[gmx-users] very strange phenomenon for my production MD by gromacs

[Justin Lemkul]

On 4/13/16 10:30 AM, Brett wrote:
> Dear All,
>
>
> After energy minimization and equilibrations, I am now running a 50 ns
> production MD, for a protein of 6 identical subunits, with each subunit about
> 300 residues (from resi 120 to resi 420), and there were no breaks in any
> chain. Every day it runs about 1 ns, and every day I use the command trjconv
> to get a new PDB based on the md_0_1.trr file, for the comparison between the
> new pdb and the initial pdb.
>
>
> Today I got the PDB at 6 ns. However when I checked it my pymol, I find there
> is something very strange. Although the rmsd between the 6 ns md PDB and 0ns
> md PDB was about only 3.7, for chain B, residue 366-367 moved 180 angstrom
> away from this residues neighbouring residues, and correspondingly make chain
> B has a break at residue 366-367!
>
>
> Will you please let me know what is wrong with my MD, and why 2 residues
> (resi 366-367) moved 180 angstrom away? Does this phenomenon often occur?
>

http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Terminology/Periodic_Boundary_Conditions

-Justin

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