[gmx-users] Fatal error during lipid bilayer minimization

2012-09-13 Thread Bharath K. Srikanth
Hi

I am trying to simulate the self-assembly of course-grained DSPC lipids
into a lipid bilayer. I made a box (7.5 x 7.5 x 7.5) containing 128 DSPC
lipids, and added 768 molecules of water to the system, and ran a
minimization (using em.mdp). The summary of the results is below.

Reached the maximum number of steps before reaching Fmax  10

writing lowest energy coordinates.

Steepest Descents did not converge to Fmax  10 in 501 steps.
Potential Energy  = -4.2206562e+04
Maximum force =  4.0814236e+02 on atom 197
Norm of force =  1.2755975e+01

gcq#88: I Don't Want to Catch Anybody Not Drinking. (Monty Python)

I also did further minimisations, reducing the max. force to about 29, and
the norm of force to about 1.96

For the next step i.e bilayer self-assembly, I ran another minimization
(using md.mdp) and I received the following fatal error:

Program mdrun, VERSION 4.5.5
Source code file: domdec_top.c, line: 356

Fatal error:
1 of the 2944 bonded interactions could not be calculated because some
atoms involved moved further apart than the multi-body cut-off distance
(1.2 nm) or the two-body cut-off distance (1.2 nm), see option -rdd, for
pairs and tabulated bonds also see option -ddcheck

How should I deal with this?

Thanks.



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Re: [gmx-users] LINCS warning in md run

2012-09-13 Thread Justin Lemkul



On 9/13/12 4:22 AM, reising...@rostlab.informatik.tu-muenchen.de wrote:

Hi Justin,

this atom is the CG atom of the phosphate I added to the protein.
But how can I find out by what it is punished?



Visualization.


This is the topology for this residue in the aminoacid.rtp file. I added
it manually. The parameter are from the amber parameter database
(http://www.pharmacy.manchester.ac.uk/bryce/amber/):

[ TYP ]
  [ atoms ]
  NN   -0.5163001
 CACT   0.2755032
 HAH1   0.0082233
 CBCT  -0.3540524
HB1HC   0.1103265
HB2HC   0.1103266
 CGCA   0.1197287
CD1CA  -0.1989388
HD1HA   0.1371439
CE1CA  -0.284884   10
HE1HA   0.177179   11
 CZC0.452616   12
 OHOS  -0.534452   13
  HH0.293600   14
CE2CA  -0.284884   15
HE2HA   0.177179   16
CD2CA  -0.198938   17
HD2HA   0.137143   18
  CC0.536600   19
  OO   -0.581900   20
  PP1.393213   21
OP1OH  -0.752821   22
OP2O2  -0.822464   23
OP3O2  -0.822464   24
H1PHO   0.423316   25
  [ bonds ]
  N H
  NCA
 CAHA
 CACB
 CA C
 CB   HB1
 CB   HB2
 CBCG
 CG   CD1
 CG   CD2
CD1   HD1
CD1   CE1
CE1   HE1
CE1CZ
 CZOS
 CZ   CE2
 OS P
CE2   HE2
CE2   CD2
CD2   HD2
  C O
 -C N
  P   OP1
  P   OP2
  P   OP3
OP1   H1P

[ impropers ]
 -CCA N H
 CA+N C O
 CG   CE2   CD2   HD2
 CZ   CD2   CE2   HE2
CD1CZ   CE1   HE1
 CG   CE1   CD1   HD1
CD1   CD2CGCB
CE1   CE2CZOH


Additionally I had to add an entry in the ffbonded file in the part [
dihedraltypes ]

CA  CA  C   OS   4  180.00 4.60240 2;

Here I am not completely sure about the entry because I could not find a
source for this combination of atoms.
But there is already an entry for the combination
CA  CA  C OH
Which has the same parameters.
Could this be the problem?

And if it could be, can you please give me hint where I can find
parameters for it? Because I really could not find it.



Potentially - if you haphazardly assign parameters, you may get unexpected 
results.  There is a cited reference for the TYP parameters at the website 
above.  I would suggest looking there first, and if there is nothing listed, 
then contact the corresponding author of the study that first used/derived the 
parameters.


Additionally, if you freeze a part of the protein's structure, you prevent any 
existing clashes from being resolved.  That may be the root of the issue.


-Justin

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Re: [gmx-users] Resuming of calculation from last *.cpt

2012-09-13 Thread Justin Lemkul



On 9/13/12 1:12 AM, James Starlight wrote:

Dear Gromacs Users!


I'm looking for possible way to resume trajectory calculations after
that calculations have been stoped.


Typically in such cases I start new task using cpt file from
incomplete run. This produce new trajectory which start from the last
frame of previous run. After that I have to merge both files.

Is there any way to go on sinulation in the existed files from the
last frame of incomplete run without creating of new ones?



You can only continue from the last frame if you have a checkpoint file that 
corresponds to that frame.  Use of the -append flag with mdrun will append to 
existing files rather than creating new ones.  This should be default behavior 
in Gromacs 4.5.x.


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Re: [gmx-users] LINCS warning in md run

2012-09-13 Thread reisingere
Ah okey. Thank you.
I will write them.

Hmm, but the protein is a crystal structure from pdb with a resolution of
1.2. I already added the hydrogen atoms to this structure and there I
already minimized them and made a md run. And there were no errors. And
now I only added the phosphate to the minimized structure. So I thought
that I only had to minimize the phosphate and the residue it bound on.
Or is there a mistake in my thought here?


 On 9/13/12 4:22 AM, reising...@rostlab.informatik.tu-muenchen.de wrote:
 Hi Justin,

 this atom is the CG atom of the phosphate I added to the protein.
 But how can I find out by what it is punished?


 Visualization.

 This is the topology for this residue in the aminoacid.rtp file. I added
 it manually. The parameter are from the amber parameter database
 (http://www.pharmacy.manchester.ac.uk/bryce/amber/):

 [ TYP ]
   [ atoms ]
   NN   -0.5163001
  CACT   0.2755032
  HAH1   0.0082233
  CBCT  -0.3540524
 HB1HC   0.1103265
 HB2HC   0.1103266
  CGCA   0.1197287
 CD1CA  -0.1989388
 HD1HA   0.1371439
 CE1CA  -0.284884   10
 HE1HA   0.177179   11
  CZC0.452616   12
  OHOS  -0.534452   13
   HH0.293600   14
 CE2CA  -0.284884   15
 HE2HA   0.177179   16
 CD2CA  -0.198938   17
 HD2HA   0.137143   18
   CC0.536600   19
   OO   -0.581900   20
   PP1.393213   21
 OP1OH  -0.752821   22
 OP2O2  -0.822464   23
 OP3O2  -0.822464   24
 H1PHO   0.423316   25
   [ bonds ]
   N H
   NCA
  CAHA
  CACB
  CA C
  CB   HB1
  CB   HB2
  CBCG
  CG   CD1
  CG   CD2
 CD1   HD1
 CD1   CE1
 CE1   HE1
 CE1CZ
  CZOS
  CZ   CE2
  OS P
 CE2   HE2
 CE2   CD2
 CD2   HD2
   C O
  -C N
   P   OP1
   P   OP2
   P   OP3
 OP1   H1P

 [ impropers ]
  -CCA N H
  CA+N C O
  CG   CE2   CD2   HD2
  CZ   CD2   CE2   HE2
 CD1CZ   CE1   HE1
  CG   CE1   CD1   HD1
 CD1   CD2CGCB
 CE1   CE2CZOH


 Additionally I had to add an entry in the ffbonded file in the part [
 dihedraltypes ]

 CA  CA  C   OS   4  180.00 4.60240 2;

 Here I am not completely sure about the entry because I could not find a
 source for this combination of atoms.
 But there is already an entry for the combination
 CA  CA  C OH
 Which has the same parameters.
 Could this be the problem?

 And if it could be, can you please give me hint where I can find
 parameters for it? Because I really could not find it.


 Potentially - if you haphazardly assign parameters, you may get unexpected
 results.  There is a cited reference for the TYP parameters at the website
 above.  I would suggest looking there first, and if there is nothing
 listed,
 then contact the corresponding author of the study that first used/derived
 the
 parameters.

 Additionally, if you freeze a part of the protein's structure, you prevent
 any
 existing clashes from being resolved.  That may be the root of the issue.

 -Justin

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Re: [gmx-users] LINCS warning in md run

2012-09-13 Thread Justin Lemkul



On 9/13/12 5:50 AM, reising...@rostlab.informatik.tu-muenchen.de wrote:

Ah okey. Thank you.
I will write them.

Hmm, but the protein is a crystal structure from pdb with a resolution of
1.2. I already added the hydrogen atoms to this structure and there I
already minimized them and made a md run. And there were no errors. And
now I only added the phosphate to the minimized structure. So I thought
that I only had to minimize the phosphate and the residue it bound on.
Or is there a mistake in my thought here?


If adding the phosphate resulted in a crash, then clearly that's the problem.  I 
don't understand why you would run EM on just the phosphate and keep the rest of 
the protein structure frozen.  Again, that potentially prevents clashes from 
being resolved.  I don't understand what value there is in only minimizing the 
phosphate.


-Justin

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[gmx-users] g_covar -reg

2012-09-13 Thread venkatesh s
Respected Sir / Madam
 i did temperature study for that i
need analysis principal component analysis so, i followed GROMACS
Introductory Tutorial (4.5.5)
*g_covar*

g_covar -s md_0_2.tpr -f md_merged_20_ns.xtc -o 2KW8_275_eigenval.xvg -v
2KW8_275_eigenvect.trr -xpma 2KW8_275_covara.xpm

Choose a group for the least squares fit: 4(Backbone)

Choose a group for the least squares fit: 4(Backbone)

*xpm2ps*

xpm2ps -f 2KW8_275_covara.xpm -o 2KW8_275_covara.eps -do covara.m2p


in  all my result nothing is there visualize, color is very poor to
understand
what can i do?

kindly give me prompt answer

Thanking You In Advance
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Re: [gmx-users] Resuming of calculation from last *.cpt

2012-09-13 Thread James Starlight
Justin,

I've used


grompp -f md_sd.mdp -c start.gro -t incomplete.cpt -p topol.top -o
incomplete.tpr
mpiexec -np 48 mdrun_mpi.openmpi -v -deffnm incomplete -append

where incomplete.cpt was checkpoint from previous run and -o
incomplete.tpr was the name for new trajectory (in that case its equal
to the name of old trajectory )

that produce new .trr .edr and other files and back up old ( e.g crete
#incomplete.trr etc) ones instead of continuation of the existing (
incomplete ) trajectory

What I've done wrong?

2012/9/13, Justin Lemkul jalem...@vt.edu:


 On 9/13/12 1:12 AM, James Starlight wrote:
 Dear Gromacs Users!


 I'm looking for possible way to resume trajectory calculations after
 that calculations have been stoped.


 Typically in such cases I start new task using cpt file from
 incomplete run. This produce new trajectory which start from the last
 frame of previous run. After that I have to merge both files.

 Is there any way to go on sinulation in the existed files from the
 last frame of incomplete run without creating of new ones?


 You can only continue from the last frame if you have a checkpoint file that

 corresponds to that frame.  Use of the -append flag with mdrun will append
 to
 existing files rather than creating new ones.  This should be default
 behavior
 in Gromacs 4.5.x.

 -Justin

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Re: [gmx-users] Resuming of calculation from last *.cpt

2012-09-13 Thread Justin Lemkul



On 9/13/12 9:56 AM, James Starlight wrote:

Justin,

I've used


grompp -f md_sd.mdp -c start.gro -t incomplete.cpt -p topol.top -o
incomplete.tpr
mpiexec -np 48 mdrun_mpi.openmpi -v -deffnm incomplete -append

where incomplete.cpt was checkpoint from previous run and -o
incomplete.tpr was the name for new trajectory (in that case its equal
to the name of old trajectory )

that produce new .trr .edr and other files and back up old ( e.g crete
#incomplete.trr etc) ones instead of continuation of the existing (
incomplete ) trajectory

What I've done wrong?



You shouldn't be invoking grompp at all.

http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/How-tos/Doing_Restarts#Version_4.x

-Justin

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[gmx-users] Charmm for Proteins

2012-09-13 Thread Steven Neumann
Dear All,

Could you please write me which is the latest version of Charmm force
field for proteins? I want to study protein folding in explicit
solvent. Is it available in Gromacs?

Steven
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Re: [gmx-users] Charmm for Proteins

2012-09-13 Thread Peter C. Lai
charmm27 is the canonical charmm protein FF, which is supported by gromacs.
Note that if you are using gromacs prior to 4.5.5 to use -nochargegrp when
using pdb2gmx when parameterizing your protein.

On 2012-09-13 04:19:16PM +0100, Steven Neumann wrote:
 Dear All,
 
 Could you please write me which is the latest version of Charmm force
 field for proteins? I want to study protein folding in explicit
 solvent. Is it available in Gromacs?
 
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[gmx-users] Reg pdb2gmx for Cyclic peptide

2012-09-13 Thread vidhya sankar
Dear Justin Thank you for your Previous reply,
   
sorry for the inconvenience  to you personal Mail.

I am doing MD  Cyclic Peptide  When I run  pdb2gmx , The Conect Infromation in 
pdb file are ignored . so that it is not able to connect the first and last 
residue in cycle .  But it construct and .top and.gro files  successfully while 
in .gro file the end residues are closed as NH3+ and COO-(charge)  (it means 
there is Bond between Nitrogen and carbon atom)

It consider the N atom of first residue as NH3+    and   C atom as 
COO-(charge)   but I need to take N as peptide Nitrogen and C as Peptide carbon 

What Should i do  to invoke conect information when i run pdb2gmx tool
Also Can i Directly Edit  (it means removing excess hydrogen and oxygen atom by 
; symbol)   .top an .gro files and can i use  to proceed further ?
Thanks in Advance
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Re: [gmx-users] Reg pdb2gmx for Cyclic peptide

2012-09-13 Thread Justin Lemkul



On 9/13/12 11:42 AM, vidhya sankar wrote:

Dear Justin Thank you for your Previous reply,

sorry for the inconvenience  to you personal Mail.

I am doing MD  Cyclic Peptide  When I run  pdb2gmx , The Conect Infromation in 
pdb file are ignored . so that it is not able to connect the first and last 
residue in cycle .  But it construct and .top and.gro files  successfully while 
in .gro file the end residues are closed as NH3+ and COO-(charge)  (it means 
there is Bond between Nitrogen and carbon atom)

It consider the N atom of first residue as NH3+and   C atom as COO-(charge) 
  but I need to take N as peptide Nitrogen and C as Peptide carbon

What Should i do  to invoke conect information when i run pdb2gmx tool


Use the -ter option and choose None for both termini.


Also Can i Directly Edit  (it means removing excess hydrogen and oxygen atom by 
; symbol)   .top an .gro files and can i use  to proceed further ?


No.  This will cause errors in the [moleculetype] numbering and all successive 
directives.  Re-run pdb2gmx instead.


-Justin

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[gmx-users] .xtc support in UCSF Chimera

2012-09-13 Thread Eric Pettersen
Thought people might want to know that thanks to the XTC Library, Chimera now 
support reading trajectories where the coordinates are in .xtc format.  That 
support is only in the daily build of Chimera, not the production release.

www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera

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[gmx-users] CfP: 3rd International Workshop on Model-driven Approaches for Simulation Engineering (Mod4Sim13) part of the Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation SCS SpringSim 2013)

2012-09-13 Thread Daniele Gianni
#

CALL FOR PAPERS

   3rd International Workshop on
  Model-driven Approaches for Simulation Engineering
   part of the Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation
 (SCS SpringSim 2013)

#

April 7-10, 2013, San Diego, CA (USA)
http://www.sel.uniroma2.it/Mod4Sim13

#
# Papers Due: *** November 1, 2012 ***
# Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings
# and archived in the ACM Digital Library.
#

The workshop aims to bring together experts in model-based,
model-driven and software engineering with experts in simulation
methods and simulation practitioners, with the objective to advance
the state of the art in model-driven simulation engineering.

Model-driven engineering approaches provide considerable advantages to
software systems engineering activities through the provision of
consistent and coherent models at different abstraction levels. As
these models are in a machine readable form, model-driven engineering
approaches can also support the exploitation of computing capabilities
for model reuse, programming code generation, and model checking, for
example.

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[gmx-users] Segmentation fault (core dumped error)

2012-09-13 Thread Elie M

Dear all, I am trying to study the MD of a Carbon Nanotube interacting with 
some polymers. and I have some problems in forming the topology files. I have 
actually two questions and I hope you can help me in that. 
(1) In an attempt to form the topology files of CNTs and graphene (using 
x2top), i have found on the internet scripts  (by Andrea Minoia I guess). These 
constitute of adding .nt2, .rtp. and .itp files to the 
/Gromacs/share/Gromacs/top directory  (namely ffcntoplsaa.nt2, ffcntoplsaa.rtp 
and ffcntoplsaa.itp) and adding a line in the FF.dat file. I have done that and 
tried to execute x2top and I got the error:
..Entries in elements.dat: 218Looking whether force field files 
existOpening library file 
/cygdrive/c/Packages/gromacs/share/gromacs/top/ffcntoplsaa.rtpOpening library 
file /cygdrive/c/Packages/gromacs/share/gromacs/top/ffcntoplsaa.n2tOpening 
library file 
/cygdrive/c/Packages/gromacs/share/gromacs/top/ffcntoplsaa.n2tThere are 0 name 
to type translationsGenerating bonds from distances...Segmentation fault (core 
dumped)
Can anyone please tell me the source of this error and how to fix it?
(2) I will definitely need a top file for the polymers I will also be 
solvating. But I also have problems because the pdb file contains a LIG residue 
unrecognizable by Gromacs. I have asked this question before and I was advised 
to change some files accordingly but to be honest I am not really professional 
in that; I have asked someone who had a problem in the past but he did not know 
all the details because he ended up not using the modified force fields after 
all. Can anyone give me in details how to incorporate the residue LIG within 
the force field or let me know whom I can consult...A part of the pdb file with 
the residue LIG is:
COMPNDUNNAMEDAUTHORGENERATED BY OPEN BABEL 2.3.1HETATM1  C   LIG   
  1   1.481  -1.276  -0.621  1.00  0.00   CHETATM2  C   LIG 
1   2.216  -2.370  -1.040  1.00  0.00   CHETATM3  S   LIG 1 
  3.770  -2.409  -0.306  1.00  0.00   SHETATM4  C   LIG 1   
3.456  -0.998   0.609  1.00  0.00   CHETATM5  C   LIG 1 
  2.207  -0.479   0.313  1.00  0.00   CHETATM6  C   LIG 1   
5.156   0.676   1.386  1.00  0.00   CHETATM7  C   LIG 1   
4.423  -0.491   1.600  1.00  0.00   CHETATM8  C   LIG 1   
4.550  -1.119   2.847  1.00  0.00   CHETATM9  C   LIG 1   
5.256  -0.503   3.905  1.00  0.00   CHETATM   10  C   LIG 1   
6.107   0.592   3.667  1.00  0.00   CHETATM   11  C   LIG 1   
6.008   1.181   2.393  1.00  0.00   CHETATM   12  S   LIG 1   
7.457   2.548   5.198  1.00  0.00   SHETATM   13  C   LIG 1   
7.220   0.945   4.621  1.00  0.00...
I am really thankful
Elie  --
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