[gmx-users] Nonsymetric molecule across pbc

[Justin Lemkul]

On 2/18/14, 4:04 PM, Steven Neumann wrote:
> Or maybe just 2 of them in the box: so that the one in the cell and another one
> has its quarter in the unit cell edge and the free energy between them? Then
> this PMF take into account all of the others being copied around. Would US mdp
> option wont complain?
>

Worth a try.  This is a very complicated case that I doubt the pull code in 
Gromacs will deal with very elegantly.  You can easily define two vectors along 
which to pull (one tube is pull_group0 and the other two are pull_group1 and 
pull_group2, with relevant vectors for the biasing restraint).  That's a fairly 
simple 2-D PMF that can be done.  The problem is in maintaining the equilateral 
geometry that you desire.  To do that, you have to introduce a third restraint, 
which also somehow has to be debiased during WHAM.  The problem is it does not 
come from the pull code, so I honestly don't know how to deal with it within 
Gromacs.  You'll probably have to look into Alan Grossfield's WHAM program or 
something else entirely, like PLUMED.

-Justin

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