[gmx-users] Fw: Pressure coupling in NPT equilibration step

[Mark Abraham]

http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Terminology/Pressure
http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Terminology/Pressure_Coupling


On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 6:43 AM, Mahboobeh Eslami <
mahboobeh.eslami at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> On Monday, December 16, 2013 11:12 PM, Mahboobeh Eslami <
> mahboobeh.eslami at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> hi GMX user
> please help me
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> i want to study protein ligand complex by gromacs4.6.3. i repaired my
> protein by MODELER and docked my ligand by AUTODOCK software.
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> i use amber99sb-ildn force field.  after Energy Minimization i use
> following option forTemperature coupling in NVT equilibration step:
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> ; Temperature coupling
> tcoupl        = v-rescale           ; Couple temperature to external heat
> bath according to velocity re-scale method
> tc-grps       = Protein_UNK NA_SOL  ; two coupling groups - more accurate
> tau_t         = 0.1    0.1          ; Coupling time constant, controlling
> strength of coupling
> ref_t         = 300
>  300             ; Temperature of heat bath
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>  then i use following option for Pressure coupling  in NPT equilibration
> step
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> ; Pressure coupling
> pcoupl           = Parrinello-Rahman       ; pressure coupling is on for
> NPT
> Pcoupltype       = Isotropic                  ; uniform scaling of box
> vectors
> tau_p            = 0.5                              ;  time constant, in ps
> compressibility  = 4.5e-5                    ; isothermal compressibility
> of
>  water, bar^-1
> ref_p            = 1.0                             ; reference pressure,
> in bar
> refcoord_scaling = com
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>  i obtain temperature average 299.63 for NVT step bu i obtain pressure
> average 1.35 for NPT stepI tried Various Thermostats and Barostats but i
> don’t get good pressure average Close to 1bar.
> please help me
> thanks a lot
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