vivek sharma wrote:
Hi there,

I tried the mdrun by keeping a group of residue position restrained, and it is working well (verified by comparing RMSD plot for the same), thanks for your suggestions regarding the same. But, I have seen that the part of the molecule I kept for PR is still having some motion, how can I keep that part rigid ?

Position restraints do not necessarily guarantee that atomic positions stay absolutely fixed. Instead, there is an energy penalty for moving them, which could in some cases be overcome.

I am not getting any idea of energy_excl option mentioned above, please explain.


The freezegrps option can be used to fix atomic positions, but in this case large forces can be generated within the frozen group. As such, you can apply energygrp_excl to exclude energetic terms within the frozen group.

-Justin

With Thanks,
Vivek

2008/10/12 Erik Lindahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>

    Hi,


    On Oct 10, 2008, at 12:46 PM, Justin A. Lemkul wrote:


            I want to run MD over a part of my molecule , for few
            residues only (not the whole molecule).
            Can I do it using GROMACS ?
            I searched for the online documentation and mailing list,
            but unable to get appropriate information.
            If somebody has already tried such things earlier, please
            suggest and direct me for appropriate link and address.


        Well, if your goal is to keep certain parts fixed and allow
        others to move, probably the easiest way to do it is to apply
        position restraints to the "fixed" part.


    You can also set parts of the system as a freeze group, in which
    case you can exclude all nonbonded interactions inside the freeze
    group with the energygrp_excl option in your mdp file.

    The main advantage of this is of course that you will improve
    performance if 99% of your system is frozen (although all
    interactions between the frozen and non-frozen parts still have to
    be calculated). On the other hand, completely freezing part of the
    system is not very realistic, and you're likely to get strange
    behavior in the interface...

    Cheers,

    Erik

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