[gmx-users] Unusual bond

Justin Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Wed May 25 13:03:33 CEST 2016



On 5/25/16 6:47 AM, Alexander Alexander wrote:
> Dear Gromacs user,
>
> The VMD report below warning when I load my minimized ".gro" structure;
>
> Warning) Unusual bond between residues:  13724 (none) and 22887 (waters).
>
> The VMD does not report any warning when I load my structure "gro" file
> before energy minimization, but when I minimized it in orde via "steep and
> cg" integrator, this shows up for the final structure while the force has
> already met the criteria and potential also nicely shows a negative
> convergence.
>
> I was wondering if this warning has something to be worried about?
>

VMD guesses where bonds should be based on distance.  It often gets them wrong. 
The topology is definitive; VMD is not.

-Justin

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