
>
> Thank you very much
>
> Best
> Wishes
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 06:29:39 +1000
> From: Mark Abraham <Mark.Abraham at anu.edu.au>
> Subject: Re: [gmx-users] cyclic peptide on GROMACS compatoble with
>        Charmm  (all-atom) force field
> To: Discussion list for GROMACS users <gmx-users at gromacs.org>
> Message-ID: <4DFBB933.2010806 at anu.edu.au>
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>
> On 18/06/2011 1:13 AM, udaya kiran marelli wrote:
> > Dear GROMACS users,
> >
> > I am trying to construct a cyclic hexa peptide containing all Ala
> > residues.  During pdb2gmx conversion using the command    (pdb2gmx -ff
> > charmm27 -ignh -f TESTALA.pdb -o TESTALA.gro -ter)  it gave the
> > following error while I am demanding the program to give uncharged
> > termini (option :  None)
> >
> > WARNING: atom HN is missing in residue ALA 1 in the pdb file
> >         You might need to add atom HN to the hydrogen database of
> > residue ALA
> >         in the file ff???.hdb (see the manual)
>
> With -ignh you told it to strip away all the H atoms, and that requires
> that pdb2gmx knows how to rebuild them (or doesn't need to know).
>
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > Program pdb2gmx, VERSION 4.0.5
> > Source code file: pdb2top.c, line: 704
> >
> > Fatal error:
> > There were 1 missing atoms in molecule Protein, if you want to use
> > this incomplete topology anyhow, use the option -missing
> >
> > In the .hdb file the atom HN is defined already.  The error is that it
> > is removing the #HN# atom from the Ala 1 residue at the cyclization
> point.
>
> If you mean that the the cyclization is achieved with a peptide bond
> from "N-terminal" N to "C-terminal" C, you will have to use the
> specbond.dat mechanism to achieve that. See chapter 5.
>
> The problem arises because HN is defined in the .hdb in terms of C in
> the preceding residue, which is not applicable in your case, because
> there is not a regular peptide bond.
>
> Rather than the "brute force" -ignh mechanism, there may be a better
> approach (like removing particular offending hydrogen atoms from your
> input coordinate file) that doesn't require pdb2gmx to need to know how
> to rebuild HN.
>
> Mark
>
> > Could you suggest me in getting rid off the problem.
> >
> >
> > yours sincerely
> > Uday.
> >
> > Marelli Udaya Kiran
> > C/o.  Professor Dr. Horst Kessler
> > Institute for Advanced Study
> > Department Chemie
> > Technische Universität München
> > Lichtenbergstrasse 4
> > D-85747 Garching, Germany
> >
> > Tel.: +49-(0)89-289-13760 <tel:%2B49-%280%2989-289-13760>
> > Fax: +49-(0)89-289-13210 <tel:%2B49-%280%2989-289-13210>
> > email: kiran.udaya at tum.de <mailto:kiran.udaya at tum.de>
> >
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