[gmx-users] High pressure variation during NPT equilibration of Protein-ligand system.

Dallas Warren dallas.warren at monash.edu
Tue May 21 23:42:16 CEST 2019


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Dr. Dallas Warren
Drug Delivery, Disposition and Dynamics
Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University
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dallas.warren at monash.edu
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On Tue, 21 May 2019 at 15:48, David van der Spoel <spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se> wrote:
>
> Den 2019-05-21 kl. 07:36, skrev Seketoulie Keretsu:
> > Dear Experts,
> >
> > I am performing a protein-ligand stimulation in gromacs 2018. The
> > pressure value showed wild variation between -800 to 500 bar and
> > showed an average pressure value of -139 bar. The reference is 1 bar.
> > I have used the "lysozyme in water" simulation tutorial by Justin A.
> > Lemkul as a reference. The tutorial mentioned that 7.5 (+- 160) bar
> > was reasonable for the system. I'm not sure if the value I am getting
> > in my simulation results (-139 bar variation in pressure) are
> > reasonable. Kindly advise. How do i justify this ?
> >
> > References and suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you.
> This is normal. It will average out in a longer simulation. Larger boxes
> have less fluctuations in general.
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Seketoulie
> >
> > Note: The pressure values from the NPT are given below:
> >
> > # This file was created Tue May 14 21:24:43 2019
> > # Created by:
> > #                      :-) GROMACS - gmx energy, 2018.4 (-:
> > #
> > # Executable:   /usr/local/gromacs/bin/gmx
> > # Data prefix:  /usr/local/gromacs
> > # Working dir:  /home/biopo5/tutorial/Project4/JAK1/cmp49_jak1
> > # Command line:
> > #   gmx energy -f nvt.edr -o pressure.xvg
> > # gmx energy is part of G R O M A C S:
> > #
> > # Gromacs Runs One Microsecond At Cannonball Speeds
> > #
> > @    title "GROMACS Energies"
> > @    xaxis  label "Time (ps)"
> > @    yaxis  label "(bar)"
> > @TYPE xy
> > @ view 0.15, 0.15, 0.75, 0.85
> > @ legend on
> > @ legend box on
> > @ legend loctype view
> > @ legend 0.78, 0.8
> > @ legend length 2
> > @ s0 legend "Pressure"
> >      0.000000  -3931.674805
> >      1.000000  528.706482
> >      2.000000   27.634497
> >      3.000000  -130.418900
> >      4.000000  -491.462982
> >      5.000000    3.087336
> >      6.000000  -246.631638
> >      7.000000  -86.932167
> >      8.000000  -453.551422
> >      9.000000  -46.325455
> >     10.000000  270.657562
> >     11.000000  -432.105682
> >     12.000000  -578.059326
> >     13.000000  -397.159760
> >     14.000000  180.598190
> >     15.000000  -159.344788
> >     16.000000  -122.911415
> >     17.000000  470.059418
> >     18.000000  -375.501251
> >     19.000000  -310.881561
> >     20.000000   68.639618
> >     21.000000  157.454422
> >     22.000000  -619.447388
> >     23.000000  -130.864059
> >     24.000000   58.016773
> >     25.000000  -132.054276
> >     26.000000  114.288574
> >     27.000000  -108.022186
> >     28.000000  -235.894424
> >     29.000000  -398.703217
> >     30.000000  252.965332
> >     31.000000  -269.996368
> >     32.000000  -58.096252
> >     33.000000  -291.578918
> >     34.000000   15.896652
> >     35.000000   53.429890
> >     36.000000   43.522858
> >     37.000000  -442.695190
> >     38.000000  111.608665
> >     39.000000  -12.626378
> >     40.000000  -136.936111
> >     41.000000  182.577164
> >     42.000000  -68.747620
> >     43.000000  121.546547
> >     44.000000  127.403526
> >     45.000000  -248.055176
> >     46.000000  184.869797
> >     47.000000  162.962906
> >     48.000000  -387.420013
> >     49.000000  228.167648
> >     50.000000  348.351471
> >     51.000000  -462.909180
> >     52.000000  -234.574936
> >     53.000000  -224.565689
> >     54.000000  311.879456
> >     55.000000  -404.242920
> >     56.000000  -740.461182
> >     57.000000   38.036850
> >     58.000000  -677.158447
> >     59.000000  -117.842407
> >     60.000000  -20.302151
> >     61.000000  -558.201233
> >     62.000000  218.174881
> >     63.000000  -269.575531
> >     64.000000  -153.398697
> >     65.000000  178.027954
> >     66.000000  -193.050797
> >     67.000000  -590.598694
> >     68.000000  -487.503754
> >     69.000000  171.980606
> >     70.000000   84.821785
> >     71.000000  -219.844803
> >     72.000000  -228.680954
> >     73.000000  -145.632614
> >     74.000000   47.675121
> >     75.000000  -310.033478
> >     76.000000  -705.341248
> >     77.000000  212.275406
> >     78.000000   24.035654
> >     79.000000  -221.810410
> >     80.000000  -189.725708
> >     81.000000  217.696289
> >     82.000000  427.632660
> >     83.000000  249.210770
> >     84.000000  -405.385956
> >     85.000000   78.898247
> >     86.000000  -19.268747
> >     87.000000   85.342247
> >     88.000000  155.808731
> >     89.000000    2.646250
> >     90.000000  -284.466888
> >     91.000000  152.030930
> >     92.000000  280.804352
> >     93.000000  -182.475830
> >     94.000000  -268.784149
> >     95.000000  -470.018829
> >     96.000000  -163.642685
> >     97.000000  291.026855
> >     98.000000  -982.940430
> >     99.000000  155.447800
> >    100.000000   77.415077
> >
>
>
> --
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> Head of Department, Cell & Molecular Biology, Uppsala University.
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