[gmx-users] Gromos 53a6, .mdp parameters for reaction field

Mohsen Ramezanpour ramezanpour.mohsen at gmail.com
Tue Jul 21 21:52:32 CEST 2015


Hi Joao,

Thanks for comment, I am using 4.6.7 version.

On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 12:09 PM, João M. Damas <jmdamas at itqb.unl.pt> wrote:

> I have not looked thoroughly to your parameters, but which version of
> GROMACS are you using? Any version from 4.5.X onwards is known to be
> problematic with reaction field and twin-range (and I believe it has not
> been solved).
>
> It's hard to follow the entire conversation, but check here for part of it:
>
> https://mailman-1.sys.kth.se/pipermail/gromacs.org_gmx-developers/2011-November/005435.html
>
> João
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 6:44 PM, V.V.Chaban <vvchaban at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I do not see much connection between bond constraints and treatment of
> > electrostatics beyond the cut-off distance.
> >
> > There is also an "epsilon_r" keyword. I would investigate what exactly
> > it means and whether it is used in the reaction field procedure.
> >
> > The "all-bonds" contraint often results in different problems. You
> > will have to play with the relevant parameters, like lincs_order and
> > allowable deviation.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 2:28 PM, Mohsen Ramezanpour
> > <ramezanpour.mohsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Dear Gromacs users,
> > >
> > > I am interested in simulation of lipid bilayers with Gromos96 53a6.
> > > As I understood this force field has been parametrized with reaction
> > field
> > > instead of pme.
> > >
> > > Based on literatures, I have the following .mdp parameters:
> > > But I am not sure of those as my system has lots of LINCS warnings with
> > > these parameters.
> > >
> > > integrator               = md
> > > tinit                       = 0
> > > dt                          = 0.002
> > > nsteps                   = 50000
> > > nstcomm               = 1
> > > comm-grps            =
> > >
> > >
> > > nstxout                  = 0
> > > nstvout                  = 0
> > > nstfout                   = 0
> > > nstenergy                = 100
> > > nstxtcout                = 5000
> > > xtc-precision           = 1000
> > > energygrps              = system
> > >
> > > nstlist                      = 5
> > > ns_type                   = grid
> > > pbc                         = xyz
> > > rlist                         = 0.8
> > >
> > > coulombtype             = reaction_field
> > > rcoulomb-switch        = 0
> > > rcoulomb                  = 1.4
> > > epsilon_rf                 = 62
> > > vdw-type                  = Cut-off
> > > rvdw-switch              = 0
> > > rvdw                        = 1.4
> > > DispCorr                  = no
> > >
> > >
> > > tcoupl                     = v-rescale
> > > tc_grps                   = lipid   water_ion
> > > tau_t                      =    0.1  0.1
> > > ref_t                       =    353  353
> > > Pcoupl                   = berendsen
> > > pcoupltype             = semiisotropic
> > > tau_p                     = 1.0  1.0
> > > compressibility       = 4.6e-5  4.6e-5
> > > ref_p                     = 1.0  1.0
> > >
> > >
> > > gen_vel                    = yes
> > > gen_temp                 = 353
> > > gen_seed                 = 17352
> > >
> > > constraints               = all-bonds
> > > constraint-algorithm     = Lincs
> > > unconstrained-start      = no
> > > shake-tol                    = 1e-04
> > > morse                        = no
> > >
> > >
> > > Interestingly, when I use common Gromos parameters including pme, as
> > > follows, I do not have any LINCS problem with my system.
> > >
> > > integrator                = md
> > > tinit                        = 0
> > > dt                           = 0.002
> > > nsteps                   = 50000
> > > pbc                        = xyz
> > > comm-mode           = linear
> > > nstcomm                = 1
> > > comm-grps             = system
> > >
> > >
> > > nstxout                  = 0
> > > nstvout                  = 0
> > > nstfout                  = 0
> > > nstlist                   = 10
> > > ns_type                 = grid
> > > nstenergy              = 100
> > > nstxtcout               = 5000
> > > energygrps            = system
> > >
> > >
> > > coulombtype              = pme
> > > rcoulomb                    = 1.0
> > > rlist                            = 1.0
> > > vdw-type                    = cutoff
> > > rvdw                         = 1.0
> > > DispCorr                   = no
> > > table-extension          = 1
> > >
> > >
> > > tcoupl                     = v-rescale
> > > tc-grps                    = lipid  water_ion
> > > tau-t                       = 0.1   0.1
> > > ref-t                        = 353   353
> > > Pcoupl                    = berendsen
> > > Pcoupltype              = semiisotropic
> > > ref-p                        = 1.0  1.0
> > > tau-p                       = 1.0  1.0
> > > compressibility         = 4.5e-5   4.5e-5
> > >
> > >
> > > constraints                  = all-bonds
> > > constraint-algorithm     = Lincs
> > >
> > >
> > > gen_vel        = yes
> > > gen_temp    = 353
> > > gen_seed    = -1
> > >
> > >
> > > Since the initial structures are the same, I think my parameters for
> > > reaction field one has problem. I have also tried shorter time steps
> > (even
> > > 0.5 fs) and also started from different initial structures but the
> > problem
> > > still exist.
> > >
> > > I searched the mailing list but I could not find my answer completely.
> > > Please let me know if you have any idea about parameters or if you have
> > any
> > > .mdp file for reaction field (Gromos 53a6).
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Mohsen
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