[gmx-users] Re: question about minimisation

reisingere at rostlab.informatik.tu-muenchen.de reisingere at rostlab.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Thu Jul 26 14:05:13 CEST 2012


Hmm, okey. Thank you.
So all in all what I did was correct and it should only minimize the
hydrogen atoms and not the rest of the protein nor the membrane. Right?


> Quite sure it's just different syntax in topology and mdp file. Compare to
> C;
> #define POSRES // expressed as -DPOSRES in the mdp file
> #ifdef POSRES // when working in the topology file
>
> // Linus
>
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 1:52 PM,
> <reisingere at rostlab.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/26/12 7:06 AM, reisingere at rostlab.informatik.tu-muenchen.de wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7/26/12 6:07 AM, reisingere at rostlab.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 26/07/2012 6:47 PM, reisingere at rostlab.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Ho,
>>>>>>>> first I minimize my structure. This is the corresponding mdp file:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> define                  = -DPOSRES
>>>>>>>> integrator              = steep
>>>>>>>> emtol           = 10
>>>>>>>> nsteps          = 1500
>>>>>>>> nstenergy               = 1
>>>>>>>> energygrps              = System
>>>>>>>> coulombtype             = PME
>>>>>>>> rcoulomb                = 0.9
>>>>>>>> rvdw                    = 0.9
>>>>>>>> rlist           = 0.9
>>>>>>>> fourierspacing  = 0.12
>>>>>>>> pme_order               = 4
>>>>>>>> ewald_rtol              = 1e-5
>>>>>>>> pbc                     = xyz
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> and then I run a md run. This is the corresponding mdp file:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> define          = -DPOSRES
>>>>>>>> integrator              = md
>>>>>>>> dt                      = 0.001
>>>>>>>> nsteps          = 5000
>>>>>>>> nstxout         = 100
>>>>>>>> nstvout         = 0
>>>>>>>> nstfout         = 0
>>>>>>>> nstlog          = 1000
>>>>>>>> nstxtcout               = 500
>>>>>>>> nstenergy               = 5
>>>>>>>> energygrps              = Protein Non-Protein
>>>>>>>> nstcalcenergy   = 5
>>>>>>>> nstlist         = 10
>>>>>>>> ns-type         = Grid
>>>>>>>> pbc                     = xyz
>>>>>>>> rlist           = 0.9
>>>>>>>> coulombtype             = PME
>>>>>>>> rcoulomb                = 0.9
>>>>>>>> rvdw            = 0.9
>>>>>>>> fourierspacing          = 0.12
>>>>>>>> pme_order               = 4
>>>>>>>> ewald_rtol              = 1e-5
>>>>>>>> gen_vel         = yes
>>>>>>>> gen_temp                = 200.0
>>>>>>>> gen_seed                = 9999
>>>>>>>> constraints             = all-bonds
>>>>>>>> tcoupl          = V-rescale
>>>>>>>> tc-grps         = Protein  Non-Protein
>>>>>>>> tau_t           = 0.1      0.1
>>>>>>>> ref_t           = 298      298
>>>>>>>> pcoupl          = no
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In my topology file I include the restraint files like this:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ; Include Position restraint file
>>>>>>>> #ifdef POSRES
>>>>>>>> #include "posre.itp"
>>>>>>>> #endif
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> #ifdef POSRES
>>>>>>>> #include "posre_memb.itp"
>>>>>>>> #endif
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This won't work for multiple [moleculetype] entries. See
>>>>>>> http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/How-tos/Position_Restraints
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I just recognize that there is a "DPOSRES" in the mdp files and a
>>>>>>>> "POSRES"
>>>>>>>> in my topology file. Is this the problem. Do I have to write it
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> same
>>>>>>>> way in the several files?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Include_File_Mechanism
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just see that the [ position_restraints ] part is included under
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> [dihedral] and not between the [moleculetype] and the [atom] part.
>>>>>> And
>>>>>> according to the site you wrote me this is a problem, right? But
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> was
>>>>>> done by gromacs itself. Shell I write it to the [moleculetype] part?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> A [position_restraints] directive belongs to the [moleculetype] in
>>>>> which
>>>>> it is
>>>>> declared.  The original location of the #include statement produced
>>>>> by
>>>>> Gromacs
>>>>> is correct; it follows sequentially within the protein
>>>>> [moleculetype].
>>>>> Your
>>>>> inclusion of the membrane restraint file within the protein
>>>>> [moleculetype]
>>>>> is,
>>>>> however, incorrect.
>>>>>
>>>>>> But I can not see why it can not work that I have 2 restriction
>>>>>> files?
>>>>>> Can
>>>>>> you please explain it to me?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You can have two restraint files for different [moleculetypes] but
>>>>> they
>>>>> must be
>>>>> organized as such.
>>>>
>>>> okey. So the whole thing with [atoms], [bonds], [dihedral] all
>>>> contains
>>>> to
>>>> the entry in [moleculetype]  , right?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Any directive belongs to the [moleculetype] that immediately precedes
>>> it.
>>> Once
>>> a new [moleculetype] is declared (either directly or indirectly via
>>> #include
>>> mechanism), you're working with a different molecule.
>>>
>>>> But directly before I include the membrane restriction file I include
>>>> the
>>>> membrane definition:
>>>>
>>>> #include "amber03.ff/dum.itp"
>>>> #ifdef POSRES
>>>> #include "posre_memb.itp"
>>>> #endif
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So I thought that it is directly after the atomtype it belongs to. I
>>>> thought that it is the same in the case with the water, where first
>>>> the
>>>> water definition is included and after that the restriction of the
>>>> water.
>>>>
>>>> Or am I wrong?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Well the #include statement shown here is different than the one you
>>> showed
>>> previously, which was wrong.  Please always be sure you're providing
>>> accurate
>>> information - it wastes less time and avoids confusion.
>>>
>>>> I include the dummy atoms definition right after the ions. Or is this
>>>> the
>>>> wrong position?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The position of #include statements in this context is irrelevant.  You
>>> can list
>>> the [moleculetypes] in any order you like, but the relevant dependent
>>> directives
>>> must be contained appropriately and the order of the listing in
>>> [molecules] must
>>> match the coordinate file.  Otherwise, it's fairly flexible.
>>>
>>> -Justin
>>>
>>>>
>>>>   4935  4952  4950  4951     4
>>>>   4950  4954  4952  4953     4
>>>>   4954  4973  4972  4974     4
>>>>
>>>> ; Include Position restraint file
>>>> #ifdef POSRES
>>>> #include "posre.itp"
>>>> #endif
>>>>
>>>> ; Include water topology
>>>> #include "amber03.ff/tip3p.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 "amber03.ff/ions.itp"
>>>>
>>>> #include "amber03.ff/dum.itp"
>>>> #ifdef POSRES
>>>> #include "posre_memb.itp"
>>>> #endif
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> So you mean that it is indeed important if I call it POSRES oder
>>>>>> DPOSRES,
>>>>>> right?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, syntax is crucial.  The proper way to make use of #ifdef blocks
>>>>> is
>>>>> described in the manual and in the link Mark posted.
>>>>>
>>
>> But when I only use
>> "define                  = -POSRES"
>> instead of
>> "define                  = -DPOSRES"
>>
>> I get the warning:
>> "WARNING 1 [file mdp file]:  Malformed define option -POSRES"
>>
>> And also at the
>> "http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/How-tos/Position_Restraints"
>> site is written that in the mdp file there has to be
>> "define = -DPOSRES "
>> So is this the right way to write it in the mdp file. Although in the
>> topology file which is generated by pdb2gmx stays "#ifdef POSRES"?
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>>>>> -Justin
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> Justin A. Lemkul, Ph.D.
>>>>> Research Scientist
>>>>> Department of Biochemistry
>>>>> Virginia Tech
>>>>> Blacksburg, VA
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