On 21/08/2011 4:42 PM, meisam valizadeh kiamahalleh wrote:
Dear Justin
Thank you very much for your reply
>>Regarding Warning 1; Yes, I have introduced the new parameter for C C bond and it is what I want. >>Regarding Note 1; Actually, the charges for each atom in topology file are what I included myself in Cisplatin parameters based on the literature. May I know what should I do if I have non-integer charge in this case?

Each molecule has to have an integer for its total charge. You'll need to investigate in your .top file why this is not the case.

>>May I know whether my mdp file contents (rlis, rcoulomb,vdwtype and rvdw) are correct?

They're not evidently wrong, but you need to choose these kinds of parameters to be consistent with the force field you are using. If someone's parametrized cis-platin with a carbon nanotube, then you have simply to copy what they did. If not, then you are very likely to struggle to get something working that proves to be a valid model - and very much more so if this happens to be your first excursion into MD simulations. See http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/How-tos/Parameterization

Mark

Thanks so much
M.V.K

    Message: 3
    Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:37:07 -0400
    From: "Justin A. Lemkul" <jalem...@vt.edu <mailto:jalem...@vt.edu>>
    Subject: Re: [gmx-users] Warning and Notes in Grompp for minimization
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    meisam valizadeh kiamahalleh wrote:
    > Dear gmx-users
    > Good day to you
    > I have a system including carbon nanotube (1260atoms) and 18
    Cisplatin
    > molecules (198atoms) =1458atoms. I have created the topology
    file of the
    > system and now I would like to run minimization on this system.
    > The content of my mdp file is as below;
    >
    > define               = -DFLEXIBLE
    > constraints          = none
    > integrator           = steep
    > dt                   = 0.002     ; ps !
    > nsteps               = 400
    > nstlist              = 10
    > ns_type              = grid
    > rlist                = 1
    > coulombtype          = PME
    > rcoulomb             = 1
    > vdwtype              = cut-off
    > rvdw                 = 1.4
    > optimize_fft         = yes
    > ;
    > ;        Energy minimizing stuff
    > ;
    > emtol                = 1000.0
    > emstep               = 0.01
    >
    > After entering the command; grompp -f mdmin1.mdp -c
    SWCNT-DDP-box.pdb -p
    > SWCNT-DDP2.top -o SWCNT-DDP2.tpr -maxwarn 5 , However a wrong
    TPR file
    > is generated, I also get 2 notes and 1 warning as stated below;

    The -maxwarn option should almost never be used.  If you're
    overriding warnings
    that grompp is producing, they typically only occur if the system
    will become
    unstable.  Beware.

    > WARNING 1 [file ffbonded.itp, line 2705]:
    >   Overriding Bond parameters.
    >
    >   old: 0.151 292880 0.151 292880
    >   new: C        C        1     0.14210   478900
    >
    > Generated 347361 of the 347361 non-bonded parameter combinations
    > Generating 1-4 interactions: fudge = 0.5
    > Generated 347361 of the 347361 1-4 parameter combinations
    > Excluding 3 bonded neighbours molecule type 'ICE'
    >
    > NOTE 1 [file SWCNT-DDP2.top, line 15383]:
    >   System has non-zero total charge: -3.097796e-01
    >
    >
    >
    > Analysing residue names:
    > There are:     2      Other residues
    > Analysing residues not classified as Protein/DNA/RNA/Water and
    splitting
    > into groups...
    > Number of degrees of freedom in T-Coupling group rest is 4371.00
    > Calculating fourier grid dimensions for X Y Z
    > Using a fourier grid of 120x120x120, spacing 0.118 0.118 0.118
    > Estimate for the relative computational load of the PME mesh
    part: 0.97
    >
    > NOTE 2 [file mdmin1.mdp]:
    >   The optimal PME mesh load for parallel simulations is below 0.5
    >   and for highly parallel simulations between 0.25 and 0.33,
    >   for higher performance, increase the cut-off and the PME grid
    spacing
    >
    > This run will generate roughly 0 Mb of data.
    >
    > My questions:
    > 1) May I know whether warning 1 should be taken serious?If yes,
    Then how
    > to solve it?

    You have different bonded parameters assigned for a single bond
    type.  You
    should investigate why you've produced different parameters for
    the same
    interaction and correct it, if necessary.  If you are trying to
    override
    existing parameters, this may be what you want.  Otherwise,
    eliminate the
    duplicate entry such that the parameters you actually wish to use
    are being
    assigned.


    > 2) Regarding Note 1, Is it necessary to do ionization to make
    the system
    > neutralize before minimization?

    Not in this case.  You have a non-integer charge of sufficiently
    disturbing
    magnitude (i.e., it does not arise simply due to floating point
    arithmetic),
    indicating that the charges assigned in the topology are junk.

    > 3) Regarding Note 2, Is there anything wrong with my mdp file or
    it is
    > because of using a computer with small processor. Actually I
    just tried
    > to do this minimization on my laptop for the first time. If the
    > processor is too small for this calculation, I may be able to
    work with
    > our cluster if it is advised.

    For minimization, this often happens.  It is unimportant in this case.

    -Justin

    >
    > Thank you very much
    > Best regards
    > M.V.K
    >
    >
    >

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    ========================================

    Justin A. Lemkul
    Ph.D. Candidate
    ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
    MILES-IGERT Trainee
    Department of Biochemistry
    Virginia Tech
    Blacksburg, VA
    jalemkul[at]vt.edu <http://vt.edu> | (540) 231-9080
    <tel:%28540%29%20231-9080>
    http://www.bevanlab.biochem.vt.edu/Pages/Personal/justin

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