[gmx-users] Regarding atom numbering in .top and .gro files

[Justin Lemkul]

On 9/28/13 11:20 AM, bipin singh wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I want to put off constraint between some bonds in my system based on their
> atom numbers but the .gro file and .top file atom numbers do not match,
> because I used .pdb file to generate this .top file using pdb2gmx. (the top
> files contains the atom numbers based on this initial input .pdb file and
> the subsequent .gro file contains different atom numbering)
>
> I know that grompp generate constraints based on atomtypes in .top file but
> If I use the .pdb file (used during pdb2gmx) to do this will it be  fine,
> as I will be using this .top file with .gro file for grompp.
>

As with all bonded interactions, the numbers in the coordinate file are 
irrelevant.  You can only specify bonded interactions based on the atom numbers 
in the [moleculetype] in the .top file.

-Justin

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