[gmx-users] Umbrella Sampling tutorial by Dr. Justin Lemkul

[Justin Lemkul]

On 10/26/14 4:32 PM, Agnivo Gosai wrote:
> Dear Users
>
> I am following the Umbrella Sampling tutorial by Dr. Lemkul and would like
> to have one of my doubts addressed :-
>
> After using pdb2gmx on the supplied pdb file , a topology file is obtained
> specifying the topology files for different protein chains in .itp format..
> Inside the .itp files the inclusion of a "position restraint file" is also
> specified as follows :-
>
> ; Include Position restraint file
> #ifdef POSRES
> #include "posre_Protein_chain_B.itp"
> #endif
>
> And lastly there are .itp format position restraint files for each of the
> protein chains.
>
> In the tutorial it is stated that :
>
> Modify topol_Protein_chain_B.itp to include the following lines (at the end
> of the file):
>
> #ifdef POSRES_B
> #include "posre_Protein_chain_B.itp"
> #endif
>
> My question is :-
> Should I modify POSRES as POSRES_B or should I keep both portions by
> including the new lines at the end?
>

Add a new #ifdef block.  You will see the convenience of restraining all protein 
chains or just one selectively as you do the tutorial.

-Justin

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Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow

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