[gmx-users] energy minimization problem

[Ming Tang]

Thanks a lot, Justin

It really makes me feel weird. The small triple helix with 30 amino acids per chain(generated simply by deleting other atoms in .pdb file of the real triple helix) can be equilibrated for 1ns using exactly the same control files, and the real triple helix can be used for full atomic simulation without any problem. The CG topology is generated using the same mitinize.py downloaded from the website. I will try for another time, and will tell you if I fix it.

Thanks.

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From: gromacs.org_gmx-users-bounces at maillist.sys.kth.se [mailto:gromacs.org_gmx-users-bounces at maillist.sys.kth.se] On Behalf Of Justin Lemkul
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Subject: Re: [gmx-users] energy minimization problem



On 5/16/15 8:30 AM, Ming Tang wrote:
> Dear Justin,
>
> I tried to use small time step. First,  set dt=0.005ps, after running 20ps, I found one chain of the triple helix just went to another water box totally. I guess there is something wrong with the martini ff because of the small time step.
> Then, I increased it to 0.01ps, after running 40ps, I checked the .gro, and found all the three chains stay together, which is reasonable. However, even use dt=0.01, the simulation can only run about 1ns. And, after simulating 100 ps using dt=0.01ps, the simulation can just run thousands of steps when dt is increased to 0.02ps. I tried many times and many different time steps, but still could not see the possibility for it to run hundreds of  nanoseconds, which is quite normal when using martini force. If the system can be further minimized, then it can run longer maybe.
>

This seems entirely random and suggests instead that there is something simply physically unstable with the system or problematic in the topology.  I don't use MARTINI (or CG models in general) so there's little else I can suggest.  Maybe someone more experienced with such systems will chime in.

Also note that a chain "moving into another box" is probably just a PBC effect and not a true dissociation.  If it is a dissociation, it's not simply because of the time step.

-Justin

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