[gmx-users] H-bond query

[Justin Lemkul]

On 5/22/15 9:19 AM, soumadwip ghosh wrote:
> Hello all,
>               I am trying to see what happens to the no. of
> Watson-Crick hydrogen bonds between two parallel chains of a double
> stranded DNA on incorporating a flat graphene sheet. The no of
> interchain H-bonds are supposed to decrease with time. But I am not
> sure how to use g_hbond in order to demonstrate this. How should I
> make index groups for the two chains of DNA? Should I take all the
> atoms into account (except backbone) and then index them like chain_A
> and chain_B and then analyze the hbnum.xvg file from g_hbond?
> Furthermore, in the hbnum.xvg file the third column represents the no.
> of H-bond within the distance cut-off and the 2nd one is the total no
> of hydrogen bonds as a function of simulation time. So, which one
> should I plot in this case against time?
>

You probably care about the actual H-bonds, not the atom pairs that are within 
distance but don't satisfy the angle criterion.  Watson-Crick hydrogen bonding 
is a very straightforward definition; the index group should be straightforward. 
  For anything else that comes up in a melted state, well, that's up to what 
you're seeing and what you're interested in.

-Justin

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