[gmx-users] Using make_ndx to couple molecules before pulling simulation

[Justin Lemkul]

On 10/27/14 5:27 PM, Agnivo Gosai wrote:
> Dear Users
>
> In my .gro file the molecules section contains the following :-
> [ molecules ]
> ; Compound        #mols
> DNA_chain_D         1
> Protein_chain_L     1
> Protein_chain_H     1
>
> Now , I want to do a pulling simulation where , I want both chain L and
> chain H to be pulled simultaneously as an unit while keeping the chain D
> fixed.
> I am planning to position restrain chain D by specifying a #ifdef POSRES_D
> block in the topology for chain D.
> In my pull code , I want to specify pull_group0 = Chain_D and pull_group1 =
> Chain_P , where Chain_P = total of Protein_chain_L and Protein_chain_H.
> Following Dr. Lemkul's tutorial on Umbrella Sampling , I understand that I
> can use make_ndx to achieve the same.
>
> My DNA part consists 488 atoms and Protein part consists 4527 atoms. While
> using make_ndx I tallied the number of atoms from the command prompt with
> the residue numbers in my .gro ( structure / coordinate ) file and named
> the DNA chain as Chain_D and the two protein chains as Chain_P.
>
> I believe that this is the correct approach before I run the pulling
> simulation.
>
> I request the experienced users to suggest and comment on my understanding.
>

Use gmxcheck to verify the contents of the index group and you can decide for 
yourself if it's correct.  In reality, though, you don't even need make_ndx 
here.  You have a DNA as the reference and Protein as the pulled group.  Both 
are default groups, so

pull_group0 = DNA
pull_group1 = Protein

does what you want with no extra effort.  You can of course combine that with 
the restraints via define statement if you need to.

-Justin

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