[gmx-users] How to fix molecules in gromacs?

Daniele Veclani danieleveclani at gmail.com
Mon Jul 18 11:34:25 CEST 2016


Dear Justin

Thanks for the answer.

You can also give me an advice on this problem:

I did as you told me. I used POSRES_0PCZ in .top file and -DPOSRES_0PCZ in
.mdp file. But I find this error (grompp):

"Atom index (1457) in position_restraints out of bounds (1456)"

This is probably due to the fact that my posre.itp file is:

; position restraints for 0PCZ of cnt-cipro

[ position_restraints ]
;  i funct       fcx        fcy        fcz
  43    1       1000       1000       1000
  44    1       1000       1000       1000
.
.
1457    1       1000       1000       1000
1458    1       1000       1000       1000
1459    1       1000       1000       1000
1460    1       1000       1000       1000
.
.
1496    1       1000       1000       1000
1497    1       1000       1000       1000
1498    1       1000       1000       1000

This file was built with genrestr.

how can I solve this problem?


Best regards,
D.V.


2016-07-17 15:21 GMT+02:00 Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu>:

>
>
> On 7/16/16 8:35 AM, Daniele Veclani wrote:
>
>> Dear gromacs users.
>>
>> I'm trying to fix a molecule inside the box. I want to use this molecule
>> as
>> an immobile reference in the pulling simulations.
>>
>> I can i do this? I have to use the position restraint or freezing Group?
>>
>> I tried to use position restraint, but, by analyzing the trajectories,
>> I see that
>> the molecule out of the box.
>>
>> This is my .top file:
>> -----------------------------------
>> ; Topology of CNT and CFX
>> ;-----------------------------------
>> #include "gromos54a7_atb.ff/forcefield.itp"
>>
>> ;-----------------------------------------------
>> ; Uncomment the line with needed topology below
>> ;-----------------------------------------------
>> ; #include "zw"
>>
>> #include "cipro.itp"
>>
>> ; #include cnt
>>
>> #include "nano.itp"
>> #ifdef DPOSRES_0PCZ
>> #include "cnt-posre.itp"
>> #endif
>>
>> #include "gromos54a7_atb.ff/spce.itp"
>>
>> [ system ]
>> cnt-cipro
>> [ molecules ]
>> ; Compound        nmols
>> AUT8             1
>> 0PCZ             1
>> SOL              39030
>>
>> This is may .mdp file:
>>
>> ;preprocessing
>> define                   = -DPOSRES_0PCZ
>>
>
> Your syntax is wrong.  The "-D" prefix needs to be added to whatever the
> #ifdef keyword is.  So for your topology to work, you need "define =
> -DDPOSRES_0PCZ"
>
> Or, you can use -DPOSRES_0PCZ with #ifdef POSRES_0PCZ.
>
> You can check that no restraints are functioning by looking in the .log
> file, as you will find no "Position Rest." energy term.  If the restraints
> are active, the associated energy is written.
>
> -Justin
>
>
> ; Run control
>> integrator               = sd       ; Langevin dynamics
>> dt                       = 0.002
>> nsteps                   = 300000    ; 0.6 ns
>> nstcomm                  = 10
>> ; Output control
>> nstxout                  = 5000
>> nstvout                  = 5000
>> nstfout                  = 5000
>> nstlog                   = 5000
>> nstenergy                = 5000
>> nstxout-compressed       = 5000
>> ; Neighborsearching and short-range nonbonded interactions
>> cutoff-scheme            = verlet
>> nstlist                  = 10
>> ns_type                  = grid
>> pbc                      = xyz
>> rlist                    = 0.8
>> ; Electrostatics
>> coulombtype              = PME
>> rcoulomb                 = 1.2
>> ; van der Waals
>> vdwtype                  = cutoff
>> rvdw                     = 1.2
>> ; Apply long range dispersion corrections for Energy and Pressure
>> DispCorr                  = EnerPres
>> ; Spacing for the PME/PPPM FFT grid
>> fourierspacing           = 0.12
>> ; EWALD/PME/PPPM parameters
>> pme_order                = 6
>> ewald_rtol               = 1e-06
>> epsilon_surface          = 0
>> ; Temperature coupling
>> ; tcoupl is implicitly handled by the sd integrator
>> tcoupl                   = Nose-Hoover
>> tc_grps                  = system
>> tau_t                    = 1.0
>> ref_t                    = 298.15
>> ; Pressure coupling is on for pull
>> Pcoupl                   = Parrinello-Rahman
>> tau_p                    = 0.5
>> compressibility          = 4.5e-05
>> ref_p                    = 1.0
>> ; Free energy control stuff
>> ; Generate velocities to start
>> gen_vel                  = no
>> gen_temp                 = 298.15
>> gen_seed                 = -1
>> ; options for bonds
>> constraints              = h-bonds  ; we only have C-H bonds here
>> ; Type of constraint algorithm
>> constraint-algorithm     = lincs
>> ; Do not constrain the starting configuration
>> continuation             = yes
>> ; Highest order in the expansion of the constraint coupling matrix
>> lincs-order              = 4
>> lincs-iter               = 1
>> ; Pull code
>> pull                    = umbrella
>> pull_ngroups            = 2
>> pull_ncoords            = 1
>> pull_group1_name        = AUT8
>> pull_group2_name        = 0PCZ
>> pullgeometry            = distance      ; simple distance increase
>> pull_coord1_groups = 1 2
>> pull_dim                = N Y N
>> pull_coord1_rate        = 0.01          ; 0.01 nm per ps = 10 nm per ns
>> pull_coord1_k           = 1000          ; kJ mol^-1 nm^-2
>> pull_start              = yes
>>
>> How can I fix this problem??
>>
>> I use gromacs 5.0.4
>>
>> Best regards
>> D.V.
>>
>>
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