[gmx-users] GMX to remove clashes?
Liu, Liang
liu4gre at gmail.com
Mon Nov 14 23:17:58 CET 2011
Thanks.
Do you know how to use a new force field, not amber or charm, but a force
field built by someone else, and it's already in Gromacs format (tons of
xvg file, right?)
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:
>
>
> Liu, Liang wrote:
>
>> This is a "reasonable" answer :)
>>
>> Thanks for that, and I just tried Gromacs for minimization, and looks the
>> final structure does not have clashes anymore, and also are very close to
>> the initial structure.
>>
>> Another question is if there is a way to add ions automatically, meaning
>> no need to check the "NOTE" of "System has non-zero total charge" in the
>> output of grompp command? And also update the topology file automatically
>> too?
>>
>>
> That depends on the system. For a simple solute in water, the running
> total charge of the solute is recorded in the qtot column of the .top file.
> If you have a complex system with lots of charged things, no, there is no
> convenient way to get the charge aside from calculating it by hand or
> reading the grompp output.
>
> The topology can be modified automatically by genion after ions are added
> by using the -p flag.
>
> -Justin
>
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu<mailto:
>> jalemkul at vt.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Liu, Liang wrote:
>>
>> Hi, all,
>> I am wondering if Gromacs can do the following work?
>>
>> Assuming I have a pdb file of an RNA molecule. Some atoms may be
>> too close or even overlap, I am wondering if Gromacs can move
>> the atoms to reasonable positions and remove the bad contacts?
>> The final structure is supposed to be the "most" stable
>> structure with minimal energy. I know AMBER minimization can do
>> this work, and I am wondering if Gromacs can do the same?
>>
>>
>> Gromacs is perfectly capable of energy minimization. Whether or not
>> minimization succeeds and gives a reasonable output is mostly
>> dependent upon the feasibility of the starting structure. If the
>> minimization crashes, it's not Gromacs' fault ;)
>>
>> -Justin
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