[gmx-users] Position restraints

[Justin Lemkul]

On 3/14/14, 4:28 PM, Nimmy McNimmerson wrote:
> I have a .top file looking like this:
>
> #include "spc.itp"
>
>
> #include "ffgmx.itp"
> #include "lipid.itp"
>
> #define POSRES_LIPID
>
> #include "mylipid.itp"
> #include "dppc.itp"
>
> [ system ]
> test system
>
>
> [ molecules ]
> ; Compound        #mols
> DX5                 200
> DPPC        200
>
>
> The #define POSRES_LIPID is used to determine whether to include position restraints in mylipid.itp. However, when I try to run grompp on this (with everything the exact same as before I included the position restraints), I get the error "Topology include file "lipid_posre.itp" not found". If I take out all the position restraints, it works fine and grompp does what is expected. What's going on? I never asked to include this file, I don't even know what lipid_posre.itp is and google has no results on it. I tried adding #include "lipid_posre.itp" at the top of the .top file, just to see what happened, but I got the same error. How am I supposed to add position restraints? The GROMACS manual just says to add them and doesn't mention additional includes, and I added them in the same way that the manual said to.
>

You did ask to #include the position restraints because you're explicitly using 
#define to set the inclusion conditions to be true.

If you don't know what's calling "lipid_posre.itp," that's what grep is for. 
It's probably dppc.itp, which includes the option to restrain the lipids under a 
conditional #ifdef POSRES_LIPID.  Your topology says "turn on lipid restraints," 
and one of the lipid .itp files (again, probably dppc.itp) says "if lipid 
restraints are turned on, #include "lipid_posre.itp."

Remove the #define statement from the topology; that's not normal use 
(technically correct in terms of syntax, but then it's always true, which is 
probably not what you want) and instead use "define -DPOSRES_LIPID" in the .mdp 
file to conditionally trigger the restraints.

-Justin

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