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

V.V.Chaban vvchaban at gmail.com
Tue Jul 21 22:34:59 CEST 2015


Maybe indeed downgrade to an earlier version.

I, for sure, successfully used reaction field with gromacs 3-3-3
(imagine when it was).

Professor Vitaly V. Chaban




On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Mohsen Ramezanpour
<ramezanpour.mohsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Chaban,
>
> Me too, but I do not know why starting with the same initial structures and
> also starting from equilibrated structures again cause LINCS problems in one
> not in the other one.
>
> I have tried lincs-iter and lincs-order and also lincs allowable angle
> deviations but LINCS error still exist. This is why I think there is
> something wrong with other parameters, e.g. reaction field!
> Sure, I will look at epsilon_r, thanks.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 11:44 AM, 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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