Sai Pooja wrote:
If gromacs assumes the aminoacid residues as charge groups by default then I have many residues which have 12 atoms since I am using an all-atom force field-charmm27(counting H).

It doesn't matter how many atoms are in a residue, it matters how many atoms are assigned to a single charge group and how large the resulting group will be.

Is there a way to define charge groups?


Charge groups are defined in the .rtp file, and you can see which one has 12 atoms in it by looking at your topology and watching the cgnr column. If pdb2gmx produced this large charge group, I'd suspect that's a problem that needs to be fixed.

-Justin

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalem...@vt.edu <mailto:jalem...@vt.edu>> wrote:



    Sai Pooja wrote:

        Thanks Justin. How about note 3?

        The largest charge group contains 12 atoms.
         Since atoms only see each other when the centers of geometry of
        the charge
         groups they belong to are within the cut-off distance, too
        large charge
         groups can lead to serious cut-off artifacts.
         For efficiency and accuracy, charge group should consist of a
        few atoms.
         For all-atom force fields use: CH3, CH2, CH, NH2, NH, OH, CO2,
        CO, etc.

        This note reappears no matter what the parameter file has. Does
        this mean I need to make changes in my top file or define charge
        groups?


    Yes, something is wrong with the topology.  You have a charge group
    that is likely unacceptably large.

    -Justin

        Pooja



        On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 7:25 AM, Justin A. Lemkul
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        <mailto:jalem...@vt.edu <mailto:jalem...@vt.edu>>> wrote:



           Sai Pooja wrote:

               Hi,

               This is the .mdp file that produces notes-3 and 4.
        However, the
               previous md file produces note-3.

               ; RUN CONTROL PARAMETERS
               integrator               = md
               dt                       = 0.002
               nsteps                   = 5000000

               ; OUTPUT CONTROL OPTIONS
               nstxout                  = 0                    ; No output,
               except for last frame (coordinates)
               nstvout                  = 0                    ; No output,
               except for last frame (velocities)
               nstfout                  = 0                    ; No output,
               except for last frame (forces)
               nstlog                   = 500000                ; Write
        every
               step to the log
               nstenergy                = 500000                    ; Write
               energies at every step
               xtc_grps                 = Protein
               nstxtcout                = 500000                    ; Do not
               write a compressed trajectory
               energygrps               = Protein Non-Protein  ; Write
        energy
               information separately for these groups

               ; NEIGHBORSEARCHING PARAMETERS
               nstlist                  = 5
               ns-type                  = Grid
               pbc                      = xyz
               rlist                    = 2.0

               ; OPTIONS FOR ELECTROSTATICS AND VDW
               coulombtype              = Reaction-field-zero
               rcoulomb                 = 1.8
               epsilon_rf               = 0
               vdw-type                 = Switch
               rvdw                     = 2.0
               rvdw-switch              = 1.6


           Well, here's the problem.  Read about proper usage of the switch
           function, especially the note about the size of rlist:

           http://manual.gromacs.org/current/online/mdp_opt.html#vdw

           -Justin

               ; Spacing for the PME/PPPM FFT
               fourierspacing           = 0.12
               ; FFT grid size, when a value is 0 fourierspacing will be
        used =
               fourier_nx               = 0
               fourier_ny               = 0
               fourier_nz               = 0
               ; EWALD/PME/PPPM parameters =
               pme_order                = 4
               ewald_rtol               = 1e-05
               epsilon_surface          = 0
               optimize_fft             = no
               ; Temperature coupling
               tcoupl                   = nose-hoover
               tc-grps                  = Protein  Non-Protein
               tau_t                    = 0.2      0.2
               ref_t                    = 300      300

               ; Pressure coupling     pcoupl                   = no

               ; OPTIONS FOR BONDS   constraints              = all-bonds
                constraint-algorithm     = SHAKE
               shake_tol                = 0.0001

               Pooja



               On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Justin A. Lemkul
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                  Sai Pooja wrote:

                      Hi,

                      I am trying to reproduce results from a paper
        which uses this
                      cutoff. The work is on loop-folding and they use
        implicit
                      solvent. I am using explicit solvent with charmm 27.
               Below is my
                      mdp file. I am not sure if there is any advantage
        in using a
                      large cut-off.



                  Large cutoffs can cause artifacts.  This .mdp file
        also does not
                  match the error message you quoted before.  If it is
        indeed
                  accurate, then it looks like your .mdp file is being
        interpreted
                  incorrectly (2.0-nm cutoffs instead of 1.8 nm). If
        there is a
                  misinterpretation, file a bugzilla.  If you've simply
        posted the
                  wrong file, please post the correct file, if
        necessary.  But I'd
                  suggest you do some homework about the effects of long
        cutoffs,
                  especially if they deviate from what the force field
        derivation
                  requires.

                  -Justin

                      ; VARIOUS PREPROCESSING OPTIONS
                      title                    = NVT simulation
        (constant number,
                      pressure and temperature)
                      cpp                      = /lib/cpp
                      define                   =-DPOSRES

                      ; RUN CONTROL PARAMETERS
                      integrator               = md
                      dt                       = 0.002
                      nsteps                   = 100000

                      ; OUTPUT CONTROL OPTIONS
                      nstxout                  = 10000
                      nstvout                  = 0
                      nstfout                  = 0
                      nstlog                   = 10000
                      nstenergy                = 10000
                      nstxtcout                = 0
                      xtc_precision            = 0
                      xtc-grps                 = System
                      energygrps               = Protein Non-Protein

                      ; NEIGHBORSEARCHING PARAMETERS
                      nstlist                  = 5
                      ns-type                  = Grid
                      pbc                      = xyz
                      rlist                    = 1.8

                      ; OPTIONS FOR ELECTROSTATICS AND VDW
                      coulombtype              = PME
                      fourierspacing           = 0.12
                      rcoulomb                 = 1.8
                      epsilon_rf               = 78
                      vdw-type                 = Cut-off
                      rvdw                     = 1.8

                      ; FFT grid size, when a value is 0 fourierspacing
        will be
               used =
                      fourier_nx               = 0
                      fourier_ny               = 0
                      fourier_nz               = 0
                      ; EWALD/PME/PPPM parameters =
                      pme_order                = 4
                      ewald_rtol               = 1e-05
                      epsilon_surface          = 0
                      optimize_fft             = no

                      ; Temperature coupling  Tcoupl                   =
        Berendsen
                      tc-grps                  = Protein  Non-Protein
                      tau_t                    = 0.2      0.2
                      ref_t                    = 300      300

                      ; Pressure coupling     Pcoupl                   =
        Berendsen
                      Pcoupltype               = Isotropic
                      tau_p                    = 1.0
                      compressibility          = 4.5e-5
                      ref_p                    = 1.0

                      ; GENERATE VELOCITIES FOR STARTUP RUN
                      gen_vel                  = no    ; Assign
        velocities to
                      particles by taking them randomly from a Maxwell
        distribution
                      gen_temp                 = 300.0  ; Temperature to
        generate
                      corresponding Maxwell distribution
                      gen_seed                 = 9999   ; Seed for
        (semi) random
                      number generation.


                      ; OPTIONS constraints              = all-bonds

                      Pooja







                      On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Justin A. Lemkul
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                         Sai Pooja wrote:

                             Hi,

                             I am getting these notes when I run grompp:

                             NOTE 3 [file Init/ffsb_init.top]:
                              The largest charge group contains 12 atoms.
                              Since atoms only see each other when the
        centers of
                      geometry of
                             the charge
                              groups they belong to are within the cut-off
               distance, too
                             large charge
                              groups can lead to serious cut-off artifacts.
                              For efficiency and accuracy, charge group
        should
               consist
                      of a
                             few atoms.
                              For all-atom force fields use: CH3, CH2,
        CH, NH2, NH,
                      OH, CO2,
                             CO, etc.

                             initialising group options...
                             processing index file...
                             Analysing residue names:
                             There are:  3484      OTHER residues
                             There are:    67    PROTEIN residues
                             There are:     0        DNA residues
                             There are:     0        RNA residues
                             Analysing Protein...
                             Analysing Other...
                             Making dummy/rest group for Acceleration
               containing 11343
                      elements
                             Making dummy/rest group for Freeze containing
               11343 elements
                             Making dummy/rest group for VCM containing
        11343
               elements
                             Number of degrees of freedom in T-Coupling
        group
               Protein
                      is 1777.76
                             Number of degrees of freedom in T-Coupling
        group
                      non-Protein is
                             20898.23
                             Making dummy/rest group for User1
        containing 11343
               elements
                             Making dummy/rest group for User2
        containing 11343
               elements
                             Making dummy/rest group for XTC containing
        10450
               elements
                             Making dummy/rest group for Or. Res. Fit
               containing 11343
                      elements
                             Making dummy/rest group for QMMM containing
        11343
               elements
                             T-Coupling       has 2 element(s): Protein
        non-Protein
                             Energy Mon.      has 2 element(s): Protein
        non-Protein
                             Acceleration     has 1 element(s): rest
                             Freeze           has 1 element(s): rest
                             User1            has 1 element(s): rest
                             User2            has 1 element(s): rest
                             VCM              has 1 element(s): rest
                             XTC              has 2 element(s): Protein rest
                             Or. Res. Fit     has 1 element(s): rest
                             QMMM             has 1 element(s): rest
                             Checking consistency between energy and charge
               groups...
                             Largest charge group radii for Van der Waals:
               0.288, 0.263 nm
Largest charge group radii for Coulomb: 0.288, 0.263 nm

                             NOTE 4 [file nvtp.mdp]:
                              The sum of the two largest charge group radii
               (0.551009) is
                             larger than
                              rlist (2.000000) - rvdw (2.000000)

                             Can someone tell me how to correct these?


                         Note 3 is explained in detail in the error message.
                Beyond that,
                         read about the group concept in the manual.

                         I've never seen Note 4 before, but a 2-nm
        cutoff is a
               bit strange
                         for a protein simulation.  Any reason you're using
               such large
                         cutoffs?  You may also want to provide your
        whole .mdp
               file
                      to see
                         if anyone can spot the underlying issue.

                         -Justin

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