[gmx-users] ligand moving out during umbrella sampling

[Justin Lemkul]

On 5/19/17 5:56 AM, abhisek Mondal wrote:
> On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 6:48 PM, Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 5/17/17 8:55 AM, abhisek Mondal wrote:
>>
>>> This time I think I got ligand restrained successfully during the umbrella
>>> sampling. I have removed the restrain from protein, as per your advice.
>>> Defined the COM vector in md_umbrella.mdp, applied pull_k1=1000 and used
>>> pull_rate1=0.0.
>>> I have uploaded the trajectory movie (and other mdp files) in the
>>> following
>>> link:
>>> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B6O-L5Y7BiGJQ1FIc2tIRFE2dE0
>>>
>>> However, I'm facing a problem. Due to the withdrawal of the position
>>> restrain of protein. The protein and ligand (together) is moving around
>>> the
>>> box and resulting in "Distance of pull group 1 (10.441990 nm) is larger
>>> than 0.49 times the box size (10.646989)" error.
>>>
>>> As per the video I have uploaded, if I assume this approach worked, then
>>> how can I avoid this error ? Is  there any way to make sure the
>>> protein-ligand remains in the middle of the box (or nearby). I have taken
>>> pretty large box compared to the protein structure from the beginning.
>>>
>>> Please suggest me a way out.
>>>
>>>
>> Use a larger box or use direction-periodic geometry.
>
>
>  For the sake of computational power I'm leaning towards direction-periodic
> geometry. However, from the mailing list entries I found out that pressure
> coupling should not be used for this kind of geometry setup.
> NVT coupling with no velocity generation is what I'm opting for. There are
> a lot of doubt regarding the md_umbrella.mdp setup using NVT protocol.
> Would you please suggest if the code (
> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B6O-L5Y7BiGJQ1FIc2tIRFE2dE0) looks
> sensible ?
>
> Eagerly waiting for your opinion.
>

Try it and see what happens.

-Justin

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