[gmx-users] pdb2gmx error

Justin Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Thu Oct 15 13:28:58 CEST 2015



On 10/15/15 4:18 AM, Dries Van Rompaey wrote:
> I did some more testing, it seems that this only occurs when the PRO
> residue is preceded by a glycine. Could this be related to this issue:
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.gromacs.user/72687 ? When I
> change the glycine residue to anything else, pdb2gmx works like a charm. I
> constructed a simple test system in which I can replicate the error (see
> below).
>

Indeed, it seems that the AMBER03 version of GLY has a bunch of dihedrals 
defined that shouldn't be.  It also looks like it is the only AMBER force field 
that does this, so it's clearly a mistake.  I will submit a patch for the 5.1 
series.  Thanks for digging into this.

-Justin

>
> REMARK  99 MOE v2014.09 (Chemical Computing Group Inc.) Thu Oct 15 10:05:39
> 2015
> ATOM      1  N   ALA     1       0.268  -1.146  -1.547  1.00  0.00
>    N1+
> ATOM      2  CA  ALA     1       0.506   0.327  -1.714  1.00  0.00
>    C
> ATOM      3  CB  ALA     1      -0.837   1.004  -1.931  1.00  0.00
>    C
> ATOM      4  C   ALA     1       1.226   0.877  -0.480  1.00  0.00
>    C
> ATOM      5  O   ALA     1       1.399   0.165   0.509  1.00  0.00
>    O
> ATOM      6  H1  ALA     1      -0.272  -1.324  -0.688  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM      7  H2  ALA     1      -0.224  -1.571  -2.343  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM      8  H3  ALA     1       1.161  -1.641  -1.413  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM      9  HA  ALA     1       1.151   0.435  -2.592  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM     10  HB1 ALA     1      -1.364   0.570  -2.788  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM     11  HB2 ALA     1      -1.480   0.906  -1.049  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM     12  HB3 ALA     1      -0.710   2.074  -2.125  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM     13  N   GLY     2       1.667   2.171  -0.583  1.00  0.00
>    N
> ATOM     14  CA  GLY     2       2.390   2.835   0.493  1.00  0.00
>    C
> ATOM     15  C   GLY     2       2.792   4.221   0.005  1.00  0.00
>    C
> ATOM     16  O   GLY     2       2.258   4.706  -0.997  1.00  0.00
>    O
> ATOM     17  H   GLY     2       1.519   2.744  -1.415  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM     18  HA1 GLY     2       1.730   2.918   1.361  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM     19  HA2 GLY     2       3.269   2.234   0.743  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM     20  N   PRO     3       3.764   4.872   0.730  1.00  0.00
>    N
> ATOM     21  CD  PRO     3       4.331   4.472   2.006  1.00  0.00
>    C
> ATOM     22  CG  PRO     3       4.793   5.786   2.610  1.00  0.00
>    C
> ATOM     23  CB  PRO     3       5.270   6.581   1.399  1.00  0.00
>    C
> ATOM     24  CA  PRO     3       4.347   6.129   0.260  1.00  0.00
>    C
> ATOM     25  C   PRO     3       5.168   5.908  -1.021  1.00  0.00
>    C
> ATOM     26  O   PRO     3       5.520   4.796  -1.412  1.00  0.00
>    O
> ATOM     27  HA  PRO     3       3.538   6.843   0.069  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM     28  HB1 PRO     3       6.318   6.337   1.188  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM     29  HB2 PRO     3       5.212   7.661   1.568  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM     30  HG1 PRO     3       5.571   5.654   3.367  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM     31  HG2 PRO     3       3.945   6.303   3.076  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM     32  HD1 PRO     3       5.175   3.804   1.803  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM     33  HD2 PRO     3       3.599   3.952   2.629  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM     34  N   ALA     4       5.499   7.083  -1.656  1.00  0.00
>    N
> ATOM     35  CA  ALA     4       6.262   7.165  -2.905  1.00  0.00
>    C
> ATOM     36  CB  ALA     4       5.416   6.725  -4.094  1.00  0.00
>    C
> ATOM     37  C   ALA     4       6.738   8.618  -3.177  1.00  0.00
>    C
> ATOM     38  OXT ALA     4       7.513   8.768  -4.161  1.00  0.00
>    O1-
> ATOM     39  O   ALA     4       6.290   9.477  -2.354  1.00  0.00
>    O
> ATOM     40  H   ALA     4       5.250   8.002  -1.288  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM     41  HA  ALA     4       7.137   6.512  -2.806  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM     42  HB1 ALA     4       4.539   7.372  -4.215  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM     43  HB2 ALA     4       5.988   6.759  -5.027  1.00  0.00
>    H
> ATOM     44  HB3 ALA     4       5.053   5.700  -3.965  1.00  0.00
>    H
> TER      45      ALA     4
> END
>
>
> On 8 October 2015 at 14:15, Dries Van Rompaey <dries.vanrompaey at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I definitely agree that it's odd that the warning only occurs with this
>> specific residue. I ran a diff against the freshly downloaded AMBER03
>> files, but they were identical. I also tried running it again with freshly
>> downloaded amber03 files in the directory.
>>
>> About the error: pdb2gmx never crashed. It always runs to completion and
>> mentions that the topology was successfully generated. I only get a warning
>> during the execution of pdb2gmx.
>>
>> Thanks for all your help,
>>
>> Dries
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8 October 2015 at 13:33, Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/8/15 1:54 AM, Dries Van Rompaey wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for the reply Justin. I unfortunately cannot currently disclose
>>>> the
>>>> files that I'm working on. Based on the info presented, would you say
>>>> that
>>>> it's an issue with the force field definition or with the actual protein
>>>> topology? I am not planning on using amber03 in my simulations at the
>>>> moment, so this specific warning is not that important, but I can't help
>>>> but wonder if this warning means something is off in the topology.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Given that error, there is no topology produced, so there's not going to
>>> be a problem with the topology itself.
>>>
>>> I'm sorry to say that without your actual files, there's literally
>>> nothing we can do to diagnose this.  You say some prolines work with
>>> AMBER03 and others don't, which makes no sense at all.  Either the .rtp is
>>> sound or it isn't. Either it is unmodified (which will work) or someone has
>>> tampered with it and broken it.
>>>
>>> If you're not going to use AMBER03 and the topology is produced with
>>> other force fields, then you know you have a problem with a hacked AMBER03
>>> .rtp file.  It should be very straightforward to simply to a diff against
>>> the unmodified version (which you can get by downloading a fresh GROMACS
>>> tarball if you don't already have it).
>>>
>>> -Justin
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7 October 2015 at 23:05, Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/7/15 5:03 PM, Dries Van Rompaey wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Justin, that makes sense! I'm wondering why none of the other
>>>>>> proline residues triggered that warning though? The same procedure
>>>>>> works
>>>>>> like a charm with other proteins.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Without access to all of the files you're looking at, the best I can do
>>>>> is
>>>>> shrug my shoulders because that doesn't make any sense.  Some prolines
>>>>> work
>>>>> and one doesn't?  That's just not logical.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Justin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7 Oct 2015 10:59 pm, "Justin Lemkul" <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 10/7/15 3:01 PM, Dries Van Rompaey wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Mark,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is Gromacs 5.0.4. This is a non-terminal residue.
>>>>>>>> The command line used is:
>>>>>>>> gmx pdb2gmx -f complex.pdb -o complex.gro (-ignh)
>>>>>>>> I tried this procedure with and without ignh flag.
>>>>>>>> As far as I know, specbonds is not in play.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Non-terminal proline does not have an amide H.  If your force field
>>>>>>>> .rtp
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> file claims to use such an atom used in a dihedral (which is what the
>>>>>>> error
>>>>>>> message tells you is happening), find out who altered the file and
>>>>>>> reprimand them :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Justin
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dries
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 7 October 2015 at 20:56, Mark Abraham <mark.j.abraham at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Is it terminal? Are there specbonds in play? What's the GROMACS
>>>>>>>>> version?
>>>>>>>>> What's your pdb2gmx command line? :-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 8:43 PM Dries Van Rompaey <
>>>>>>>>> dries.vanrompaey at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm getting the following warning when I try to run pdb2gmx on my
>>>>>>>>>> protein
>>>>>>>>>> structure:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> WARNING: WARNING: Residue 168 named PRO of a molecule in the input
>>>>>>>>>> file
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> mapped to an entry in the topology database, but the atom H used in
>>>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> interaction of type dihedral in that entry is not found in the
>>>>>>>>>> input
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> file.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Perhaps your atom and/or residue naming needs to be fixed.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> This warning is only present when I use the AMBER03 forcefield, all
>>>>>>>>>> other
>>>>>>>>>> forcefields seem to work fine. I have tried this with both a
>>>>>>>>>> structure
>>>>>>>>>> without hydrogens as well as a structure with hydrogens added, both
>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>> and without the -ignh flag. I tried looking at the amber03 database
>>>>>>>>>> files
>>>>>>>>>> as well as the amber99sb-ildn database files (amber99sb-ildn works
>>>>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>>>>> fine), but I could not find any reason why this particular residue
>>>>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> problematic. pdb2gmx does not find any problems with the other
>>>>>>>>> proline
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> residues in the protein (which look identical), so I am puzzled as
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> what's causing this.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The proline residue is:
>>>>>>>>>> ATOM   1384  N   PRO A 168     274.650  45.241  24.167  1.00180.63
>>>>>>>>>>       N
>>>>>>>>>> ATOM   1385  CA  PRO A 168     273.508  44.823  23.370  1.00180.63
>>>>>>>>>>       C
>>>>>>>>>> ATOM   1386  CD  PRO A 168     275.844  45.381  23.346  1.00180.63
>>>>>>>>>>       C
>>>>>>>>>> ATOM   1387  CB  PRO A 168     274.071  44.405  22.014  1.00180.63
>>>>>>>>>>       C
>>>>>>>>>> ATOM   1388  CG  PRO A 168     275.381  45.194  21.892  1.00180.63
>>>>>>>>>>       C
>>>>>>>>>> ATOM   1389  C   PRO A 168     272.551  43.776  23.888  1.00180.63
>>>>>>>>>>       C
>>>>>>>>>> ATOM   1390  O   PRO A 168     271.478  43.646  23.304  1.00180.63
>>>>>>>>>>       O
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Does anyone know what's going on here?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Gromacs Users mailing list
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> * Please search the archive at
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/GMX-Users_List before
>>>>>>>>>> posting!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> * For (un)subscribe requests visit
>>>>>>>>>> https://maillist.sys.kth.se/mailman/listinfo/gromacs.org_gmx-users
>>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>> send a mail to gmx-users-request at gromacs.org.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Gromacs Users mailing list
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> * Please search the archive at
>>>>>>>>> http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/GMX-Users_List before
>>>>>>>>> posting!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> * For (un)subscribe requests visit
>>>>>>>>> https://maillist.sys.kth.se/mailman/listinfo/gromacs.org_gmx-users
>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>> send a mail to gmx-users-request at gromacs.org.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ==================================================
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Justin A. Lemkul, Ph.D.
>>>>>>> Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
>>>>>>> School of Pharmacy
>>>>>>> Health Sciences Facility II, Room 629
>>>>>>> University of Maryland, Baltimore
>>>>>>> 20 Penn St.
>>>>>>> Baltimore, MD 21201
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> jalemkul at outerbanks.umaryland.edu | (410) 706-7441
>>>>>>> http://mackerell.umaryland.edu/~jalemkul
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ==================================================
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Gromacs Users mailing list
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * Please search the archive at
>>>>>>> http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/GMX-Users_List before
>>>>>>> posting!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * For (un)subscribe requests visit
>>>>>>> https://maillist.sys.kth.se/mailman/listinfo/gromacs.org_gmx-users or
>>>>>>> send a mail to gmx-users-request at gromacs.org.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>> ==================================================
>>>>>
>>>>> Justin A. Lemkul, Ph.D.
>>>>> Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow
>>>>>
>>>>> Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
>>>>> School of Pharmacy
>>>>> Health Sciences Facility II, Room 629
>>>>> University of Maryland, Baltimore
>>>>> 20 Penn St.
>>>>> Baltimore, MD 21201
>>>>>
>>>>> jalemkul at outerbanks.umaryland.edu | (410) 706-7441
>>>>> http://mackerell.umaryland.edu/~jalemkul
>>>>>
>>>>> ==================================================
>>>>> --
>>>>> Gromacs Users mailing list
>>>>>
>>>>> * Please search the archive at
>>>>> http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/GMX-Users_List before
>>>>> posting!
>>>>>
>>>>> * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists
>>>>>
>>>>> * For (un)subscribe requests visit
>>>>> https://maillist.sys.kth.se/mailman/listinfo/gromacs.org_gmx-users or
>>>>> send a mail to gmx-users-request at gromacs.org.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> --
>>> ==================================================
>>>
>>> Justin A. Lemkul, Ph.D.
>>> Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow
>>>
>>> Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
>>> School of Pharmacy
>>> Health Sciences Facility II, Room 629
>>> University of Maryland, Baltimore
>>> 20 Penn St.
>>> Baltimore, MD 21201
>>>
>>> jalemkul at outerbanks.umaryland.edu | (410) 706-7441
>>> http://mackerell.umaryland.edu/~jalemkul
>>>
>>> ==================================================
>>> --
>>> Gromacs Users mailing list
>>>
>>> * Please search the archive at
>>> http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/GMX-Users_List before
>>> posting!
>>>
>>> * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists
>>>
>>> * For (un)subscribe requests visit
>>> https://maillist.sys.kth.se/mailman/listinfo/gromacs.org_gmx-users or
>>> send a mail to gmx-users-request at gromacs.org.
>>>
>>
>>

-- 
==================================================

Justin A. Lemkul, Ph.D.
Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Pharmacy
Health Sciences Facility II, Room 629
University of Maryland, Baltimore
20 Penn St.
Baltimore, MD 21201

jalemkul at outerbanks.umaryland.edu | (410) 706-7441
http://mackerell.umaryland.edu/~jalemkul

==================================================


More information about the gromacs.org_gmx-users mailing list