[gmx-users] Hbonds between Adenine and Thymine

Justin Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Sun Dec 2 13:56:35 CET 2012


I answered this already:

http://lists.gromacs.org/pipermail/gmx-users/2012-November/076750.html

-Justin

On 12/2/12 7:21 AM, Hovakim Grabski wrote:
>
>
> I only used pdb2gmx when I prepared the DNA which I created with nab.
> and the command that  I used was:
>
> make_ndx -f md_0_1.gro  -o index.ndx
> after that then I press r10 and r17 I get :
>
> 14 r_10                :    64 atoms
>
> 15 r_17                :    64 atoms
> This are the coordinates for the residues:
> First strand:
>
>     10DA       P  281  16.129   2.602  11.551 -0.0064 -0.0090 -0.0438
>     10DA     O1P  282  16.266   2.580  11.500 -0.1992 -0.7975 -0.2387
>     10DA     O2P  283  16.071   2.493  11.632 -0.2097  0.0667 -0.0880
>     10DA     O5'  284  16.120   2.736  11.641 -0.2017 -0.2302  0.2683
>     10DA     C5'  285  16.192   2.847  11.592 -0.0631 -0.2091  0.5162
>     10DA    H5'1  286  16.168   2.856  11.486  0.2017  0.7446  0.5318
>     10DA    H5'2  287  16.299   2.837  11.607  0.0847  2.3049  1.7097
>     10DA     C4'  288  16.169   2.980  11.662  0.0289 -0.3183  0.7520
>     10DA     H4'  289  16.224   3.053  11.601 -2.8707  0.5718 -0.9869
>     10DA     O4'  290  16.034   3.020  11.656  0.3066  0.6132  0.4536
>     10DA     C1'  291  15.987   3.045  11.787 -0.2499  0.3562  0.3063
>     10DA     H1'  292  15.998   3.152  11.802 -0.0905  0.4135 -0.2041
>     10DA      N9  293  15.847   3.001  11.796 -0.1361  0.0295  0.4799
>     10DA      C8  294  15.791   2.875  11.795 -0.1763  0.0476 -0.2015
>     10DA      H8  295  15.862   2.793  11.796 -0.2033  0.0265  0.2737
>     10DA      N7  296  15.664   2.871  11.823 -0.1286  0.2671  0.0604
>     10DA      C5  297  15.619   3.001  11.805 -0.4228  0.2070  0.3483
>     10DA      C6  298  15.497   3.069  11.794 -0.3949  0.2036 -0.0034
>     10DA      N6  299  15.374   3.018  11.804 -0.2308 -0.1144  0.4274
>     10DA     H61  300  15.305   3.085  11.771  1.7600  0.9756 -1.8289
>     10DA     H62  301  15.354   2.923  11.833 -0.2605 -0.3058 -0.1869
>     10DA      N1  302  15.497   3.202  11.778  0.3602  0.1422 -0.5486
>     10DA      C2  303  15.612   3.265  11.760  0.0189  0.7232 -0.7343
>     10DA      H2  304  15.626   3.372  11.756  3.6933  0.5922  2.5222
>     10DA      N3  305  15.732   3.208  11.755 -0.4260 -0.2664 -0.3708
>     10DA      C4  306  15.732   3.076  11.784 -0.2117 -0.1027  0.3843
>     10DA     C3'  307  16.212   2.987  11.809  0.1076  0.4852  0.7002
>     10DA     H3'  308  16.269   2.895  11.822 -0.9751 -0.4630 -0.7702
>     10DA     C2'  309  16.078   2.963  11.878 -0.1301  0.3788  0.2079
>     10DA    H2'1  310  16.053   2.856  11.876 -0.9477  0.5118  1.5833
>     10DA    H2'2  311  16.071   3.003  11.979  0.2289  0.9076  0.0218
>     10DA     O3'  312  16.289   3.101  11.839  0.7852  0.0886  0.4921
>
>   17DT       P  505  14.540   2.457  13.806 -0.1135 -0.3293  0.2579
>     17DT     O1P  506  14.515   2.332  13.730 -0.3178 -0.1552  0.0391
>     17DT     O2P  507  14.426   2.509  13.885 -0.5793 -0.3100 -0.4187
>     17DT     O5'  508  14.667   2.425  13.901 -0.0420 -0.1432  0.2251
>     17DT     C5'  509  14.775   2.352  13.848 -0.0056  0.1138 -0.0585
>     17DT    H5'1  510  14.807   2.394  13.753 -0.0386  0.1388 -0.0585
>     17DT    H5'2  511  14.747   2.249  13.827  2.0093 -0.8479  1.6171
>     17DT     C4'  512  14.889   2.350  13.950  0.3616  0.2283 -0.4642
>     17DT     H4'  513  14.975   2.306  13.899  1.2315  0.1760  0.9966
>     17DT     O4'  514  14.921   2.483  13.982  0.5698  0.0309  0.1646
>     17DT     C1'  515  14.968   2.485  14.115  0.1427  0.4216  0.3154
>     17DT     H1'  516  15.075   2.506  14.109  0.2135 -0.2028 -1.2027
>     17DT      N1  517  14.902   2.590  14.194 -0.3299  0.5140 -0.2027
>     17DT      C6  518  14.766   2.600  14.188 -0.4375 -0.3782  0.5725
>     17DT      H6  519  14.711   2.537  14.119  0.9370 -0.6147 -0.3448
>     17DT      C5  520  14.704   2.694  14.264 -0.2228  0.0885  0.1776
>     17DT      C7  521  14.556   2.708  14.239 -0.0922  0.0466 -0.6345
>     17DT     H71  522  14.520   2.617  14.190  1.5759 -0.4976 -0.9099
>     17DT     H72  523  14.508   2.720  14.336  1.6175 -1.7512  0.5049
>     17DT     H73  524  14.543   2.797  14.177  0.6660  0.4976 -0.1693
>     17DT      C4  525  14.782   2.793  14.333  0.0191 -0.5878  0.8877
>     17DT      O4  526  14.727   2.896  14.373 -0.1581 -0.1795 -0.3746
>     17DT      N3  527  14.918   2.765  14.347  0.1422 -0.1924  0.4985
>     17DT      H3  528  14.971   2.834  14.397  0.3132  0.9994 -1.2291
>     17DT      C2  529  14.983   2.664  14.278 -0.0217  0.1747 -0.2008
>     17DT      O2  530  15.106   2.660  14.287 -0.0771 -0.0313  0.4614
>     17DT     C3'  531  14.859   2.268  14.075  0.3169  0.4173 -0.3515
>     17DT     H3'  532  14.756   2.283  14.109  0.3908 -0.8417  0.4979
>     17DT     C2'  533  14.947   2.345  14.173  0.2886  0.2008 -0.1552
>     17DT    H2'1  534  14.907   2.335  14.274 -0.4318 -1.3965 -0.5681
>     17DT    H2'2  535  15.047   2.302  14.178  0.9026  1.0206 -3.1872
>     17DT     O3'  536  14.903   2.134  14.068  0.1630  0.3529 -0.0944
>
> Second strand:
>
> 10DA       P 1106   9.991   9.662   5.857  0.2711 -0.2003 -0.2055
>     10DA     O1P 1107  10.117   9.699   5.925  0.0171 -0.1521  0.2395
>     10DA     O2P 1108   9.922   9.751   5.761 -0.0201 -0.3771 -0.1639
>     10DA     O5' 1109  10.020   9.522   5.781  0.3327 -0.1377 -0.2950
>     10DA     C5' 1110  10.103   9.418   5.826  0.0099 -0.0733  0.4779
>     10DA    H5'1 1111  10.089   9.389   5.930  1.2175 -1.1397  0.3743
>     10DA    H5'2 1112  10.208   9.448   5.818 -0.2723  0.9072  0.3516
>     10DA     C4' 1113  10.087   9.283   5.756  0.6952 -0.0706  0.3006
>     10DA     H4' 1114  10.167   9.218   5.790  0.3964 -1.0164 -0.7552
>     10DA     O4' 1115   9.968   9.211   5.781  0.4042  0.2532 -0.1356
>     10DA     C1' 1116   9.899   9.183   5.661  0.3657 -0.5820  0.0759
>     10DA     H1' 1117   9.931   9.085   5.628  1.2101 -0.8078  1.4655
>     10DA      N9 1118   9.752   9.192   5.674  0.4595  0.0856  0.8135
>     10DA      C8 1119   9.677   9.305   5.687 -0.2406 -0.2729 -0.0039
>     10DA      H8 1120   9.717   9.405   5.682 -0.1556 -0.2327  1.1312
>     10DA      N7 1121   9.549   9.282   5.697 -0.2674 -0.0051  0.3168
>     10DA      C5 1122   9.539   9.143   5.700 -0.1379 -0.0290 -0.2494
>     10DA      C6 1123   9.434   9.050   5.704  0.2553 -0.4416  0.6994
>     10DA      N6 1124   9.312   9.080   5.750 -0.0413 -0.4443 -0.0784
>     10DA     H61 1125   9.249   9.005   5.775  0.2851 -0.4153  0.8639
>     10DA     H62 1126   9.296   9.173   5.785  2.2173 -0.9878  2.7722
>     10DA      N1 1127   9.459   8.918   5.703 -0.0820 -0.5081 -0.3882
>     10DA      C2 1128   9.586   8.881   5.699 -0.0279 -0.4200  0.3464
>     10DA      H2 1129   9.588   8.774   5.694 -0.3381 -0.4502  0.7996
>     10DA      N3 1130   9.695   8.956   5.695 -0.3819  0.0971  0.2161
>     10DA      C4 1131   9.665   9.088   5.697 -0.0442  0.1936 -0.5432
>     10DA     C3' 1132  10.101   9.285   5.604 -0.5201 -0.6723  0.1687
>     10DA     H3' 1133  10.161   9.370   5.572 -0.3052 -0.8779  0.0340
>     10DA     C2' 1134   9.954   9.286   5.563 -0.4762 -0.1783  0.0171
>     10DA    H2'1 1135   9.904   9.383   5.570  0.4894  0.2435  1.3382
>     10DA    H2'2 1136   9.948   9.247   5.461  1.9729  1.5168 -0.8699
>     10DA     O3' 1137  10.163   9.168   5.557 -0.0628 -0.3359 -0.0703
>
>   17DT       P 1327   8.385   9.782   3.374 -0.1287  0.0547 -0.2070
>     17DT     O1P 1328   8.311   9.903   3.415 -0.1686 -0.1425  0.3061
>     17DT     O2P 1329   8.329   9.692   3.271  0.8603  0.1387 -0.8356
>     17DT     O5' 1330   8.527   9.828   3.315  0.1174 -0.3581  0.0526
>     17DT     C5' 1331   8.620   9.895   3.398 -0.2303 -0.0127  0.1639
>     17DT    H5'1 1332   8.630   9.834   3.487 -1.1565 -0.8620 -0.2869
>     17DT    H5'2 1333   8.582   9.995   3.419  1.0346  0.9321 -1.7427
>     17DT     C4' 1334   8.760   9.911   3.340 -0.2036  0.2159  0.2891
>     17DT     H4' 1335   8.806   9.989   3.401 -2.5851 -1.2606  4.3717
>     17DT     O4' 1336   8.836   9.793   3.352 -0.2716  0.1396 -0.0055
>     17DT     C1' 1337   8.914   9.783   3.235  0.0926 -0.3554  0.2734
>     17DT     H1' 1338   9.008   9.831   3.262  0.4883 -0.6564 -0.5554
>     17DT      N1 1339   8.938   9.643   3.198  0.0636 -0.2414 -0.1806
>     17DT      C6 1340   8.832   9.562   3.166  0.0079 -0.3091  0.1733
>     17DT      H6 1341   8.732   9.601   3.175 -0.3098 -1.1052  0.0861
>     17DT      C5 1342   8.845   9.432   3.133  0.2566 -0.2686  0.1071
>     17DT      C7 1343   8.719   9.356   3.102  0.0587  0.1062 -0.0152
>     17DT     H71 1344   8.726   9.259   3.151  2.3691 -1.1060 -2.4759
>     17DT     H72 1345   8.625   9.400   3.133 -1.2182 -1.9715 -0.6885
>     17DT     H73 1346   8.714   9.336   2.995  1.3622 -1.1148  0.1136
>     17DT      C4 1347   8.979   9.376   3.128  0.2652 -0.2897  0.5177
>     17DT      O4 1348   9.015   9.265   3.090  0.2646 -0.0365 -0.2363
>     17DT      N3 1349   9.082   9.466   3.148  0.3166  0.0439 -1.0741
>     17DT      H3 1350   9.178   9.438   3.134  0.6352  1.6444 -2.4527
>     17DT      C2 1351   9.069   9.599   3.187  0.0655 -0.2397 -0.1591
>     17DT      O2 1352   9.168   9.671   3.201  0.1858 -0.2851 -0.7312
>     17DT     C3' 1353   8.760   9.970   3.199  0.4414 -0.1050  0.1494
>     17DT     H3' 1354   8.659   9.970   3.158  0.9166  0.1514 -1.0617
>     17DT     C2' 1355   8.845   9.865   3.127  0.0046 -0.5079  0.2147
>     17DT    H2'1 1356   8.773   9.809   3.066  0.2313 -0.2753 -0.2747
>     17DT    H2'2 1357   8.908   9.903   3.047  1.7584 -0.8510  1.3980
>     17DT     O3' 1358   8.813  10.100   3.193 -0.3350  0.2178  0.0665
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Best regards,
> Hovakim
>
> ________________________________
>   От: Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu>
> Кому: Hovakim Grabski <hovakim_grabski at yahoo.com>; Discussion list for GROMACS users <gmx-users at gromacs.org>
> Отправлено: четверг, 29 ноября 2012 16:24
> Тема: Re: [gmx-users] Hbonds between Adenine and Thymine
>
>
> Please keep the discussion on the gmx-users list.
>
> On 11/29/12 6:12 AM, Hovakim Grabski wrote:
>>
>   Dear Justin,
>>
>> When I try to select 10DA residue from one strand and 17DT from the other
>> strand,I type r10 and r17 and both select 64 atoms, after r26 it selects water
>> molecules.
>
> You can easily check (using a text editor) which atoms make_ndx is choosing.  In
> theory, your approach is correct and very straightforward.  Can you please provide?
>
> 1. Your exact make_ndx command
> 2. A few lines from residue 10DA of whatever coordinate file you're using
> 3. The index group produced from residue 10
>
> Did you renumber the file at any point, for instance, with pdb2gmx?  That is,
> whatever started out as residue 10 may not still be numbered as such in the
> topology and any resulting coordinate files produced from the simulation.
> Without knowing exactly what you're using as make_ndx input, it's hard to track
> down what's going on.
>
> -Justin
>
>> And then I check for
>   Hbonds with g_hbond  I get 3 Hbonds, but between A and T
>> they form 2 Hbonds?
>> It seems I'm doing something wrong.
>> What can I do in this case?
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Best regards,
>> Hovakim
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *От:* Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu>
>> *Кому:* Hovakim Grabski <hovakim_grabski at yahoo.com>; Discussion list for GROMACS
>> users <gmx-users at gromacs.org>
>> *Отправлено:* четверг, 29 ноября 2012 1:33
>> *Тема:* Re: [gmx-users] Hbonds between Adenine and Thymine
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/28/12 3:43
>   PM, Hovakim Grabski wrote:
>>    > Dear Gromacs users,
>>    > I set a  simulation of 26 base pairs  of  DNA with Ethidium Bromide for 5 ns.
>>    > After a while Thymine rotated for about 70 degrees and then returned to its
>> initial position.
>>    > I wanted to find out hbonds between Adenine and Thymine but with make_ndx
>> things don't work so well.
>>    > How can I select Adenine from one strand and Thymine from the other strand
>> and then run g_hbond ?
>>
>> You can use make_ndx to select any residues you want. You'll have to describe
>> exactly what you did that produced insufficient results.  Saying it didn't work
>> well doesn't tell us anything, because it is in fact quite easy to produce
>> usable index groups.
>>
>> -Justin
>>
>> -- ========================================
>>
>> Justin A.
>   Lemkul, Ph.D.
>> Research Scientist
>> 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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Justin A. Lemkul, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
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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