[gmx-users] Energy minimization problem after editconf step

[Justin Lemkul]

On 9/2/14, 7:12 AM, neha bharti wrote:
> Hello All
>
> I am trying to perform MD for protein ligand complex in popc lipid with
> Charmm36 force field. I follow Justin A. Lemkul tutorial of membrane
> protein simulation.
>
> I have successfully perform till InflateGRO followed by energy minimization
> step.
>
> perl inflategro.pl em.gro 0.95 POPC 0 system_shrink1.gro 5 area_shrink1.dat
>
>   grompp -f em.mdp -c system_shrink1.gro -p topol.top -o em.tpr
>
> mdrun -v -deffnm em
>
> till 24 iteration then I reached area per lipid 0.70 nm^2
>
> when I visualize the molecule then the box size small in Z axis so in
> editconf step I increase the box size and then add solvent and ion . when I
> increase the box size with editconf then there is atomic clashes occur.and
> giving following error:
>
> Steepest Descents converged to machine precision in 18 steps,
>   but did not reach the requested Fmax < 1000.
>   Potential Energy  =  6.1499341e+20
>   Maximum force     =            inf on atom 3300
> Norm of force     =  5.4206209e+1
>
>
>   When I skip this step (editconf) then the minimization is normal.
> But I need to increase the box size.
> How to increase the box size?
>

You need to provide the exact commands that you used when manipulating the box, 
otherwise it's pure guesswork.

-Justin

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