[gmx-users] pdb2gmx error with addition of terminal group

anu chandra anu80125 at gmail.com
Wed Jul 8 15:28:18 CEST 2015


Thanks Justin. Its working fine.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:

>
>
> On 7/8/15 6:39 AM, anu chandra wrote:
>
>> Dear Gromacs users,
>>
>> I am trying to use pdb2gmx tool to generate topology for my membrane
>> protein system with chamrm36 force field. I have downloaded Gromacs
>> compatible Chamrmm36ff from
>> http://mackerell.umaryland.edu/charmm_ff.shtml#gromacs. I build the
>> N-terminal acetyl (ACE) and  C-terminal N-methyl amide (NMA) group
>> attached
>> to the respective terminals. As shown below, I have named the residue/atom
>> names according to the one present in 'merged.rtp' in the charmm36ff file.
>>
>>
>> *******************************************************************************
>> ATOM      1  CH3 ACE     1      37.718  66.293  67.509  1.00  0.00
>> PROA
>> ATOM      2 HH31 ACE     1      36.850  66.906  67.178  1.00  0.00
>> PROA
>> ATOM      3 HH32 ACE     1      37.393  65.240  67.617  1.00  0.00
>> PROA
>> ATOM      4 HH33 ACE     1      38.522  66.381  66.751  1.00  0.00
>> PROA
>> ATOM      5  C   ACE     1      38.195  66.802  68.805  1.00  0.00
>> PROA
>> ATOM      6  O   ACE     1      37.657  67.757  69.352  1.00  0.00
>> PROA
>> ATOM      7  N   VAL     1      39.245  66.166  69.366  1.00  0.00
>> PROA
>> ATOM      8  HN  VAL     1      39.698  65.409  68.911  1.00  0.00
>> PROA
>> ATOM      9  CA  VAL     1      39.818  66.600  70.628  1.00  0.00
>> PROA
>> ATOM     10  HA  VAL     1      39.044  66.557  71.385  1.00  0.00
>> PROA
>> ------------------------------------
>> ------------------------------------
>> ATOM   2599  HG1 SER   165      47.684  67.280  81.712  1.00  0.00
>> PROA
>> ATOM   2600  C   SER   165      46.288  64.682  84.443  1.00  0.02
>> PROA
>> ATOM   2601  O   SER   165      46.621  64.090  85.417  1.00  0.04
>> PROA
>> ATOM   2602  N   NMA   166      45.020  64.893  84.635  1.00  0.03
>> PROA
>> ATOM   2603  HN  NMA   166      44.986  65.779  85.049  1.00  0.00
>> PROA
>> ATOM   2604  CH3 NMA   166      44.322  63.814  85.342  1.00  0.04
>> PROA
>> ATOM   2605 HH31 NMA   166      44.694  62.798  85.066  1.00  0.04
>> PROA
>> ATOM   2606 HH32 NMA   166      43.284  63.888  85.004  1.00  0.04
>> PROA
>> ATOM   2607 HH33 NMA   166      44.382  63.845  86.467  1.00  0.06
>> PROA
>>
>> ***********************************************************************************
>>
>> But, when running ' gmx pdb2gmx -f  input.pdb -ter' and opting 'none' for
>> the terminal, the pogram terminate with following error
>>
>>
>> ***********************************************************************************
>> Back Off! I just backed up topol.top to ./#topol.top#
>> Processing chain 1 (2607 atoms, 167 residues)
>> Identified residue ACE1 as a starting terminus.
>> Warning: Residue NMA166 in chain has different type (Other) from starting
>> residue ACE1 (Protein).
>> Identified residue SER165 as a ending terminus.
>> 8 out of 8 lines of specbond.dat converted successfully
>> Special Atom Distance matrix:
>>                     CYS64   CYS72   CYS95  MET100  CYS101
>>                    SG1007  SG1123  SG1473  SD1554  SG1568
>>     CYS72  SG1123   0.857
>>     CYS95  SG1473   2.147   1.806
>>    MET100  SD1554   2.390   1.830   0.806
>>    CYS101  SG1568   1.896   1.488   0.334   0.773
>>    MET143  SD2232   1.844   1.750   1.858   2.389   1.687
>> Select start terminus type for ACE-1
>>   0: NH3+
>>   1: NH2
>>   2: 5TER
>>   3: None
>> 3
>> Start terminus ACE-1: None
>> Select end terminus type for SER-165
>>   0: COO-
>>   1: COOH
>>   2: CT2
>>   3: 3TER
>>   4: None
>> 4
>> End terminus SER-165: None
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> Program gmx, VERSION 5.0.4
>> Source code file:
>> /usr/local/gromacs-5.0.4/src/gromacs/gmxpreprocess/pdb2top.cpp, line: 1091
>>
>> Fatal error:
>> *There is a dangling bond at at least one of the terminal ends. Fix your
>> coordinate file, add a new terminal database entry (.tdb), or select the
>> proper existing terminal entry.*
>> For more information and tips for troubleshooting, please check the
>> GROMACS
>> website at http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Errors
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> **************************************************************************************
>>
>> Can anybody help me to figure out what is wrong with my input pdb file?
>>
>>
> Note that pdb2gmx finds Ser instead of NMA as the last residue.  The clue
> is:
>
> " Warning: Residue NMA166 in chain has different type (Other) from
> starting residue ACE1 (Protein)"
>
> You need to add NMA as "Protein" in residuetypes.dat.  You don't want a
> non-patched terminus on Ser, you want a non-patched terminus on NMA.
>
> -Justin
>
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> Justin A. Lemkul, Ph.D.
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>
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>
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