Bing Bing wrote:
Hi Justin,
I've tried with no restraint and the minimization stopped at the same time. I actually suspect that the restraint is not working at all. My top file is as below:-
#include "ffG53a6_lipid.itp"
#include "popc.itp"
#ifdef POSRES
#include "posres_popc.itp"
#endif
#ifdef FLEX_SPC
#include "flexspc.itp"
#else
#include "spc.itp"
#endif

[ system ]
; name
Pure POPC bilayer with 128 lipids 2460 water

[ molecules ]
; name  number
POPC    128
SOL    2460

my posres_popc.itp is as below:-
[ position_restraints ]
; atom  type      fx      fy      fz
     1     1  1000  1000  1000
.....
    51     1  1000  1000  1000
    52     1  1000  1000  1000

my mdp file as below :-
define = -DPOSRES
integrator = steep
emtol = 1000
emstep = 0.01
nsteps = 100
rlist = 1.2
coulombtype = PME
rcoulomb = 1.2
rvdw = 1.2
constraints = none

May i know that is the top, posres and also the mdp file correctly done?

Well, they are syntactically correct, it seems. I see no purpose in restraining lipids during a minimization, however.

And by looking at the log file in the previous mail, is it confirm that it manage to read the restraint file?

Can't tell.  Your system is crashing instantly for some reason.

The starting structure is taken from Peter Tielemen website and what i did is editconf to make box and i didn't solvate because the starting structure come together with water. I'm not sure this is the correct way of doing it. Please advice.

Please define "editconf to make box" - have you somehow manipulated the structure? That could be a source of error. The structure that Tieleman provides minimized for me with no problem when I used it recently.

-Justin



Thanks in advance.
Bing


On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalem...@vt.edu <mailto:jalem...@vt.edu>> wrote:



    Bing Bing wrote:

        Hi! I'm a postgraduate student from Malaysia and currently
        facing energy minimization problem for my membrane system.
        I'm trying to perform energy minimization for an empty POPC
        membrane with position restraint on the lipid. Minimization stop
        due to inf Fmax. And I noticed that in the log file as below:-
          Initiating Steepest Descents
        Max number of connections per atom is 25
        Total number of connections is 84976
        Max number of graph edges per atom is 4
        Total number of graph edges is 22896
        Going to use C-settle (2460 waters)
        wo = 0.333333, wh =0.333333, wohh = 3, rc = 0.08165, ra = 0.0384897
        rb = 0.0192448, rc2 = 0.1633, rone = 1, dHH = 0.1633, dOH = 0.1
        Started Steepest Descents on node 0 Tue Jun 23 17:03:43 2009
        Steepest Descents:
          Tolerance (Fmax)   =  1.00000e+03
          Number of steps    =          100
        Grid: 11 x 11 x 11 cells
                  Step           Time         Lambda
                     0        0.00000        0.00000
          Energies (kJ/mol)
                  Bond          Angle    Proper Dih. Ryckaert-Bell.
         Improper Dih.
1.64082e+05 1.71875e+04 4.06560e+03 6.45104e+03 8.36392e+03 LJ-14 Coulomb-14 LJ (SR) Coulomb (SR) Coul. recip. 2.12067e-314 2.12067e-314 -1.58963e+04 -1.05392e+05 -1.15292e+05
         Position Rest.      Potential Pressure (bar)
           0.00000e+00   -3.64297e+04            nan


     >From the looks of some of these energies (i.e., LJ-14,
    Coulomb-14), it looks like something is severely wrong with your
    starting structure, and applying position restraints probably isn't
    helping.

    Try the minimization without restraints and see if it works.

    Also, have you set the appropriate "define" line in the .mdp file,
    corresponding to what is prescribed in the .top?

    -Justin

        -------------------------------------------------------
        Program mdrun_d, VERSION 4.0.5
        Source code file: nsgrid.c, line: 357
        Range checking error:
        Explanation: During neighborsearching, we assign each particle
        to a grid
        based on its coordinates. If your system contains collisions or
        parameter
        errors that give particles very high velocities you might end up
        with some
        coordinates being +-Infinity or NaN (not-a-number). Obviously,
        we cannot
        put these on a grid, so this is usually where we detect those
        errors.
        Make sure your system is properly energy-minimized and that the
        potential
        energy seems reasonable before trying again.
        Variable ci has value -2147483648. It should have been within [
        0 .. 1331 ]
          the position restraint energy is 0 as highlighted. Here's the
        position restraint file :-
         [ position_restraints ]
        ; atom  type      fx      fy      fz
            1     1  1000  1000  5000
            5     1  1000  1000  1000
            6     1  1000  1000  1000
            7     1  1000  1000  1000
            8     1  1000  1000  1000
            9     1  1000  1000  1000
           10     1  1000  1000  1000
        ......

        whereby the restraint energy is 1000kcal/mol in x, y and z
        plane. In the log file the position restraint energy is stated
        as 0.0000e+00 (as highlighted above).
        I think that the position restraint is not working fine here. Is
        there anyways to solve this? did I miss out something here?
        I would be grateful if anyone can advice me on this.
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