[gmx-users] identifying terminal residue error

Justin Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Sun Dec 20 22:18:07 CET 2015



On 12/20/15 4:13 PM, gromacs query wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I have a modified base in normal DNA chain. Thus I added that residue in
> rtp file and updated residuetypes.dat as well (CHARMM36). When I use pdb2mx
> with -ter interactive mode then it wrongly identifies the ending terminal
> at the residue just before the modified base. e.g.
>
>
> :
> :
> TER
> DC (169th residue)
> DT
> DG (so on......)
> DC (189th residue)
> AX (moldified 190th residue)
> .
> .
> DA
> DG
> TER
> :
> :
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Warning message:
>
> Identified residue DC169 as a starting terminus.
> Warning: Residue AX190 in chain has different type (Other) from starting
> residue DC169 (DNA)..
>
> More than 5 unidentified residues at end of chain - disabling further
> warnings.
> Identified residue DC189 as a ending terminus.
> 8 out of 8 lines of specbond.dat converted successfully
> Select start terminus type for DC-169
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> So its wrongly identifying DC as ending terminal. Not sure what else needs
> to be modified as residuetypes.dat has been updated too in my local
> directory. I dont have any new type of connection between modified base and
> normal base.
>

Simply put, this is the function of residuetypes.dat and if you have altered it, 
either your modification is incorrect or the file is not in the working directory.

-Justin

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