[gmx-users] Calculate RMSD for specific residue.

[Justin Lemkul]

On 8/19/14, 8:17 AM, Dawid das wrote:
> Right, I figured that out but in my groups when I run g_rms:
>
> Group     0 (         System) has 32645 elements
> Group     1 (        Protein) has  3470 elements
> Group     2 (      Protein-H) has  1772 elements
> Group     3 (        C-alpha) has   217 elements
> Group     4 (       Backbone) has   653 elements
> Group     5 (      MainChain) has   869 elements
> Group     6 (   MainChain+Cb) has  1065 elements
> Group     7 (    MainChain+H) has  1076 elements
> Group     8 (      SideChain) has  2394 elements
> Group     9 (    SideChain-H) has   903 elements
> Group    10 (    Prot-Masses) has  3461 elements
> Group    11 (    non-Protein) has 29175 elements
> Group    12 (          Water) has 29115 elements
> Group    13 (            SOL) has 29115 elements
> Group    14 (      non-Water) has  3530 elements
> Group    15 (            Ion) has    60 elements
> Group    16 (             NA) has    31 elements
> Group    17 (             CL) has    29 elements
> Group    18 ( Water_and_ions) has 29175 elements
>
> I don't have a group I am interested in. Should I create new index.ndx
> file? If so can I create it after the simulation, add new atoms group (CH6
> residue)  and extract the information from simulation for my CH6 residue?
>

That's exactly how index groups work.

-Justin

>
> 2014-08-19 13:12 GMT+01:00 Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu>:
>
>>
>>
>> On 8/19/14, 8:10 AM, Dawid das wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Gromacs experts,
>>>
>>> How can I calculate RMSD as a fucntion of time for one residue in my
>>> protein? Let's say I have a part of my sequence:
>>> ...-Phe-Ala-Ser-CH6-Tyr-Met-Cys-Gly-... . Now I want to get a plot of
>>> RMSD
>>> versus time for CH6 (my newly introduced residue).
>>> I can't find such an option in g_rms and what g_rmsf -od is not what I am
>>> interested in or I understood something incorrectly.
>>>
>>>
>> g_rms will do whatever you want if you provide the right index group.
>>
>> -Justin
>>
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Justin A. Lemkul, Ph.D.
Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow

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School of Pharmacy
Health Sciences Facility II, Room 601
University of Maryland, Baltimore
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Baltimore, MD 21201

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