[gmx-users] sphere around a protein

shivangi nangia shivangi.nangia at gmail.com
Mon May 9 07:01:05 CEST 2011


Hi Justin,

I used 15 nm cubic box and 6 nm shell.
I again tried to insert only 1 histidine molecule in the sphere. I get the
same error

Fatal error:
One of the box vectors has become shorter than twice the cut-off length or
box_yy-|box_zy| or box_zz has become smaller than the cut-off.



On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:

>
>
> shivangi nangia wrote:
>
>> Dear Justin,
>>
>> No.
>>
>> I am still preparing the system. I want the protein in the solvent sphere.
>>
>>
>>
> I see now.  You're setting a 12-nm cubic box, but then using a shell of 6
> nm, which causes neighbor searching to occur throughout the entire box.  The
> maximum value of -shell must be less than 1/2 the shortest box vector, so
> either set up a larger box, or a smaller value of -shell.
>
> -Justin
>
>
>> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu<mailto:
>> jalemkul at vt.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>    shivangi nangia wrote:
>>
>>        Hello,
>>
>>        Thanks Justin, I am getting somewhere but still running into
>>        problems.
>>
>>            Okay, I have a 6 nm sphere (one Li ion surrounded by 1:1
>>        water-methanol mixture) in 12 nm box.
>>             I did the following:
>>        editconf -f 1li.gro -c -box 12 12 12 -o onlyli.gro
>>        genbox -cp onlyli.gro -cs mix.gro   -shell 6 -o li_sol.gro
>>
>>
>>           Then, used genbox -cp protein.gro -cs sphere.gro
>>        with only 1 molecule of histidine I get the same error as with
>>        polyhistidine ( 20 )
>>
>>        Fatal error:
>>        One of the box vectors has become shorter than twice the cut-off
>>        length or box_yy-|box_zy| or box_zz has become smaller than the
>>        cut-off.
>>
>>
>>    I presume this is from mdrun?  Your system is collapsing.  Without
>>    an .mdp file, it is not possible to diagnose anything.
>>
>>    -Justin
>>
>>        How can I resolve this?
>>
>>        help needed.
>>
>>        Thanks,
>>        SN
>>
>>        On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Justin A. Lemkul
>>        <jalemkul at vt.edu <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>
>>        <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>           shivangi nangia wrote:
>>
>>               Hi Justin and other gmx-users,
>>
>>               I want to make a sphere around a protein (5nm).with Li
>>        ions and
>>               anions.
>>
>>               Justin, as you had suggested to use genbox -shell option, I
>>               tried using it but i realized that since my protein is a
>> long
>>               tube like structure, the shell option generated a cyclinder
>>               around the protein.
>>
>>               The solvent around the protein is 1:1 water-methanol
>>               (pre-prepared mixture n a gro file)
>>
>>               If I try to start with a ion and solvate it with my
>>        solvent (1:1
>>               water methanol) using -shell option, I do get a sphere
>>        but then
>>               I am unable to insert the protein in the system.
>>
>>
>>           And why not?
>>
>>           genbox -cp protein.gro -cs sphere.gro
>>
>>           should do exactly what you want, provided the sphere is large
>>        enough
>>           for the protein.
>>
>>           -Justin
>>
>>
>>               Is there another feasible route to get to my desired
>>               configuration of the system ?
>>
>>               Thanks in advance
>>
>>
>>               Best,
>>               SN
>>
>>
>>
>>
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