Hi: As I found it difficult to manage solvation - the way I would like - with a pore protein (a trimer) partly immersed into a bilayer, I started with the protein alone in vacuum, in order to try to fix the problems step-by-step. Unfortunately, I can't fix simple problems with grompp.
1) Generated mod21.itp from mod21.pdb 2) Generated mod21.cg.pdb with awk script) 3) editconf -f mod21.cg.pdb -o mod21.cg.gro 4) genbox -cp mod21.cg.gro -box 10 17 10 -o mod21.cg.box.gro 5) grompp -np 4 -f mod21.cg.box.mdp -c mod21.cg.box.gro -p mod21.cg.box.top -warnmax 10 Error: no such moleculetype Protein. ............................. .mdp is merely a renamed martini_v2.0.example.mdp, taking care that "cpp = /usr/bin/cpp". .top was from editing martini_v2.0.example.top and reads (in between ===): ====== ; ; mod21 | MARTINI 2.1 ; ; Include force field parameters containing all particle definitions, ; the interaction matrix, plus the topology for water. #include "martini_v2.1.itp" ; Then include the file(s) containing the topologies of other ; molecules present in your system. ; #include "martini_v2.0_lipids.itp" ; #include "martini_v2.0_salt.itp" #include mod21.itp ; Define a name for your system [ system ] mod21 ; Define the composition of your system ; The molecule names should correspond to those defined in the itp file(s). [ molecules ] Protein 1 ; DPPC 128 ; W 2000 ; NA+ 20 ; CL- 20 =========== Correspondingly, mod21.cg.box.gro reads: ========= Great Red Oystrich Makes All Chemists Sane 2875 1LEU BN0 1 15.604 6.397 9.477 1LEU SC1 2 15.848 6.475 9.463 2SER BN0 3 15.784 6.086 9.582 2SER SC1 4 15.874 6.060 9.703 ........................... ............................ 1270TYR BN0 2872 14.759 6.270 10.494 1270TYR SC1 2873 14.668 6.105 10.342 1270TYR SC2 2874 14.442 6.038 10.300 1270TYR SC3 2875 14.607 5.874 10.352 10.00000 17.00000 10.00000 ========= and mod21.itp file reads: ==== ;;; MARTINI 2.1 coarse-grained topology ;;; Generated by seq2itp.pl version 1.1.2 ;;; SEQ: LSLKRALWAL ................ ............................. [moleculetype] ;molname exclusions Protein 1 [atoms] 1 Qd 1 LEU BCQd 1 1.000 ; COI 2 AC1 1 LEU SCAC1 2 0.000 ; COI ....................... ....................... [ bonds ] ;backbone-backbone bonds 1 3 1 0.350 400 ; COI-COI .......................... ....................... 2871 2872 1 0.350 400 ; HLX-COI ;backbone-sidechain bonds 1 2 1 0.330 7500 ; LEU1 ....................... ................... 2872 2873 1 0.320 5000 ; TYR1270 ;sc1-sc2 bonds (ARG, LYS) 8 9 1 0.280 5000 ; LYS4 .............................. ............................... 2806 2807 1 0.280 5000 ; LYS1236 ;short elastic bonds 85 91 1 0.640 2500 ; HIS35-THR37 ........................... .............................. 2800 2805 1 0.640 2500 ; GLN1234-LYS1236 ;long elastic bonds 85 93 1 0.970 2500 ; HIS35-LYS38 ...................... ........................ 2798 2805 1 0.970 2500 ; GLU1233-LYS1236 [ constraints ] ;sc-sc constraints (Ring Structures) 17 18 1 0.270 ; TRP8 ............................ ............................ 2874 2875 1 0.270 ; TYR1270 ;bc-sc constraints (ITV) 38 39 1 0.265 ; VAL18 .................... ................. 2853 2854 1 0.265 ; VAL1262 [angles] ;backbone-backbone-backbone angles 1 3 5 2 127.00 25 ; COI-COI-BND ....................... ...................... 2867 2871 2872 2 96.00 700 ; HLX-HLX-COI ;backbone-backbone-sidechain angles 3 1 2 2 100.00 25 ; COI-LEU1 ...................... ....................... 2871 2872 2873 2 100.00 25 ; HLX-TYR1270 ;backbone-sidechain-sidechain angles (ARG and RINGS) 7 8 9 2 180.00 25 ; LYS4 .................. ............... 2872 2873 2875 2 150.00 50 ; TYR1270 [dihedrals] ;improper dihedral angles 16 18 19 17 2 0.00 50 ; TRP8 ................. ............ 2872 2874 2875 2873 2 0.00 50 ; TYR1270 ;proper dihedral angles ;helix backbone dihedrals 13 14 16 21 1 -120.00 400 1 ; LEU7 ............... .............. 2859 2861 2865 2867 1 -120.00 400 1 ; PHE1266 2861 2865 2867 2871 1 -120.00 400 1 ; ASP1267 ============================ I am aware that the structure file .gro should match the topology .top file with respect to atom names, though I do not understand the error message above. Thanks for help francesco pietra _______________________________________________ gmx-users mailing list gmx-users@gromacs.org http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users Please search the archive at http://www.gromacs.org/search before posting! Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the www interface or send it to gmx-users-requ...@gromacs.org. Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/mailing_lists/users.php