W dniu środa, 5 czerwca 2013 08:55:46 UTC+1 użytkownik Emiliano Brini 
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> Dear Steven, 
>
> On Jun 4, 2013, at 10:26 AM, [email protected] <javascript:> wrote:
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> On Monday, June 3, 2013 4:26:29 PM UTC+1, Christoph Junghans wrote:
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>> 2013/6/3  <[email protected]>: 
>> > Dear Votca Users, 
>> > 
>> > I wish to reproduce my atomistic simulation angles of my protein with 
>> CG 
>> > between beads of residues. However I wish not to produce tables as an 
>> input 
>> > to gromacs mdrun but get the equilibrium value and then adjust the 
>> spring 
>> > constant to make it faster. 
>> Tabulated vs functional form is at most 50% faster, but the bonded 
>> interactions usually take 10% or less of the total simulation time, so 
>> you will not gain much in the end. 
>>
>
>
>> > For this purpose shall I just create distributions or histograms 
>> normalized 
>> > over the volume? Then place my spring where the distribution is max so 
>> set 
>> > angle in gromacs to this value and adjust the force constant to match 
>> this 
>> > distribution? Please, advise whether I am right. 
>> You will have to use the volume normalize histogram, but csg_boltzmann 
>> can do most of the calculation for you. 
>>
>> Why don't you just take the table and fit k*(x-x_0)^2 to it? 
>>
>
> That is what I am planning to do.But which table?  Shall I take the table 
> with distributions of bonds (or angles?) of the potential or volume 
> normalized histogram to fit k*(x-x_0)^2 ?
>  
>
>
> In the Gromacs topology file you write the parameters of the potential 
> functions, therefore you need to fit the potential curve.  
>

Thank you again,
Please correct me if I am wrong: I take the output from the csg_boltzmann 
given with option tab so tabuated potential. Then I convert rad to deg and 
I can fit my curve with k*(x-x_0)^2. That means that the output potential 
is in kJ/mol? What is the 3rd column in this output?

Steven

 

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>
>> Cheers, 
>>
>> Christoph 
>>
>>
> Thanks for your help. I got gaussian distribution for my bonds so I can 
> fit it into k*(x-x_0)^2 and multiple gaussian distribution of my angles... 
> Is that normal? My beads involve 7 - 22 atoms, maybe that is why? Shall I 
> use a tables as an input to mdrun?
>
> Steven
>
>
> It is quite normal for CG distributions to not be gaussian. Since the CG 
> system has less degrees of freedom compared to the atomistic one, a single 
> CG bonded interaction represent by its nature several atomistic 
> intramolecular interactions (bonds, angles, dihedrals, and intramolecular 
> non bonded interaction).  Even more a simple Boltzmann inversion of a 
> distribution can cast into the potentials contributions coming from parts 
> of the molecule (or of the system) that do not belong to the group of atoms 
> that you are directly considering. Therefore the distributions you obtain 
> are a sum of contributions each one with its own weight. It is extremely 
> difficult to say a priory something about the shape of the final 
> distribution.  
> As it has been said the use of a table normally is not too expensive, 
> therefore it is normally a good idea to use them. 
> Anyhow the best thing you can do is to run two test system: one where you 
> use tabulated potential and one where you use your "best" fitting. In this 
> way you can see the difference between their performances and their results 
> in your specific case. 
>
> Cheers,
>
> Emiliano  
>
>  
>
>> > 
>> > Steven 
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