Thank you David, I have filled a bugzilla.
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Sendt: ma 02-03-2009 10:55
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Emne: Re: [gmx-users] g_order version 4.0.x



Sarah Witzke wrote:
> Dear Gromacs users,
>
> 
>
> I'm sorry to resend this email but I sent it yesterday (27 hours ago) and I 
> still haven't received it myself. I'm sorry for the inconvenience it might 
> cause.
>
> 
>
> Sarah
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> Dear Gromacs Users,
>
> 
>
> I have simulated a lipid bilayer (128 DMPC molecules) with some small 
> hydrophobic molecules. These small molecules go from the water into the 
> bilayer and I now want to do some analysis to see, whether this has changed 
> e.g. membrane thickness or the order of the lipid tails. I'm new to gromacs 
> and this is my first try with analysis.
>
> For analysing the order of the lipid tales, I use g_order. The first index 
> file I created consisted of 28 groups - one for each of the 14 carbons 
> (including the carbonyl-C) in the two chains. The atoms in each of the 128 
> lipid molecules have the same atom name (e.g. c1, c2...) so each of the 28 
> groups in the index file consist of 128 atoms (an entry in make_ndx would 
> look like this "a c15 & r DMPC").
>
> Then I tried g_order version 4.0.2:
>
> 
>
> g_order -f dmpclim3-all.xtc -n dmpc_order_2.ndx -s dmpclim3-1.tpr -b 100000 
> -od dmpclim3_order_2.xvg
>
> 
>
> I'm asked to "Select the group that contains the atoms you want to use for 
> the tetrahedrality order parameter calculation:" and then all the 28 groups 
> are listed. This was not what I had expected; I thought g_order calculated 
> the order parameter for all the tail carbons at once. I tried just choosing 
> group 0 to see what happened: Not much - as was expected. Two files were 
> generated: sg-ang.xvg and sk-dist.xvg. This I found strange since I hadn't 
> asked for them, but then I found this bugzilla report: 
> http://www.gromacs.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,157/ 
> <https://sdumail.sdu.dk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.gromacs.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,157/>
>   (no. 264)
>
> 
>
> 
>
> After reading that I also tried to specify all carbons in one single group 
> and then run g_order again:
>
> 
>
> g_order -f dmpclim3-all.xtc -n dmpc_order.ndx -s dmpclim3-1.tpr -b 100000 -od 
> dmpclim3_order_2.xvg
>
> 
>
> Reading file dmpclim3-1.tpr, VERSION 4.0 (single precision)
>
> Reading file dmpclim3-1.tpr, VERSION 4.0 (single precision)
>
> Select the group that contains the atoms you want to use for the 
> tetrahedrality order parameter calculation:
>
> Group     0 
> (C15_&_DMPC_C17_&_DMPC_C18_&_DMPC_C19_&_DMPC_C20_&_DMPC_C21_&_DMPC_C22_&_DMPC_C23_&_DMPC_C24_&_DMPC_C25_&_DMPC_C26_&_DMPC_C27_&_DMPC_C28_&_DMPC_C29_&_DMPC_C32_&_DMPC_C34_&_DMPC_C35_&_DMPC_C36_&_DMPC_C37_&_DMPC_C38_&_DMPC_C39_&_DMPC_C40_&_DMPC_C41_&_DMPC_C42_&_DMPC_C43_&_DMPC_C44_&_DMPC_C45_&_DMPC_C46_&_DMPC)
>  has  3584 elements
>
> There is one group in the index
>
> Reading frame       0 time 100000.008
>
> Back Off! I just backed up sg-ang.xvg to ./#sg-ang.xvg.1#
>
> 
>
> Back Off! I just backed up sk-dist.xvg to ./#sk-dist.xvg.1#
>
> Reading frame   11000 time 210000.016
>
> 
>
> Again I only got sg-ang.xvg and sk-dist.xvg but not the wanted deuterium 
> order .xvg file.
>
> 
>
> So, in the bugzilla report it also said that the problem had been fixed in 
> the CVS. Unfortunately I don't know what this is, could anyone explain me 
> please?
>
> 
>
> I tried g_order version 4.0.3 (again with the index file with only one group):
>
> g_order -f dmpclim3-all.xtc -n dmpc_order.ndx -s dmpclim3-1.tpr -b 100000 -od 
> dmpclim3_order_3.xvg
>
> 
>
> Taking z axis as normal to the membrane
>
> Reading file dmpclim3-1.tpr, VERSION 4.0 (single precision)
>
> Using following groups:
>
> Groupname: 
> C15_&_DMPC_C17_&_DMPC_C18_&_DMPC_C19_&_DMPC_C20_&_DMPC_C21_&_DMPC_C22_&_DMPC_C23_&_DMPC_C24_&_DMPC_C25_&_DMPC_C26_&_DMPC_C27_&_DMPC_C28_&_DMPC_C29_&_DMPC_C32_&_DMPC_C34_&_DMPC_C35_&_DMPC_C36_&_DMPC_C37_&_DMPC_C38_&_DMPC_C39_&_DMPC_C40_&_DMPC_C41_&_DMPC_C42_&_DMPC_C43_&_DMPC_C44_&_DMPC_C45_&_DMPC_C46_&_DMPC
>  First atomname: C15 First atomnr 44
>
> 
>
> Reading frame       0 time 100000.008   Number of elements in first group: 
> 3584
>
> Reading frame   11000 time 210000.016
>
> 
>
> Read trajectory. Printing parameters to file
>
> 
>
> Now two order files are generated: The wanted dmpclim3_order_3.xvg and also 
> order.xvg which I didn't request for. (No sg-ang.xvg and sk-dist.xvg this 
> time).
>
> Unfortunately neither of the obtained .xvg files contain any order parameters:
>
> 
>
> dmpclim3_order_3.xvg:
>
> # This file was created Sat Feb 28 20:02:09 2009
>
> # by the following command:
>
> # g_order -f dmpclim3-all.xtc -n dmpc_order.ndx -s dmpclim3-1.tpr -b 100000 
> -od dmpclim3_order_3.xvg
>
> #
>
> # g_order is part of G R O M A C S:
>
> #
>
> # Great Red Oystrich Makes All Chemists Sane
>
> #
>
> @    title "Deuterium order parameters"
>
> @    xaxis  label "Atom"
>
> @    yaxis  label "Scd"
>
> @TYPE xy
>
> 
>
> order.xvg:
>
> # This file was created Sat Feb 28 20:02:09 2009
>
> # by the following command:
>
> # g_order -f dmpclim3-all.xtc -n dmpc_order.ndx -s dmpclim3-1.tpr -b 100000 
> -od dmpclim3_order_3.xvg
>
> #
>
> # g_order is part of G R O M A C S:
>
> #
>
> # Great Red Oystrich Makes All Chemists Sane
>
> #
>
> @    title "Order tensor diagonal elements"
>
> @    xaxis  label "Atom"
>
> @    yaxis  label "S"
>
> @TYPE xy
>
> 
>
> I will be very thankful if anyone has any suggestions as to what I'm doing 
> wrong?
>
> 
Please submit a bugzilla.
I fixed something before 4.0.3, but apparently not everything.

--
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Molec. Biophys. group, Dept. of Cell & Molec. Biol., Uppsala University.
Box 596, 75124 Uppsala, Sweden. Phone:  +46184714205. Fax: +4618511755.
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