Re: [gmx-users] GMX-compatible DNA coordinates

2015-04-03 Thread Alex
Tsjerk, I can only describe the project in a private communication, as this is a completely new idea (potentially high-risk from the experimental standpoint) in a very competitive field. If you're interested, please let me know, and I'll email you directly. Other than that, there is not much I can

Re: [gmx-users] GMX-compatible DNA coordinates

2015-04-03 Thread Tsjerk Wassenaar
Hi Alex, I've done it before, but I can't do it from the top of my head without seeing the input and checking what Gromacs wants. It's not hard work, it's not a lot of work, but it is work, and more than we'll usually consider doing for answering a post on the mailing list. On the other hand, you

Re: [gmx-users] GMX-compatible DNA coordinates

2015-04-03 Thread Alex
Hi Tsjerk, You're right. It's just that the last time I used a sed or awk script of my own composition was in college, which is ~13 years ago. :)) So, this is still an undertaking for someone like me. But yes, what you said is well taken. Lack of knowledge/desire to rename atoms in text files

Re: [gmx-users] GMX-compatible DNA coordinates

2015-04-03 Thread Tsjerk Wassenaar
Hi Alex, Writing a sed oneliner is not the same as writing a renaming script. I commonly use them to process PDB files in some way and it's surprising how much you can do without scripting. Cheers, Tsjerk On Apr 3, 2015 7:13 PM, "Alex" wrote: > Gentlemen, > > > Building a script to rename the

Re: [gmx-users] GMX-compatible DNA coordinates

2015-04-03 Thread Alex
Mauricio, That is very useful, thanks a lot. I'll try it in a bit. Alex MEN> Alex, MEN> You can use X3DNA to produce any nucleic acid geometry you’d like and MEN> gromacs pdb2gmx will understand it. MEN> For example, to create a single-strand of 16 DNA bases you only need a file MEN> with th

Re: [gmx-users] GMX-compatible DNA coordinates

2015-04-03 Thread Alex
Gentlemen, Building a script to rename the atom is obviously an option. I was just wondering if I missed something, e.g. a VMD plugin that could do it quickly. As far as google searching, I have done that, and I have found some things (like the make-NA server, or this: http://smog-server.org/c

Re: [gmx-users] GMX-compatible DNA coordinates

2015-04-03 Thread Mauricio Esguerra Neira
Alex, You can use X3DNA to produce any nucleic acid geometry you’d like and gromacs pdb2gmx will understand it. For example, to create a single-strand of 16 DNA bases you only need a file with the corresponding rigid-body base-step parameters such as the ssdna.par file shown below: 16 # bases

Re: [gmx-users] GMX-compatible DNA coordinates

2015-04-03 Thread Mark Abraham
On 03/04/2015 5:53 pm, "Mark Abraham" wrote: > > Hi, > > I tried that search myself and found some things that looked potentially useful to you, so I suggested that search. Either you might find something useful there, or the dialogue could progress about what you need. Requiring perfect input for

Re: [gmx-users] GMX-compatible DNA coordinates

2015-04-03 Thread Mark Abraham
Hi, I tried that search myself and found some things that looked potentially useful to you, so I suggested that search. Either you might find something useful there, or the dialogue could progress about what you need. Requiring perfect input for pdb2gmx is a fairly stringent expectation. Mark On

Re: [gmx-users] GMX-compatible DNA coordinates

2015-04-03 Thread Tsjerk Wassenaar
Hi Alex, You've solved the issue of getting a DNA structure, but now you're facing a problem of getting Gromacs to prune it. That has to do with the naming scheme mainly. Your best bet is using sed to do name substitution. Probably google will give some good hints about such substitutions in PDB f

Re: [gmx-users] GMX-compatible DNA coordinates

2015-04-03 Thread Alex
Mark, Not to troll, but why did you assume that I didn't do my due diligence before posting here?  Because, you see, you could have left that second part of your reply (which only confirms the legitimacy of my initial question), and it would make it less insulting. Alex > Hi, Googling

Re: [gmx-users] GMX-compatible DNA coordinates

2015-04-03 Thread Mark Abraham
Hi, Googling things like "gromacs DNA structure" is a good bet. There are no fully standardised naming schemes or workflows, so you will likely not have something do everything for you. Mark On 03/04/2015 7:03 am, "Alex" wrote: > I'm fully aware that this is a forum for discussing Gromacs, but

[gmx-users] GMX-compatible DNA coordinates

2015-04-02 Thread Alex
I'm fully aware that this is a forum for discussing Gromacs, but there's a bit of a frustrating situation that involves using it. I need a linear ssDNA chain, sequence of my choosing, anything that will work with, say, AMBER99SB-ILDN. Not trying to find any funny forcefields for it, everything