[gmx-users] how to center the molecule with trjconv

[Justin Lemkul]

On 7/14/15 11:20 PM, Zhenyu Meng wrote:
> Dear GROMACS users,
> I want to simulate DNA in a cubic box with water as solvent and visualize
> it.
> By using -pbc mol I can see part of the DNA is out of the box so I want to
> center the DNA in box.
> But using -center seems destruct the DNA into several parts. I tried to use
> -pbc mol followed by -center or -center followed by -pbc mol but both
> cannot center the DNA (the DNA doesn't fall apart but it's still not in the
> center).
> I'm curious about the algorithm about -center option. e.g. if I have a pbc
> cubic box with length of 5, and the COM of the DNA is at (3,3,3), in that
> way, if I use -center I think all the atoms of the system(including DNA and
> water) will shift with a vector(-0.5,-0.5,-0.5) to make sure the COM of DNA
> is now at(2.5,2.5,2.5) (the default boxcenter). Am I correct?
> Your help will be highly appreciated!
>

For multi-chain molecules it is often helpful/necessary to center on one chain 
using an index group.

-Justin

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