[gmx-users] Remove rotation from rmsd

[Justin Lemkul]

On 12/3/14 10:04 PM, Mikhail Yustanov wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to remove rotation from the output trajectories and rmsd plots.
> I used:
>
> gmx trjconv -fit rot+trans -s step5.tpr -f step5_noPBC.xtc -o OUTPUT.xtc
>
> I selected protein for fitting and system for output.
>
> Then I visualized OUTPUT.xtc, it seems rotation has been removed.
>
> However, then I use
> gmx rms -s step5.tpr -f OUTPUT.xtc -o rmsd.xvg -tu ns
>
> to generate rmsd for c-alpha, but rmsd plot shows no change from original.
>
> How do I remove the rotation in the rmsd plot?
>

Fitting is done within gmx rms, so there probably won't be a difference if you 
do rotational fitting via trjconv.

-Justin

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