Sai Pooja wrote:
I checked again and the error does not go. Please read the steps below.

The pdb file I started off with did not have any hydrogens. However, the way I had specified the capping residues in the .rtp file (SEE MARK'S MAIL), I had to specify hydrogens in the pdb file for the capping residues. So I used pymol to add hydrogens to my pdb file. I then used this file with charmm force field. However, pymol had added hydrogens everywhere and this was different from the definition of the standard residues defined in the .rtp file. I could not directly use -ignh because I needed the hydrogens for the capping residues. So I created a file that contained the hydrogens on the capping residues only. This resolved the error related to hydrogens.


Probably an easier and more reliable approach would simply be to create an .hdb entry for your capping groups.


Error-from previous mail-NOT RESOLVED
(Fatal error:
   There is a dangling bond at at least one of the terminal ends.
   Select a proper terminal entry.
   For more information and tips for troubleshooting, please check the
   GROMACS
    I have used Mark's definitions for capping residues in the rtp file.

   In the pdb file, this is what the capping residues look like:

ATOM 33 N CBX 5 8.609 2.722 18.430 1.00 1.60 FR1 ATOM 34 H CBX 5 9.198 3.338 17.946 1.00 0.80 FR1 ATOM 35 CH3 CBX 5 7.176 2.594 17.895 1.00 2.17 FR1


Maybe this is just showing up incorrectly in my mail client, but I wonder if that CH3 is somehow misaligned and therefore not correctly identified. I presume that you changed the residue name in the .rtp file accordingly? I suppose the error message would be different (something like "residue not found") but I just want to make sure. Mark's entry used NAC.

ATOM 1 CH3 ACE 1 12.782 -0.027 28.022 1.00 2.17 FR1 ATOM 2 C ACE 1 12.532 -0.094 26.546 1.00 2.10 FR1 ATOM 3 O ACE 1 13.443 -0.213 25.696 1.00 1.60 FR1 )

The error stated in the previous mail(quoted above) occurred when I chose "none" for the both terminals or the carboxylic terminal option (using -ter). It worked fine if I chose "none" at the N terminal and any other option except "none" at the carboxylic acid terminal. So I chose "none" at N terminal and some option randomly at the carboxylic acid terminal. As expected, it adds a terminal at that end of the residue before my capping residue which is something I DONT want. I

So does pdb2gmx somehow add the C-terminal cap after the carboxylate terminus?

havent been able to find a way around it. Interestingly, when I generate a pdb file using -q, and open that pdb file in pymol, I dont get the terminal carboxylic acid that pdb2gmx gives in the .gro file.

So the cap is applied properly in that structure?

I am not sure how to correct this. One way would be to remove those entries from the final .gro and .top file but not sure if that would be right.


This all sounds very fishy. This may be worth a bugzilla entry, but only if you can build the structure in a very sound way, probably using .hdb entries (or an appropriate all-atom structure, which you've yet to demonstrate).

-Justin

Pooja






On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Justin A. Lemkul <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:



    Sai Pooja wrote:

        Follow-up. It is easy to make it work. Just needed to be more
        rigorous. Thank you.


    It would be helpful if you describe what you mean.  This error
    message is new to me, and appears to reflect new mechanics in the
    upcoming Gromacs release.  If you describe what the problem was, how
    you resolved it, what your pdb2gmx command line was, and anything
    else that might be useful, that would likely help others solve this
    issue in the future.

    -Justin

        On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Sai Pooja <[email protected]
        <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]
        <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:

           I used -ter option and selected "none" for both terminal ends
        but I
           still get this error:

           Fatal error:
           There is a dangling bond at at least one of the terminal ends.
           Select a proper terminal entry.
           For more information and tips for troubleshooting, please
        check the
           GROMACS
            I have used Mark's definitions for capping residues in the
        rtp file.

           In the pdb file, this is what the capping residues look like:

           ATOM     33  N   CBX     5       8.609   2.722  18.430  1.00
         1.60         FR1
           ATOM     34  H   CBX     5       9.198   3.338  17.946  1.00
         0.80         FR1
           ATOM     35 CH3  CBX     5       7.176   2.594  17.895  1.00
         2.17         FR1

           ATOM      1  CH3 ACE     1      12.782  -0.027  28.022  1.00
         2.17         FR1
           ATOM      2  C   ACE     1      12.532  -0.094  26.546  1.00
         2.10         FR1
           ATOM      3  O   ACE     1      13.443  -0.213  25.696  1.00
         1.60         FR1






           On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Justin A. Lemkul
        <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
           <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:



               Sai Pooja wrote:

                   Thanks Marks. I tried it but this is what I get:

                   Fatal error:
                   atom N not found in buiding block 1ACE while
        combining tdb
                   and rtp
                   For more information and tips for troubleshooting, please
                   check the GROMACS
                   website at http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Errors

                   Do I need to edit the aminoacids.n.tdb file as well?


               What are you choosing as your termini when running
        pdb2gmx?  It
               should be "none," since by capping, you are not choosing a
               protonation state for the N- and C-termini.

               -Justin


                   Pooja



                   On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Mark Abraham
                   <[email protected]
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                   <mailto:[email protected]
        <mailto:[email protected]>>>> wrote:



                      ----- Original Message -----
                      From: Sai Pooja <[email protected]
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                   <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>>
                      Date: Friday, July 2, 2010 7:28
                      Subject: Re: [gmx-users] Capping residues
                      To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
        <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
                   <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
        <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>,
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                   <mailto:[email protected]
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                       > I am sorry if I did not frame the question
        correctly,
                   but putting
                      it very simply, is there a way to use capping residues
                   with the
                      charmm forcefield if the residues are --COCH3 and
        NHCH3?

                      Yes - you edit a copy of the .rtp file in your working
                   directory and
                      add whatever you want. Here's what I use in CHARMM

                      [ ACE ]
                       [ atoms ]
                              CH3     CT3     -0.270  0
                              HH31    HA      0.090   0
                              HH32    HA      0.090   0
                              HH33    HA      0.090   0
                              C       C       0.510   1
                              O       O       -0.510  1
                       [ bonds ]
                              C       CH3
                              C       +N
                              CH3     HH31
                              CH3     HH32
                              CH3     HH33
                              O       C
                       [ impropers ]
                              C       CH3     +N      O

                      [ NAC ]
                       [ atoms ]
                             N       NH1     -0.470  1
                             HN      H       0.310   1
                             CH3     CT3     -0.110  1
                             HH31    HA      0.090   1
                             HH32    HA      0.090   1
                             HH33    HA      0.090   1
                       [ bonds ]
                             -C      N
                             N       HN
                             N       CH3
                             CH3     HH31
                             CH3     HH32
                             CH3     HH33

                       [ impropers ]
                             N       -C      CH3     HN
                             -C      CH3     N       -O

                      Mark
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