[gmx-users] solvation free energy

Daniele Veclani danieleveclani at gmail.com
Fri Jul 17 17:29:40 CEST 2015


I'm using gromacs version 5.0.4, so should I upgrade to version 5.0.5 ?

I read in the manual (section 5.3.4) that can turn off the 1-4 interactions
without ever touching the topology, by using the couple-moltype,
couple-lambda0, couple-lambda 1, and couple-intramol keywords.

Can I do this?

Best regards
D.V.

2015-07-17 13:55 GMT+02:00 Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu>:

>
>
> On 7/17/15 7:44 AM, Daniele Veclani wrote:
>
>> OK! I got it.
>>
>> I have to put:
>> couple-intramol = yes
>>
>> but I have to define couple-lambda 0 and couple-lamba-1?
>>
>>
> Yes, you have to tell mdrun what you're transforming.
>
>  how do I turn off the 1-4 pair interaction?
>>
>>
> That requires explicit use of [pairs_nb], as I recall.  There was a bug
> fix for that recently, so make sure you're using version 5.0.5.
>
> -Justin
>
>
>
>> 2015-07-17 13:32 GMT+02:00 Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu>:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On 7/17/15 6:34 AM, Daniele Veclani wrote:
>>>
>>>  I read the manual and also some examples of  free energy calculation.
>>>>
>>>> when I do the simulation:
>>>> M(vacuo) --> nothing(vacuo)
>>>>
>>>> I leave only intramolecular interactions.
>>>>
>>>> How can I just leave these interactions? I don't find the answer in the
>>>> manual.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  "couple-intramol = no" does not subject intramolecular interactions to
>>> lambda coupling.  But doing this in vacuo is pointless, because then by
>>> definition, nothing changes.
>>>
>>> -Justin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  Best regards
>>>> D.V.
>>>>
>>>> 2015-07-17 10:10 GMT+02:00 <hannes.loeffler at stfc.ac.uk>:
>>>>
>>>>   I do not know how your top file looks like and what you have done to
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The setup procedure to create the topolog file would be as for a
>>>>> standard
>>>>> MD simulation with M.  You would make sure that the "QUI" label referes
>>>>> to
>>>>> the right indexes in your index file and run TI with you preferred
>>>>> protocol.  This simplified setup procedure ensures that you do not have
>>>>> to
>>>>> modify the topology file in any way esp. not to have to set up an
>>>>> explicit
>>>>> B state.
>>>>>
>>>>> I suggest to read all parts relating to couple-* in the manual.  This
>>>>> is
>>>>> scattered over several places in the text.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Hannes.
>>>>>
>>>>> ________________________________________
>>>>> From: gromacs.org_gmx-users-bounces at maillist.sys.kth.se [
>>>>> gromacs.org_gmx-users-bounces at maillist.sys.kth.se] on behalf of
>>>>> Daniele
>>>>> Veclani [danieleveclani at gmail.com]
>>>>> Sent: 17 July 2015 08:57
>>>>> To: gmx-users at gromacs.org
>>>>> Subject: Re: [gmx-users] solvation free energy
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your answer.
>>>>>
>>>>> I read the manual. As I understand it, I should be deleted, from .top
>>>>> file, the
>>>>> section of non-bonded parameters. It's right?
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course, after the VdW I'll change the electrostatic transformation.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards
>>>>> D.V.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2015-07-16 16:55 GMT+02:00 Hannes Loeffler <Hannes.Loeffler at stfc.ac.uk
>>>>> >:
>>>>>
>>>>>   The couple-* parameters take already care of including the non-bonded
>>>>>
>>>>>> terms internal to your molecule to correctly describe the transfer of
>>>>>> M
>>>>>> to vacuum.  That's the point of those parameters so that you would not
>>>>>> have to run an additional "correction" in vacuo.  See the discussion
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> the manual (it's section 5.3 for Gromacs 4.6.x).  You would also need
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> compute the electrostatic transformation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 16:26:44 +0200
>>>>>> Daniele Veclani <danieleveclani at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   I'm trying to calculate the  solvation free energy of a molecule
>>>>>> (M).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have done:
>>>>>>> M+water ---> dum+water
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now I have to do:
>>>>>>> M(vacuo) --> dum(vacuo)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In this case I have a problem, in fact I find a DG = 0.00000 and
>>>>>>> within the .xvg file there are only zeros.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Where is the problem?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I use gromacs 5.0.4 and my .mdp file (for lambda 00) is:
>>>>>>> integrator               = sd
>>>>>>> tinit                    = 0
>>>>>>> dt                       = 0.002
>>>>>>> nsteps                   = 2500000
>>>>>>> comm_mode                = angular
>>>>>>> nstcomm                  = 100
>>>>>>> nstxout                  = 500
>>>>>>> nstvout                  = 500
>>>>>>> nstfout                  = 0
>>>>>>> nstlog                   = 500
>>>>>>> nstenergy                = 500
>>>>>>> nstxout-compressed       = 0
>>>>>>> cutoff-scheme            = group
>>>>>>> nstlist                  = 0
>>>>>>> ns_type                  = simple
>>>>>>> pbc                      = no
>>>>>>> rlist                    = 0
>>>>>>> coulombtype              = cutoff
>>>>>>> rcoulomb                 = 0
>>>>>>> epsilon_r                = 1
>>>>>>> vdwtype                  = cutoff
>>>>>>> rvdw                     = 0
>>>>>>> DispCorr                  = no
>>>>>>> fourierspacing           = 0.12
>>>>>>> pme_order                = 6
>>>>>>> ewald_rtol               = 1e-06
>>>>>>> epsilon_surface          = 0
>>>>>>> tcoupl                   = berendsen
>>>>>>> tc_grps                  = system
>>>>>>> tau_t                    = 0.1
>>>>>>> ref_t                    = 300
>>>>>>> Pcoupl                   = no
>>>>>>> tau_p                    = 1.0
>>>>>>> compressibility          = 4.5e-05
>>>>>>> ref_p                    = 1.0
>>>>>>> free_energy              = yes
>>>>>>> init_lambda_state        = 0
>>>>>>> delta_lambda             = 0
>>>>>>> calc_lambda_neighbors    = 1
>>>>>>> vdw_lambdas              = 0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70
>>>>>>> 0.80 0.90 1.00
>>>>>>> coul_lambdas             = 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
>>>>>>> 0.00 0.00 0.00
>>>>>>> bonded_lambdas           = 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
>>>>>>> 0.00 0.00 0.00
>>>>>>> restraint_lambdas        = 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
>>>>>>> 0.00 0.00 0.00
>>>>>>> mass_lambdas             = 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
>>>>>>> 0.00 0.00 0.00
>>>>>>> temperature_lambdas      = 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
>>>>>>> 0.00 0.00 0.00
>>>>>>> sc-alpha                 = 0.5
>>>>>>> sc-coul                  = no
>>>>>>> sc-power                 = 1.0
>>>>>>> sc-sigma                 = 0.3
>>>>>>> couple-moltype           = QUI
>>>>>>> couple-lambda0           = vdw
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> couple-lambda1           = none
>>>>>>> couple-intramol          = no
>>>>>>> nstdhdl                  = 10
>>>>>>> gen_vel                  = no
>>>>>>> constraints              = all-bonds  ; we only have C-H bonds here
>>>>>>> constraint-algorithm     = lincs
>>>>>>> continuation             = no
>>>>>>> lincs-order              = 12
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>>> Daniele Veclani.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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