[gmx-users] Genion

[Justin Lemkul]

On 6/22/17 8:14 AM, Sergio Manzetti wrote:
> OK, now I treied writing Na Cl and not NA and CL and get:
> 

This is what you did before, so naturally you get the same thing.

> Na)
> Warning: atom name 11966 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
> Warning: atom name 11967 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
> Warning: atom name 11968 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
> Warning: atom name 11969 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
> Warning: atom name 11970 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
> 

As I said, using mixed case is incorrect.  The [moleculetype] entries in 
ions.itp expect all caps.  Use all caps.

-Justin

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> From: "Justin Lemkul" <jalemkul at vt.edu>
> To: "gmx-users" <gmx-users at gromacs.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 2:09:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [gmx-users] Genion
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> On 6/22/17 7:30 AM, Sergio Manzetti wrote:
>> Hi, the procedure as defined by Juistin worked out well. However, a new problem has occurred. At mdrun for the minimization, I get:
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> Program gmx mdrun, VERSION 5.1.2
>> Source code file: /build/gromacs-z6bPBg/gromacs-5.1.2/src/gromacs/ewald/pme-redistribute.cpp, line: 276
>>
>> Fatal error:
>> 1 particles communicated to PME rank 3 are more than 2/3 times the cut-off out of the domain decomposition cell of their charge group in dimension x.
>> This usually means that your system is not well equilibrated.
>> For more information and tips for troubleshooting, please check the GROMACS
>> website at http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Errors
>>
>>
>> This may be caused by the solvent replacement of genion by Na Cl:
>>
>>
>>
>> Reading file dna_solv.tpr, VERSION 5.1.2 (single precision)
>> Reading file dna_solv.tpr, VERSION 5.1.2 (single precision)
>> Will try to add 130 Na ions and 90 Cl ions.
>> Select a continuous group of solvent molecules
>> Group 0 ( System) has 98254 elements
>> Group 1 ( DNA) has 1333 elements
>> Group 2 ( Water) has 96921 elements
>> Group 3 ( SOL) has 96921 elements
>> Group 4 ( non-Water) has 1333 elements
>> Select a group: 3
>> Selected 3: 'SOL'
>> Number of (3-atomic) solvent molecules: 32307
>> Replacing solvent molecule 3244 (atom 11065) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 8993 (atom 28312) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 7088 (atom 22597) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 29442 (atom 89659) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 30079 (atom 91570) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 5128 (atom 16717) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 10705 (atom 33448) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 1418 (atom 5587) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 6608 (atom 21157) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 28124 (atom 85705) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 5440 (atom 17653) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 31518 (atom 95887) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 16384 (atom 50485) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 17675 (atom 54358) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 23446 (atom 71671) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 15659 (atom 48310) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 18442 (atom 56659) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 23777 (atom 72664) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 5965 (atom 19228) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 15375 (atom 47458) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 30985 (atom 94288) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 19076 (atom 58561) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 18065 (atom 55528) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 22711 (atom 69466) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 27097 (atom 82624) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 21561 (atom 66016) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 18592 (atom 57109) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 22174 (atom 67855) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 17888 (atom 54997) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 13005 (atom 40348) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 3481 (atom 11776) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 22603 (atom 69142) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 9899 (atom 31030) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 3438 (atom 11647) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 12180 (atom 37873) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 32219 (atom 97990) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 23159 (atom 70810) with Na
>> Replacing solvent molecule 27929 (atom 85120) with Na....
>>
>>
>> which then reflects on grompp as:
>>
>>
>>
>> Setting the LD random seed to 3274024379
>> Generated 2211 of the 2211 non-bonded parameter combinations
>> Generating 1-4 interactions: fudge = 0.5
>> Generated 2211 of the 2211 1-4 parameter combinations
>> Excluding 3 bonded neighbours molecule type 'DNA_chain_E'
>> Excluding 3 bonded neighbours molecule type 'DNA_chain_F'
>> Excluding 2 bonded neighbours molecule type 'SOL'
>> Excluding 1 bonded neighbours molecule type 'NA'
>> Excluding 1 bonded neighbours molecule type 'CL'
>> Warning: atom name 97595 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> Warning: atom name 97596 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> Warning: atom name 97597 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> Warning: atom name 97598 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> Warning: atom name 97599 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> Warning: atom name 97600 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> Warning: atom name 97601 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> Warning: atom name 97602 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> Warning: atom name 97603 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> Warning: atom name 97604 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> Warning: atom name 97605 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> Warning: atom name 97606 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> Warning: atom name 97607 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> Warning: atom name 97608 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> Warning: atom name 97609 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> Warning: atom name 97610 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> Warning: atom name 97611 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> Warning: atom name 97612 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> Warning: atom name 97613 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> Warning: atom name 97614 in topol.top and dna_solv_NaCl.gro does not match (NA - Na)
>> (more than 20 non-matching atom names)
>>
>> WARNING 1 [file topol.top, line 50]:
>> 220 non-matching atom names
>> atom names from topol.top will be used
>> atom names from dna_solv_NaCl.gro will be ignored
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Giving the mdrun problem..
>>
>>
>> Not sure how to get by this!
>>
> 
> The mismatching names are not causing the failure. You're getting what you
> asked for as you requested "Na" and "Cl" ions be added. This does not match the
> convention in ions.itp, which uses "NA" and "CL" for ions (this is a standard
> GROMACS thing - elemental symbols in all caps should always be used for -pname
> and -nname). But sodium is still sodium and chloride is still chloride, so your
> topology is not actually out of step with the coordinates.
> 
> Your initial configuration is simply so you did not adequately minimize or
> equilibrate prior to running dynamics, as the mdrun error suggests.
> 
> -Justin
> 

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