[gmx-users] General MD question

2011-02-01 Thread lloyd riggs
Dear All,

A quick question as I have not really delved into code for gromacs ever, nor 
know anyone close whom has worked on it.

If I set up an MD simulation using a 4 protein complex, and 1 small peptide, 
plus waters, etc...and run the whole thing the proteins never move, only the 
amino acids within(constant temp RT and pressure 1 bar).

Two domains make one complex, and another two the other.  Basically, if I 
seperate the domains say 5, 10, 15 angstrom, etc...the amino acids will drift 
(the chains) towards each other, but the two large (global) protein units never 
move their center (I know I can make it work with Pull vectors, but why not in 
the simple system with a generated initial randomized velocities), I woundered 
why they are fixed in a normal run with minimal parameters?  Is there a reason 
(specific to developers), historical reason, or other?  As waters move around 
fine, and anything else added (salt, small molecules of 20-30 atoms, water) 
except the central molecule(s) of interest.

Grüsse

Stephan Watkins
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Re: [gmx-users] General MD question

2011-02-01 Thread Carsten Kutzner
Hi Stephan,

On Jan 31, 2011, at 5:18 PM, lloyd riggs wrote:

 Dear All,
 
 A quick question as I have not really delved into code for gromacs ever, nor 
 know anyone close whom has worked on it.
 
 If I set up an MD simulation using a 4 protein complex, and 1 small peptide, 
 plus waters, etc...and run the whole thing the proteins never move, only the 
 amino acids within(constant temp RT and pressure 1 bar).
 
 Two domains make one complex, and another two the other.  Basically, if I 
 seperate the domains say 5, 10, 15 angstrom, etc...the amino acids will drift 
 (the chains) towards each other, but the two large (global) protein units 
 never move their center (I know I can make it work with Pull vectors, but why 
 not in the simple system with a generated initial randomized velocities), I 
 woundered why they are fixed in a normal run with minimal parameters?  Is 
 there a reason (specific to developers), historical reason, or other?  As 
 waters move around fine, and anything else added (salt, small molecules of 
 20-30 atoms, water) except the central molecule(s) of interest.
In a 'normal' run they should not be fixed. Could it be that you did 
accidentally
fix them by specifying center of mass removal (comm-grps in .mdp)?

Carsten

 
 Grüsse
 
 Stephan Watkins
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Re: [gmx-users] General MD question

2011-02-01 Thread Itamar Kass (Med)
Hi Stephan,

It all a matter of time scale. Large molecules == slower movements (compare
trucks and motor-bikes).

Cheers,
Itamar.

On 1 February 2011 03:18, lloyd riggs lloyd.ri...@gmx.ch wrote:

 Dear All,

 A quick question as I have not really delved into code for gromacs ever,
 nor know anyone close whom has worked on it.

 If I set up an MD simulation using a 4 protein complex, and 1 small
 peptide, plus waters, etc...and run the whole thing the proteins never move,
 only the amino acids within(constant temp RT and pressure 1 bar).

 Two domains make one complex, and another two the other.  Basically, if I
 seperate the domains say 5, 10, 15 angstrom, etc...the amino acids will
 drift (the chains) towards each other, but the two large (global) protein
 units never move their center (I know I can make it work with Pull vectors,
 but why not in the simple system with a generated initial randomized
 velocities), I woundered why they are fixed in a normal run with minimal
 parameters?  Is there a reason (specific to developers), historical reason,
 or other?  As waters move around fine, and anything else added (salt, small
 molecules of 20-30 atoms, water) except the central molecule(s) of interest.

 Grüsse

 Stephan Watkins
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