On 1/18/18 7:51 AM, MD wrote:
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 7:43 AM, Justin Lemkul <jalem...@vt.edu> wrote:
On 1/17/18 6:11 PM, Mark Abraham wrote:
Hi,
If you poke your finger into something, it isn't going to stay flat. :-)
And to add on to this, in the CHARMM parametrization protocol, the first
step is always an in vacuo geometry optimization (QM vs. MM comparison) to
make sure the topology is sensible. If that doesn't check out, there are
problems that can be easily spotted before subjecting the new residue to
any other complicating factors like water and other parts of the protein.
-Justin
Thank you Justin. What would you look at to make a judgement to see if
the topology is sensible after the vacuo geometry optimization? Or as long
as there were no errors or bad notes along the run it should be good?
You look at the structure to see if it is sensible (and here, sensible
is defined as properly reproducing QM-optimized geometries and/or known
high-resolution experimental geometries - start with QM and compare
against empirical evidence later).
The absence of errors or notes when executing grompp tells you precisely
nothing about the integrity of the physical model; it only tells you if
you've forgotten to do something. I can populate every parameter field
with absolute garbage and grompp will happily carry on preparing my
doomed simulation :)
-Justin
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