[gmx-users] Parametrisation of the cyclic nucleotides in Gromos force fields

Justin Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Fri Dec 7 20:24:26 CET 2012



On 12/7/12 2:21 PM, James Starlight wrote:
> Justin,
>
> with that charmm27 cutoffs (rlist=1.2 rlistlong=1.4 rcoulomb=1.2 rvdw=1.2
> rvdw_switch=0.8 and vdwtype=switch) I've obtain 2 notes from grompp
>
> NOTE 1 [file ./mdps/em.mdp]:
>    For energy conservation with switch/shift potentials, rlist should be 0.1
>    to 0.3 nm larger than rvdw.
>
> NOTE 2 [file ./mdps/em.mdp]:
>    The sum of the two largest charge group radii (0.078024) is larger than
>    rlist (1.200000) - rvdw (1.200000)
>

As I recall, there is a small bug where grompp ignores rlistlong when printing 
this message.  The simulation will be fine.

-Justin

>
> Should I increase Rlist to the 1.4 ( as well as rcoulomb to the same
> value because of PME) ?
>
> 2012/12/7, Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu>:
>>
>>
>> On 12/7/12 1:19 PM, James Starlight wrote:
>>> Justin,
>>>
>>> following to your advise I've tried to use charmm 27 ff for simulation
>>> of my protein-cGMP complex ( ligand was parametrized by Swiss Param
>>> server).
>>>
>>> Could you provide me with the cut-offs for vdw as well as
>>> electrostatics suitable for simulation in charmm27 and 36 force
>>> fields?
>>>
>>
>> http://lists.gromacs.org/pipermail/gmx-users/2012-September/074717.html
>>
>>> Does anybody know another servers for parametrization of the ligands
>>> for charmm simulation in gromacs?
>>>
>>
>> If Google can't find it, it probably doesn't exist.
>>
>> -Justin
>>
>>> 2012/12/7, Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu>:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12/7/12 11:42 AM, James Starlight wrote:
>>>>> Justin,
>>>>>
>>>>> ligand-only simulation in vacuum have been finished with the same
>>>>> errors
>>>>> :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Step 19200, time 38.4 (ps)  LINCS WARNING
>>>>> relative constraint deviation after LINCS:
>>>>> rms 0.025443, max 0.140660 (between atoms 1 and 3)
>>>>> bonds that rotated more than 30 degrees:
>>>>>     atom 1 atom 2  angle  previous, current, constraint length
>>>>>          1      2   52.2    0.1033   0.0985      0.1000
>>>>>          1      3   90.1    0.1168   0.1141      0.1000
>>>>>
>>>>> Step 19200, time 38.4 (ps)  LINCS WARNING
>>>>> relative constraint deviation after LINCS:
>>>>> rms 0.025376, max 0.140474 (between atoms 1 and 3)
>>>>> bonds that rotated more than 30 degrees:
>>>>>     atom 1 atom 2  angle  previous, current, constraint length
>>>>>          1      2   52.0    0.1033   0.0988      0.1000
>>>>>          1      3   90.0    0.1168   0.1140      0.1000
>>>>> step 19200, will finish Sat Dec  8 04:10:49 2012
>>>>> Step 19201, time 38.402 (ps)  LINCS WARNING
>>>>> relative constraint deviation after LINCS:
>>>>> rms 0.052715, max 0.293316 (between atoms 1 and 3)
>>>>> bonds that rotated more than 30 degrees:
>>>>>     atom 1 atom 2  angle  previous, current, constraint length
>>>>>          1      2   49.3    0.0988   0.0993      0.1000
>>>>>          1      3   90.0    0.1140   0.1293      0.1000
>>>>>
>>>>> Step 19201, time 38.402 (ps)  LINCS WARNING
>>>>> relative constraint deviation after LINCS:
>>>>> rms 0.052900, max 0.294281 (between atoms 1 and 3)
>>>>> bonds that rotated more than 30 degrees:
>>>>>     atom 1 atom 2  angle  previous, current, constraint length
>>>>>          1      2   49.6    0.0988   0.0989      0.1000
>>>>>          1      3   90.0    0.1140   0.1294      0.1000
>>>>>
>>>>> Step 19202, time 38.404 (ps)  LINCS WARNING
>>>>> relative constraint deviation after LINCS:
>>>>> rms 0.035783, max 0.198482 (between atoms 1 and 3)
>>>>> bonds that rotated more than 30 degrees:
>>>>>     atom 1 atom 2  angle  previous, current, constraint length
>>>>>          1      2   33.3    0.0989   0.0984      0.1000
>>>>>          1      3   89.9    0.1294   0.1198      0.1000
>>>>>
>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> Program mdrun, VERSION 4.5.4
>>>>> Source code file: /tmp/gromacs-4.5.4/src/mdlib/constr.c, line: 176
>>>>>
>>>>> Fatal error:
>>>>> Too many LINCS warnings (1000)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ITs intresting that the same files (like step-1c_n11.pdb) have been
>>>>> produced already during CG minimisation phase but the system have not
>>>>> been crashed. So I suppoe that the problem is in geometry of the
>>>>
>>>> If you get errors in the minimization, that should indicate that either
>>>> the
>>>>
>>>> topology or configuration is flawed.
>>>>
>>>>> mollecule. The direct comparison of the bonds and angles with the rtp
>>>>> (DGUA) is non trivial again because of differs in the file formats
>>>>> representation :)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Most troubleshooting is not easy.  You can also create a topology for
>>>> DGUA
>>>> from
>>>> just about any DNA structure and compare its .top against your cGMP
>>>> topology.
>>>>
>>>> -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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>> Research Scientist
>> Department of Biochemistry
>> Virginia Tech
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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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