Re: 回复: Re: [gmx-users] how to remd an alysi?

2008-05-22 Thread Mark Abraham
xi zhao wrote:
>  I performed remd using GROMACS 3.3.1 at four different temperatures: 
> 270k, 400k, 540k, 660k, and produced four trajectories. I want to know 
> whether my simulation is ok, but I do not know how to analysis my 
> trajectories.

Probably these temperatures are spaced far too widely if you are not
doing a vacuum simulation of a small peptide. Check literature for more
suitable temperature ranges.

> Though I have demux.pl script and produced 
> replica_index.xvg and replica_temp.xvg files, the contents of two files 
> are the same! 

I'm not familiar with the contents of theses files, but if your
temperatures are too widely spaced, you won't see exchanges, and that
might be the reason for these files being identical.

> I use trjcat_d to produce a continuous 
> trajectory,according to wiki gromacs. In fact,  for a REMD 
> simulation, I can not judge whether the simulations is ok , and if they 
> are ok, how to further analyze or  extract useful information from 
> trajectories! Are you clear?

This question is common to all other MD simulations, and the answer to
it depends on the purpose for the calculations. To get some ideas, have
a look at the literature for similar calculations, do background reading
and be prepared to think hard.

Mark
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Re: [gmx-users] about DMSO c-c bond and c-o bond in ffg53a6 force field

2008-05-22 Thread Mark Abraham

wang kelvin wrote:

Hi, everyone.

I am simulating DMSO. At fisrst ,bond parameters contain two c-c 
bonds,and c-o bond ,which actually not in existence. But gmx 's force 
field ffg53a6 documents in top directory defines these bonds. When 
running mdrun , system reminds "segmentation default". then i get these 
virtual bond away , since that mdrun is ok !


Can anyone tell me why gmx define these bonds (ie. C-O bond ,C-C bond)? 
And has eliminating these bonds effects on simulating result?


 


Any suggestion is appreciated.


I'd suggest describing your observations more coherently and in more detail.

Otherwise, with a view to using SHAKE, some united-atom DMSO models 
prefer to define six bonded interactions, rather than three bonded 
interactions and three angle interactions. Thus, DMSO C-C and C-O 
interactions can exist. However, you should already know about this from 
reading the literature about your DMSO model, right? :-)


Mark
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Re: [gmx-users] generation of amorphous surface

2008-05-22 Thread Mark Abraham

h a wrote:

Dear users,

I'm using Gromacs to generate polymer surface. Is  it possible using 
genbox command ? As I see genbox is used to create a box filled with 


Correct. editconf can do basic replication of a periodic image, however.

Mark
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[gmx-users] generation of amorphous surface

2008-05-22 Thread h a
Dear users,

I'm using Gromacs to generate polymer surface. Is  it possible using genbox
command ? As I see genbox is used to create a box filled with solvent.

thank you,

Sincerely
Harshith
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Re: [gmx-users] cannot print velocity information to trr/xtc files (Carbon Naotube inside water)

2008-05-22 Thread Nadir Kaplan

Dear Justin,

The reply is below:


I am doing a simulation of a carbon nanotube (CNT) inside water. First I am
going to describe my problem and then give info about my simulation setup
(initial conditions, parameters, etc.).

My problem is as follows:

(1) I am doing a *.gro file of a *.pdb of a (16,16) CNT, without using
pdb2gmx, that is with my own code. I also add manually velocity columns (vx,
vy, vz) = (0, 0, 0) to the *.gro file. It works properly, since VMD and
various gromacs commands can process the *.gro file.

(2) Then, I use editconf  in order to center the nanotube and set up a
rectangular box. There, when I give a finite velocity (just to check) to
every carbon (C) atom in CNT , such as (vx, vy, vz) = (0.0001, 0.0001,
0.0001) for every C, then   editconf preserves the velocity info and includen
in the output *.gro file. In fact I should fix the position of the nanotube.
But when (vx, vy, vz) = (0, 0, 0), then it says "cannot find velocity
information" or something like that and ignores the velocity columns.



Telling us "or something like that" does not make it easy for us to help you. 
What was your exact command line input, and what was the exact message?  Likely

it stems from using velocities of 0, 0, 0.  The .gro format is fixed:

http://www.gromacs.org/documentation/reference/online/gro.html
  

My command line input is:

editconf -f CNT1616_L50_1.gro -o CNT1616_50_wbox.gro -box 8.0 6.0 6.0 -c

The output is:

...
Read 1280 atoms
Volume: 125 nm^3, corresponds to roughly 56200 electrons
No velocities found
   system size :  4.920  2.170  2.170 (nm)
   center  :  0.000 -0.000  0.000 (nm)
   box vectors :  5.000  5.000  5.000 (nm)
   box angles  :  90.00  90.00  90.00 (degrees)
   box volume  : 125.00   (nm^3)
   shift   :  4.000  3.000  3.000 (nm)
new center  :  4.000  3.000  3.000 (nm)
new box vectors :  8.000  6.000  6.000 (nm)
new box angles  :  90.00  90.00  90.00 (degrees)
new box volume  : 288.00   (nm^3)
...

That is, the message is "No velocities found". Note that editconf
succeeds, so  "No velocities found" is not an error.

To be more clear (as you suggested) :

My gro file is as follows:

Carbon Nanotube
1280
   1  CNT   C11  -2.460   0.603   0.902  0.000  0.000  0.000
   1  CNT   C22  -2.337   0.661   0.861  0.000  0.000  0.000
   1  CNT   C33  -2.460   0.902   0.603  0.000  0.000  0.000
   1  CNT   C44  -2.337   0.940   0.542  0.000  0.000  0.000
   1  CNT   C55  -2.460   1.064   0.212  0.000  0.000  0.000
   1  CNT   C66  -2.337   1.076   0.142  0.000  0.000  0.000
   1  CNT   C77  -2.460   1.064  -0.212  0.000  0.000  0.000
   1  CNT   C88  -2.337   1.048  -0.281  0.000  0.000  0.000
   1  CNT   C99  -2.460   0.902  -0.603  0.000  0.000  0.000
   1  CNT  C10   10  -2.337   0.861  -0.661  0.000  0.000  0.000

...

There is no problem with gro format. This is why I wrote " It works
properly, since VMD and various gromacs commands can process the *.gro
file" in my previous message.
  

(3) So, after that, when I use genbox in order to fill the box with water,
than all the velocity information disappears, no matter whether the initial
velocity for C atoms are finite or simply 0. The gro file includes the
coordinates of both CNT and H2O molecules, but there is no velocity info!



See genbox -h for why this happens.

  

(4) Then I run grompp with my output *.gro file, *.top (topology) file and
*.mdp file which I will describe the settings below, in order to produce a
*.tpr file. When I read the resulting *.tpr file with gmxdump, again there
are just coordinates, no velocity columns.



Probably because you have gen_vel = no, and there are no velocities in the input
file (see above).
  


Then how does the simulation calculate the equations of motion?

As it is obvious from physics and from the gromacs manual, the initial
velocities should be set to zero by default by the program.
  

(5) I do an energy minimisation step, I check the output (both the *.trr file
and *.gro file) again there is no velocity info.




As there shouldn't be, for an energy minimization.

  

(6)After that, again I modify my *.mdp file in order to do MD, I run grompp
just as before, than mdrun, and there is no velocity info both in *.trr and
*.xtc files, even if nvout=positive integer and gen_vel=yes  (when it is set
to be"no", then again there should be velocity info in the following time
steps). I also tried to put to input *.gro file velocity columns by hand, but
it didn't work.



What didn't work?  Again, be more specific.  What were your commands, and what
output did you receive?  Your .mdp file looks fine with respect to velocity
generation and output parameters.  Does the simulation run to completion?

  

"It didn't work" == "there is no velocity info both in *.trr and *.xtc
files, even if nvout=positive integer and gen_vel=yes"

The simulation was complete, and it was pretty succesful, I was able to

Re: [gmx-users] cannot print velocity information to trr/xtc files (Carbon Naotube inside water)

2008-05-22 Thread Nadir Kaplan

Dear Mark,




I am doing a simulation of a carbon nanotube (CNT) inside water.
First I am going to describe my problem and then give info about my
simulation setup (initial conditions, parameters, etc.).

My problem is as follows:

(1) I am doing a *.gro file of a *.pdb of a (16,16) CNT, without
using pdb2gmx, that is with my own code. I also add manually velocity
columns (vx, vy, vz) = (0, 0, 0) to the *.gro file. It works
properly, since VMD and various gromacs commands can process the
*.gro file.


This doesn't serve a purpose that I can see.


(2) Then, I use editconf  in order to center the nanotube and set up
a rectangular box. There, when I give a finite velocity (just to
check) to every carbon (C) atom in CNT , such as (vx, vy, vz) =
(0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0001) for every C, then   editconf preserves the
velocity info and includen in the output *.gro file. In fact I should
fix the position of the nanotube. But when (vx, vy, vz) = (0, 0, 0),
then it says "cannot find velocity information" or something like
that and ignores the velocity columns.

(3) So, after that, when I use genbox in order to fill the box with
water, than all the velocity information disappears, no matter
whether the initial velocity for C atoms are finite or simply 0. The
gro file includes the coordinates of both CNT and H2O molecules, but
there is no velocity info!


Keeping them really doesn't serve a purpose - you've radically changed 
the system, so those old velocities can't be from a meaningful 
ensemble any more, even if they were to start with.




I see.






(4) Then I run grompp with my output *.gro file, *.top (topology)
file and *.mdp file which I will describe the settings below, in
order to produce a *.tpr file. When I read the resulting *.tpr file
with gmxdump, again there are just coordinates, no velocity columns.


With gen_vel = no then this should be expected.


(5) I do an energy minimisation step, I check the output (both the
*.trr file and *.gro file) again there is no velocity info.


Since EM is mechanical, not dynamical, there are no velocities.


(6)After that, again I modify my *.mdp file in order to do MD, I run
grompp just as before, than mdrun, and there is no velocity info both
in *.trr and *.xtc files, even if nvout=positive integer and
gen_vel=yes  (when it is set to be"no", then again there should be
velocity info in the following time steps). 


You need 0 < *nstvout* to see velocity output. You won't see 
velocities in the .xtc file because that's not the purpose of the .xtc 
file. See http://wiki.gromacs.org/index.php/.xtc_file. IIRC the value 
of gen_vel is immaterial here, since the dynamics will start from zero 
velocities if you don't generate them. grompp will probably give you a 
warning about this, so make sure you check for them! mdrun will always 
write velocities at the final timestep, regardless of nstvout too. You 
will also need to change the integrator to md.




OK, I see. But still there is no velocity output in the trr files. I
checked the grompp output, it is as follows:

checking input for internal consistency...
calling /usr/bin/cpp...
processing topology...
Generated 165 of the 1596 non-bonded parameter combinations
Excluding 3 bonded neighbours for CNT 1
Excluding 2 bonded neighbours for SOL 8962
processing coordinates...
double-checking input for internal consistency...
renumbering atomtypes...
converting bonded parameters...
#  BONDS:   17924
# ANGLES:   8962
initialising group options...
processing index file...
Analysing residue names:
Opening library file /usr/share/gromacs/top/aminoacids.dat
There are:  8963  OTHER residues
There are: 0PROTEIN residues
There are: 0DNA residues
Analysing Other...
Making dummy/rest group for Acceleration containing 1280 elements
Making dummy/rest group for Freeze containing 26886 elements
Making dummy/rest group for VCM containing 28166 elements
Number of degrees of freedom in T-Coupling group CNT is 0.00
Number of degrees of freedom in T-Coupling group SOL is 80655.00
Making dummy/rest group for User1 containing 28166 elements
Making dummy/rest group for User2 containing 28166 elements
Making dummy/rest group for Or. Res. Fit containing 28166 elements
Making dummy/rest group for QMMM containing 28166 elements
T-Coupling   has 2 element(s): CNT SOL
Energy Mon.  has 2 element(s): CNT SOL
Acceleration has 2 element(s): SOL rest
Freeze   has 2 element(s): CNT rest
User1has 1 element(s): rest
User2has 1 element(s): rest
VCM  has 1 element(s): rest
XTC  has 1 element(s): CNT
Or. Res. Fit has 1 element(s): rest
QMMM has 1 element(s): rest
WARNING 1 [file aminoacids.dat, line 1]:
  Can not exclude the lattice Coulomb energy between energy groups
Checking consistency between energy and charge groups...
Net Acceleration in X direction, will  be corrected
Calculating fourier grid dimensions for X Y Z
Using a fourier grid of 70x50x

[gmx-users] Error while running starting grompp and mdrun

2008-05-22 Thread Ragothaman Yennamalli
Dear all,
I get an error while running grompp or mdrun in a Sun cluster. Each node has 4 
processors. I am submitting the job via a SGE script.
After, I submit the job by "$qsub test_gromacs", the run terminates with the 
following message in the log file. Please tell me how to troubleshoot this 
problem. The error is repeated if the -np option is changed from 4 to 8.
__
Fatal error: run input file topol.tpr was made for 4 nodes,
 while mdrun expected it to be for 1 nodes.
[compute-1-30.local:24948] [0,0,0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Not found in file 
base/pls_base_proxy.c at line 189
__
The script is as follows:
__
#!/bin/bash
#$ -N mpich_gromacs
#$ -S /bin/bash
#$  -cwd
#$ -j yDear all,
I get an error while running grompp or mdrun in a Sun cluster. Each node has 4 
processors. I am submitting the job via a SGE script.
After, I submit the job by "$qsub test_gromacs", the run terminates with the 
following message in the log file. Please tell me how to troubleshoot this 
problem. The error is repeated if the -np option is changed from 4 to 8.

Fatal error: run input file topol.tpr was made for 4 nodes,
 while mdrun expected it to be for 1 nodes.
[compute-1-30.local:24948] [0,0,0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Not found in file 
base/pls_base_proxy.c at line 189

The script is as follows:

#!/bin/bash
#$ -N mpich_gromacs
#$ -S /bin/bash
#$  -cwd
#$ -j y
#Set the Parallel Environment and number of procs.
#$ -pe mpich
#Set the Parallel Environment and number of procs.
#$ -pe mpich 4 
#$ -l h_rt=01:00:00

echo Running on host `hostname`
echo Directory is `pwd`
echo This job runs on the following processors:
cat $TMPDIR/machines | tee machinefile
echo This job has allocated $NSLOTS processors

export MDRUN=/home/raghu/gromacs/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/mdrun
export MPIRUN=/opt/mpich/gnu/bin/mpirun

##running directory
cd /home/raghu/quad_md/case1

#add -v to create more verbose comments
#-nice 0 needs to be before the -s and other arguments; this corrects the 
default of 19 (lowest priority)

/home/raghu/gromacs/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/grompp -f em.mdp -c 
box_sol.gro -p master.top -v -np 4
$MPIRUN -v -np 4  $MDRUN -v -nice 0 -np $NSLOTS -s topol.tpr -o traj.trr -e 
ener.edr -x traj.xtc -g md.log -c confout.gro >&em_run.log


Regards,
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Re: [gmx-users] cannot print velocity information to trr/xtc files (Carbon Naotube inside water)

2008-05-22 Thread Mark Abraham

Nadir Kaplan wrote:

What is going on here? How can I get velocity info? Any help will be
greatly appreciated. Note that, there is an external acceleration on
the water molecules, where is the position of CNT is fixed. So
obviously water molecules should have finite velocities.


Turn off the weird stuff (freeze groups and accelerate groups) until 
you've got your basic issues sorted out. MD simulations in general and 
CNT simulations in particular are not easy things to do right. Learn 
to walk before you try to run! :-)




Freezing is for simplicity. One needs velocity to run.


Yeah, but freezing and accelerating do things to velocities. If you're 
having problems, a good strategy is to simplify the situation until you 
can identify where the problem arises... thus, no freezing and accelerating.



Below I paste another mdp file which I used for the MD part of the same
simulation. That MD simulation was succesfully over and I was able to
reproduce some results in the literature by using position info. Again,
in the .trr file of that simulation, there are no velocities.


Well, those reproduced results probably mean that there *were* 
velocities :-) Velocities must be there in the .trr for the last 
timestep, so long as mdrun was allowed to terminate normally.


If you really had "nstvout = 5000" and you are looking at the correct 
non-post-processed trajectory with gmxdump on a suitable timestep, then 
your observations are inexplicable, unless there's some weird "gotcha" 
with no velocities being written for atoms in either a freeze or 
accelerate group... not that that makes much sense... In short, it seems 
much more likely you've made an error than that there's a weird bug.


My earlier advice is still good - get a clean working directory and do 
the same kind of simulation but without the freeze and accelerate groups 
and see if you can reproduce your problem while recording everything you 
did on the way. If it now works, do the same but add in the weird stuff 
until you isolate the problem - if any.


Good luck!

Mark
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Re: [gmx-users] Error while running starting grompp and mdrun

2008-05-22 Thread Mark Abraham

Ragothaman Yennamalli wrote:
Dear all,

I get an error while running grompp or mdrun in a Sun cluster. Each node has 4 
processors. I am submitting the job via a SGE script.
After, I submit the job by "$qsub test_gromacs", the run terminates with the 
following message in the log file. Please tell me how to troubleshoot this problem. The 
error is repeated if the -np option is changed from 4 to 8.


Since there's three different usages of -np you'd need to be more 
precise to make a good description of your problem.



Fatal error: run input file topol.tpr was made for 4 nodes,
 while mdrun expected it to be for 1 nodes.
[compute-1-30.local:24948] [0,0,0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Not found in file 
base/pls_base_proxy.c at line 189

The script is as follows:

#!/bin/bash
#$ -N mpich_gromacs
#$ -S /bin/bash
#$  -cwd
#$ -j y
#Set the Parallel Environment and number of procs.
#$ -pe mpich
#Set the Parallel Environment and number of procs.
#$ -pe mpich 4 
#$ -l h_rt=01:00:00


echo Running on host `hostname`
echo Directory is `pwd`
echo This job runs on the following processors:
cat $TMPDIR/machines | tee machinefile
echo This job has allocated $NSLOTS processors

export MDRUN=/home/raghu/gromacs/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/mdrun
export MPIRUN=/opt/mpich/gnu/bin/mpirun

##running directory
cd /home/raghu/quad_md/case1

#add -v to create more verbose comments
#-nice 0 needs to be before the -s and other arguments; this corrects the 
default of 19 (lowest priority)

/home/raghu/gromacs/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/grompp -f em.mdp -c 
box_sol.gro -p master.top -v -np 4
$MPIRUN -v -np 4  $MDRUN -v -nice 0 -np $NSLOTS -s topol.tpr -o traj.trr -e ener.edr 
-x traj.xtc -g md.log -c confout.gro >&em_run.log


The symptoms you observe make sense if $NSLOTS==1. Since all three -np 
flags need the same value after them, you should use the same variable 
each time. You should verify that the "echo" line tells you that has 
$NSLOTS==4 like you need.


Mark
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Re: [gmx-users] Error while running starting grompp and mdrun

2008-05-22 Thread Ragothaman Yennamalli
Dear Mark,
Thanks for the mail.


> 
> Since there's three different usages of -np you'd
> need to be more 
> precise to make a good description of your problem.
>

I was changing the -np option in mdrun and grompp.
 
> The symptoms you observe make sense if $NSLOTS==1. Since
> all three -np 
> flags need the same value after them, you should use the
> same variable 
> each time. You should verify that the "echo" line
> tells you that has 
> $NSLOTS==4 like you need.
> 
Yes. I checked by typing echo $NSLOTS and it says 4. So, I changed all the 
three -np option to -np $NSLOTS..Still the same error. 

Regards,
Ragothaman



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[gmx-users] Implicit Solvent Simulations

2008-05-22 Thread Una Bjarnadottir

To the Gromacs user community,

As of April 2007 it was not possible to do implicit solvent MDs with Gromacs
(http://www.gromacs.org/pipermail/gmx-users/2007-April/026849.html). Has
this changed since then?

Kind regards, Una


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Re: [gmx-users] Implicit Solvent Simulations

2008-05-22 Thread Per Larsson

Hello Una (and everyone else)

I'm happy to announce that, while not yet available in cvs, it will  
very soon be possible to do implicit solvation with Gromacs.
I'm have a working implementation almost finished, and are currently  
running some tests to assure that the code is stable.


With any luck we should be able to commit this to cvs in the next  
month or so :-)


Cheers
/Per Larsson, PhD student in the Lindahl group


22 maj 2008 kl. 16.13 skrev Una Bjarnadottir:


To the Gromacs user community,

As of April 2007 it was not possible to do implicit solvent MDs with  
Gromacs
(http://www.gromacs.org/pipermail/gmx-users/2007-April/026849.html).  
Has

this changed since then?

Kind regards, Una


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[gmx-users] Force field parameters in water or in vacuum?

2008-05-22 Thread Chih-Ying Lin
Hi
For one molecule, will Gromacs give the same set of force field
parameters to this molecule no matter this molecule is put in water or
in vacuum?
The bond length, the bond angle, and the dihedral angles of the same
molecule will be different in water and in vacuum.
So, will the force field parameters be changed/ adjusted in water than
in vacuum?


How does Gromacs set the force field parameters for the molecule?
I mean. are the force field paramters determined in local or in global?
Could I change parts of  the force field parameters which I found from
the published paper?
Or, I could not change parts of the force field parameters; instead, I
have to change the whole set of the force field
parameters???


Thank you
Lin
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Re: [gmx-users] Force field parameters in water or in vacuum?

2008-05-22 Thread Justin A. Lemkul
Quoting Chih-Ying Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Hi
> For one molecule, will Gromacs give the same set of force field
> parameters to this molecule no matter this molecule is put in water or
> in vacuum?

Depending on what's defined within the specific force field, yes.  For example,
ffG43b1 is a "vacuum forcefield," whereas most others are parameterized for use
with condensed phases.

> The bond length, the bond angle, and the dihedral angles of the same
> molecule will be different in water and in vacuum.
> So, will the force field parameters be changed/ adjusted in water than
> in vacuum?

There's no decision structure that Gromacs will magically use to determine
what's in your system.  All the parameters are pre-defined in the relevant .rtp
and .itp files in $GMXLIB/top.

>
>
> How does Gromacs set the force field parameters for the molecule?
> I mean. are the force field paramters determined in local or in global?
> Could I change parts of  the force field parameters which I found from
> the published paper?

The location of your files will depend on how Gromacs was installed, but can
always be found in $GMXLIB/top.  If you want to make changes to an existing set
of parameters, it is best to copy the relevant .rtp, .itp, etc. files into your
working directory and alter then there.

> Or, I could not change parts of the force field parameters; instead, I
> have to change the whole set of the force field
> parameters???

Well, I wouldn't make random changes to things :-)  The changes you make have to
be compatible with the functional form and derivation of the force field. 
Otherwise, anything you do would probably be somewhat questionable.

-Justin

>
>
> Thank you
> Lin
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[gmx-users] Unable to minimize energy

2008-05-22 Thread Paul Whitford
This is likely an embarrassingly trivial problem, but let's see.

I am following the energy minimization scheme presented in the groningen
tutorial

http://md.chem.rug.nl/education/mdcourse/MDpract.html

I believe I follow the directions exactly, yet I can not minimize below
Fmax~500

I download 1AKI, as in the tutorial,
I issue

pdb2gmx -f 1AKI.pdb
grompp -f minim.mdp
mdrun -v

and I use the mdp file

"

title   = Minimization of Hen Egg White Lysozyme (1AKI.pdb) ; Title 
of run

; The following lines tell the program the standard locations where to
find certain files
cpp = /lib/cpp  ; Preprocessor
include = -I../top  ; Directories to include in the topology format

; Parameters describing what to do, when to stop and what to save
integrator  = steep ; Algorithm (steep = steepest descent 
minimization)
emtol   = 1.0   ; Stop minimization when the maximum force < 
1.0 kJ/mol
nsteps  = 200   ; Maximum number of (minimization) steps to 
perform
nstenergy   = 10; Write energies to disk every nstenergy steps
nstxtcout   = 10; Write coordinates to disk every nstxtcout 
steps
xtc_grps= Protein   ; Which coordinate group(s) to write to disk
energygrps  = Protein   ; Which energy group(s) to write to disk

; Parameters describing how to find the neighbors of each atom and how
to calculate the interactions
nstlist = 5 ; Frequency to update the neighbor list and 
long range forces
ns_type = simple; Method to determine neighbor list (simple, 
grid)
rlist   = 1.0   ; Cut-off for making neighbor list (short range 
forces)
coulombtype = cut-off   ; Treatment of long range electrostatic 
interactions
rcoulomb= 1.0   ; long range electrostatic cut-off
rvdw= 1.0   ; long range Van der Waals cut-off
constraints = none  ; Bond types to replace by constraints
pbc = no; Periodic Boundary Conditions (yes/no)"


I tried multiple choices of potentials and I tried gromacs 3.3.2, 3.3.3 and
cvs, with single and double precision.  They all finish with the same
output(except single finishes in fewer steps)

"Step=   57, Dmax= 3.2e-11 nm, Epot= -9.59522e+03 Fmax= 8.07834e+02, atom=
478
Step=   60, Dmax= 9.6e-12 nm, Epot= -9.59522e+03 Fmax= 8.07834e+02, atom=
478
Step=   62, Dmax= 5.8e-12 nm, Epot= -9.59522e+03 Fmax= 8.07834e+02, atom=
478
Step=   65, Dmax= 1.7e-12 nm, Epot= -9.59522e+03 Fmax= 8.07834e+02, atom=
478
Step=   67, Dmax= 1.0e-12 nm, Epot= -9.45085e+03 Fmax= 8.07834e+02, atom=
478
Stepsize too small, or no change in energy.
Converged to machine precision,
but not to the requested precision Fmax < 1

writing lowest energy coordinates.

Back Off! I just backed up confout.gro to ./#confout.gro.5#

Steepest Descents converged to machine precision in 68 steps,
but did not reach the requested Fmax < 1.
Potential Energy  = -9.59521978368287e+03
Maximum force =  8.07834306442108e+02 on atom 478
Norm of force =  1.49469417798063e+02
"

This seems unreasonably high.  Are there some obvious mistakes people make
that result in this kind of behavior?  I have tried multiple pdb structure
and none of them can minimize below fmax~100.  I have also tried l-bfgs and
cg.  None of them can converge to the request precision.

thanks

-Paul
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Re: [gmx-users] Force field parameters in water or in vacuum?

2008-05-22 Thread Mark Abraham

Chih-Ying Lin wrote:

Hi
For one molecule, will Gromacs give the same set of force field
parameters to this molecule no matter this molecule is put in water or
in vacuum?
The bond length, the bond angle, and the dihedral angles of the same
molecule will be different in water and in vacuum.
So, will the force field parameters be changed/ adjusted in water than
in vacuum?


Assignment of force field parameters happens (e.g. by hand or with 
pdb2gmx) before it is possible to verify whether a solvent or vacuum 
simulation is intended. So you could do whatever you want and GROMACS 
isn't going to change things on you or prevent you from doing things... 
but probably most of these things aren't sensible. See 
http://wiki.gromacs.org/index.php/Force_Fields


You should pick a force field that is known to work for the kind of 
calculation you want to do.



How does Gromacs set the force field parameters for the molecule?


In pdb2gmx, atoms in residues have their names matched to a database of 
residues (.rtp files), which then looks up the interactions in yet 
another database (.atp and .itp files).



I mean. are the force field paramters determined in local or in global?


I don't know what you mean.


Could I change parts of  the force field parameters which I found from
the published paper?


Yes, but this would be a very bad idea for someone starting their MD 
experience. See http://wiki.gromacs.org/index.php/Parameterization



Or, I could not change parts of the force field parameters; instead, I
have to change the whole set of the force field
parameters???


Read carefully and choose something appropriate in advance, so that 
"changing" doesn't arise.


Mark
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Re: [gmx-users] Error while running starting grompp and mdrun

2008-05-22 Thread Mark Abraham

Ragothaman Yennamalli wrote:

Dear Mark,
Thanks for the mail.



Since there's three different usages of -np you'd
need to be more 
precise to make a good description of your problem.




I was changing the -np option in mdrun and grompp.
 

The symptoms you observe make sense if $NSLOTS==1. Since
all three -np 
flags need the same value after them, you should use the
same variable 
each time. You should verify that the "echo" line
tells you that has 
$NSLOTS==4 like you need.



Yes. I checked by typing echo $NSLOTS and it says 4.


It's the batch environment that matters, not your terminal environment. 
As I said last time, you'd need to look at the output from the batch 
script to verify its environment.


So, I changed all the three -np option to -np $NSLOTS..Still the same error. 


That's not possible for any value of $NSLOTS.

For troubleshooting, a (bash) script approach like

command="mpirun -np $NSLOTS "
echo $command
`$command`

will allow you to see in the standard output what you're actually doing, 
and so make a better description of the situation when emailing the list.


Mark
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Re: [gmx-users] Unable to minimize energy

2008-05-22 Thread Mark Abraham

Paul Whitford wrote:

This is likely an embarrassingly trivial problem, but let's see.

I am following the energy minimization scheme presented in the groningen 
tutorial


http://md.chem.rug.nl/education/mdcourse/MDpract.html

I believe I follow the directions exactly, yet I can not minimize below 
Fmax~500


I did the tutorial as written and got

"...
Step=  115, Dmax= 1.3e-06 nm, Epot= -1.07212e+04 Fmax= 1.46265e+03, 
atom= 775

Stepsize too small, or no change in energy.
Converged to machine precision,
but not to the requested precision Fmax < 1

Double precision normally gives you higher accuracy.
You might need to increase your constraint accuracy, or turn
off constraints alltogether (set constraints = none in mdp file)

writing lowest energy coordinates.

Steepest Descents converged to machine precision in 116 steps,
but did not reach the requested Fmax < 1.
Potential Energy  = -1.0721238e+04
Maximum force =  1.5431615e+03 on atom 775
Norm of force =  9.6257832e+03"

Thus I'd say you've done OK. Ultimately, if the EM prepares a structure 
well enough that the equilibration phase of the MD works, then that's 
good enough.


Mark
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RE: [gmx-users] how to edit pdb file

2008-05-22 Thread Wei, Xiupeng
Hi Justin,
   This command is just what I wanted. Thanks a lot.
Hi Yang,Andrea and Alan,
  Thanks for your help. The link for PDB format is very useful.And I 
think Xemacs will be helpful for future use.

Best regards,
xiupeng

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Quoting "Wei, Xiupeng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Dear GMX users,
>  I have a basic question. I want to put two same box in x direction.
> So I need increase the number of atoms and change their x coordinates,then
> combine it with the original one. But the file created by Excel can't be
> recoganized by gromacs. Is there any method in Gromacs to handle that? I also
> used Matlab, but it can't read pdb file correctly. Thanks.

genconf -nbox 2 1 1

>
> Best regards,
> xiupeng
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[gmx-users] Simulate the organic molecule => input / output error

2008-05-22 Thread Chih-Ying Lin
Hi
Does the Gromacs only recognize the residues in the
pdb file?
If they are not the standard amino acids in the library, Gromacs can't
read, right???

Or, how does the Gromacs simulate the organic molecule?
The command pdb2gmx could not produce the top and the gro file.
Instead, it shows that   " File input/output error:   "


Thanks
Lin
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Re: [gmx-users] Simulate the organic molecule => input / output error

2008-05-22 Thread Mark Abraham

Chih-Ying Lin wrote:

Hi
Does the Gromacs only recognize the residues in the
pdb file?


No... but pdb2gmx will only build a topology in an automated fashion if 
the residues are present in its databases.



If they are not the standard amino acids in the library, Gromacs can't
read, right???


A force field can potentially simulate species that are not present in 
the GROMACS .rtp database for that force field. See 
http://wiki.gromacs.org/index.php/Force_Fields and the links thereon.


You sound like you could benefit from some thorough reading of 
background material - like a textbook or the early chapters of the 
GROMACS manual. The donated time of users on this mailing list doesn't 
serve as a replacement for your time reading such reference material.



Or, how does the Gromacs simulate the organic molecule?


Chapter 5 of the GROMACS manual has a partial example here.


The command pdb2gmx could not produce the top and the gro file.
Instead, it shows that   " File input/output error:   "


Well that means you made a file input/output error. You made another 
error in expecting us to guess what it was you did wrong. As I wrote 
here just yesterday to another user, you need to be much more specific 
to actually get useful help. See 
http://www.gromacs.org/pipermail/gmx-users/2008-May/034162.html


Mark
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[gmx-users] Re: Force field parameters in water or in vacuum?

2008-05-22 Thread Chih-Ying Lin
Hi
for  45a3 force field, is it created in vacuum / in water or solution ?
Justin said the most of the force field is defined as condensed phase ???
Do you mean the liquid phase / or in water phase ?

Thanks

Lin





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Quoting Chih-Ying Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Hi
> For one molecule, will Gromacs give the same set of force field
> parameters to this molecule no matter this molecule is put in water or
> in vacuum?

Depending on what's defined within the specific force field, yes.  For example,
ffG43b1 is a "vacuum forcefield," whereas most others are parameterized for use
with condensed phases.

> The bond length, the bond angle, and the dihedral angles of the same
> molecule will be different in water and in vacuum.
> So, will the force field parameters be changed/ adjusted in water than
> in vacuum?

There's no decision structure that Gromacs will magically use to determine
what's in your system.  All the parameters are pre-defined in the relevant .rtp
and .itp files in $GMXLIB/top.

>
>
> How does Gromacs set the force field parameters for the molecule?
> I mean. are the force field paramters determined in local or in global?
> Could I change parts of  the force field parameters which I found from
> the published paper?

The location of your files will depend on how Gromacs was installed, but can
always be found in $GMXLIB/top.  If you want to make changes to an existing set
of parameters, it is best to copy the relevant .rtp, .itp, etc. files into your
working directory and alter then there.

> Or, I could not change parts of the force field parameters; instead, I
> have to change the whole set of the force field
> parameters???

Well, I wouldn't make random changes to things :-)  The changes you make have to
be compatible with the functional form and derivation of the force field.
Otherwise, anything you do would probably be somewhat questionable.

-Justin

>
>
> Thank you
> Lin
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On 5/22/08, Chih-Ying Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>  For one molecule, will Gromacs give the same set of force field
>  parameters to this molecule no matter this molecule is put in water or
>  in vacuum?
>  The bond length, the bond angle, and the dihedral angles of the same
>  molecule will be different in water and in vacuum.
>  So, will the force field parameters be changed/ adjusted in water than
>  in vacuum?
>
>
>  How does Gromacs set the force field parameters for the molecule?
>  I mean. are the force field paramters determined in local or in global?
>  Could I change parts of  the force field parameters which I found from
>  the published paper?
>  Or, I could not change parts of the force field parameters; instead, I
>  have to change the whole set of the force field
>  parameters???
>
>
>  Thank you
>
> Lin
>
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Re: [gmx-users] Re: Force field parameters in water or in vacuum?

2008-05-22 Thread Mark Abraham

Chih-Ying Lin wrote:

Hi
for  45a3 force field, is it created in vacuum / in water or solution ?
Justin said the most of the force field is defined as condensed phase ???
Do you mean the liquid phase / or in water phase ?


Check the GROMACS manual for literature references for this and other 
force fields. There's no substitute for having read them.


Mark
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[gmx-users] Force field parameters in water or in vacuum?

2008-05-22 Thread chris . neale
Please don't post to the users list and the developers list  
simultaneously with the same question. I think this is more  
appropriately a users list question. I guess if you also get a reply  
on the developers list then it pays to post to both, but the idea is  
to put it only in one space.



Hi
For one molecule, will Gromacs give the same set of force field
parameters to this molecule no matter this molecule is put in water or
in vacuum?
The bond length, the bond angle, and the dihedral angles of the same
molecule will be different in water and in vacuum.
So, will the force field parameters be changed/ adjusted in water than
in vacuum?


The parameters themselves will be the same in water or in vacuum.  
However, the behaviour of a molecule will be entirely different in  
water or in vacuum since vacuum lacs the hydrophobic effect that falls  
out of water being in the system. The hydrophobic effect is, in my  
opinion, one of the great success stories of MD. On the other hand,  
proteins will change their structure much faster in vacuum since the  
friction is much less in that case. So if you are looking to generate  
structures for some other purpose without caring if the sampling  
itself is Boltzmann (e.g. generating structures for use with the  
ENSEMBLE program to characterize intrinsically unfolded proteins by  
Dr. Julie Forman-Kay) then in vacuuo may be the best way to go.



How does Gromacs set the force field parameters for the molecule?


Based on the forcefield that you choose in pdb2gmx


I mean. are the force field paramters determined in local or in global?


local


Could I change parts of  the force field parameters which I found from
the published paper?


You _could_, but then you would be doing something entirely new and  
you should explain everything in your publication.



Or, I could not change parts of the force field parameters; instead, I
have to change the whole set of the force field
parameters???


I think nearly everyone that you talk to would say that by changing  
_any_ part of the ff parameters then you are de-facto changing _all_  
of the ff parameters since it is one interconnected set. I personally  
am not convinced that this is always the case. For example, I am not  
convinced that protein ff parameters are in any way tied to DNA ff  
parameters, even if they are generated consistently. But this is a  
minority view any you are most secure if you consider a ff as a single  
unmodifiable entity.


BTW your post did not give any hint at what you are trying to do. I am  
sure that you don't want to be scooped, but it is difficult to give  
any assistance when you do not say what your goal is.


Chris.

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Re: [gmx-users] Force field parameters in water or in vacuum?

2008-05-22 Thread David van der Spoel

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Hi
For one molecule, will Gromacs give the same set of force field
parameters to this molecule no matter this molecule is put in water or
in vacuum?
The bond length, the bond angle, and the dihedral angles of the same
molecule will be different in water and in vacuum.
So, will the force field parameters be changed/ adjusted in water than
in vacuum?


The parameters themselves will be the same in water or in vacuum. 
However, the behaviour of a molecule will be entirely different in water 
or in vacuum since vacuum lacs the hydrophobic effect that falls out of 
water being in the system. The hydrophobic effect is, in my opinion, one 
of the great success stories of MD. On the other hand, proteins will 
change their structure much faster in vacuum since the friction is much 
less in that case. So if you are looking to generate structures for some 
other purpose without caring if the sampling itself is Boltzmann (e.g. 
generating structures for use with the ENSEMBLE program to characterize 
intrinsically unfolded proteins by Dr. Julie Forman-Kay) then in vacuuo 
may be the best way to go.


Actually in our experience this is not the case. In vacuum the proteins 
collapse and do hardly move away from this structure. See

Biochemistry 46 pp. 933-945 (2007)
JPCB 111 pp. 13147-13150 (2007)
JACS 129 pp. 6726-6735 (2007)
Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 248 pp. 124-135 (2006)




How does Gromacs set the force field parameters for the molecule?


Based on the forcefield that you choose in pdb2gmx

I mean. are the force field paramters determined in local or in 
global?


local


Could I change parts of  the force field parameters which I found from
the published paper?


You _could_, but then you would be doing something entirely new and you 
should explain everything in your publication.



Or, I could not change parts of the force field parameters; instead, I
have to change the whole set of the force field
parameters???


I think nearly everyone that you talk to would say that by changing 
_any_ part of the ff parameters then you are de-facto changing _all_ of 
the ff parameters since it is one interconnected set. I personally am 
not convinced that this is always the case. For example, I am not 
convinced that protein ff parameters are in any way tied to DNA ff 
parameters, even if they are generated consistently. But this is a 
minority view any you are most secure if you consider a ff as a single 
unmodifiable entity.


BTW your post did not give any hint at what you are trying to do. I am 
sure that you don't want to be scooped, but it is difficult to give any 
assistance when you do not say what your goal is.


Chris.

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[gmx-users] announcement: Advanced Gromacs workshop in Goettingen September 24-26

2008-05-22 Thread ggroenh

Hi,

As promised, there will be a second gromacs workshop this year.

The workshop will be held at the Max Planck Institute for biophysical  
chemistry in Goettingen, Germany from 24 to 26 september.


As in the previous workshop in Stanford, the idea is to bring together  
people experienced with MD and talk about various subjects, such as  
non-equilibrium simulations, parallelization, QM/MM, or interesting  
new algorithms that we might want to implement in the future. But  
these are just examples.


There is again no cost for participation in the workshop, but you will  
have to cover your own travel, accommodation and meals. We have made a  
block reservation a a hotel nearby the institute to get you reasonable  
rates.


You can find additional information and register for the workshop at:

http://www.mpibpc.mpg.de/groups/grubmueller/start/people/ggroenh/goettingen2008.html

Because the number of participants is limited to 30-35, it will be  
"first come - first-served".


Best,

Gerrit

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MPI biophysical chemistry
Goettingen
Germany
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