I also checked the output of the minimization:<br><br>Steepest Descents converged to machine precision in 402 steps,<br>but did not reach the requested Fmax &lt; 10.<br>Potential Energy  = -1.81875038188621e+04<br>Maximum force     =  3.20769543152855e+02 on atom 331<br>

Norm of force     =  2.04356801849931e+01<br><br>I assume the structure is not relaxed enough to start a simulation. How can I get it minimize further? I increased the step size up to 0.1 ps, i still get the same result.<br>
<br>Thanks,<br>Nihal<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 11:48 PM, E. Nihal Korkmaz <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:enihalkorkmaz@gmail.com" target="_blank">enihalkorkmaz@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear all,<br><br>I am trying to simulate a GB simulation of a 112 amino acid long protein. I keep getting these errors,<br>

<br>Step 27718, time 55.436 (ps)  LINCS WARNING<br>relative constraint deviation after LINCS:<br>rms 33.319842, max 438.763717 (between atoms 79 and 81)<br>
bonds that rotated more than 30 degrees:<br> atom 1 atom 2  angle  previous, current, constraint length<br><br>Step 27718, time 55.436 (ps)  LINCS WARNING<br>relative constraint deviation after LINCS:<br>rms 0.058237, max 1.390675 (between atoms 91 and 93)<br>


bonds that rotated more than 30 degrees:<br> atom 1 atom 2  angle  previous, current, constraint length<br>     91     92   50.2    0.1016   0.1065      0.1010<br>     91     93   90.0    0.1002   0.2415      0.1010<br>     91     94   70.2    0.1025   0.1066      0.1010<br>


     79     80   90.0    0.1057   1.0667      0.1090<br>     79     81   90.0    1.3066  47.9342      0.1090<br>     85     86   90.0    0.1084   0.1758      0.1090<br>     85     87   90.0    1.0654   0.1668      0.1090<br>


     88     89   90.0    0.1097   0.6994      0.1090<br>     88     90   90.0    0.1125   0.1097      0.1090<br>     91     92   50.2    0.1016   0.1065      0.1010<br>     91     93   90.0    0.1002   0.2415      0.1010<br>


     91     94   70.2    0.1025   0.1066      0.1010<br><br clear="all"><br>I am copying my mdp parameters below, I&#39;d appreciate any suggestions to fix that.<br><br>integrator               = sd<br>tinit                    = 0<br>


dt                       = 0.002<br>nsteps                   = 2500000<br>simulation_part          = 1<br>init_step                = 1<br><br>nstxout                  = 5000<br>nstvout                  = 5000<br>nstenergy                = 500<br>


nstxtcout                = 500<br>nstlog                   = 500<br><br>xtc_grps                 = System<br>energygrps               = System<br>comm_mode                = Linear<br>; neighbor searching and vdw/pme setting up<br>


nstlist                  = 10<br>ns_type                  = grid<br>pbc                      = xyz<br>rlist                    = 2.0<br><br>implicit_solvent         = GBSA<br>gb_algorithm             = OBC<br>gb_saltconc              = 0.15<br>


rgbradii                 = 2.0<br><br>coulombtype              = Cut-off<br>fourierspacing           = 0.1<br>pme_order                = 6<br>rcoulomb                 = 2.0<br><br>vdwtype                  = Cut-off<br>rvdw_switch              = 1.0<br>


rvdw                     = 2.0<br><br>; cpt control<br>tcoupl                   = V-rescale<br>tc-grps                  = System<br>tau_t                    = 0.1<br>ref_t                    = 300.0<br><br>Pcoupl                   = Berendsen<br>


pcoupltype               = isotropic<br>tau_p                    = 1.0<br>compressibility          = 4.5e-5<br>ref_p                    = 1.0<br><br>; velocity &amp; temperature control<br>gen_vel                  = yes<br>


gen_temp                 = 300.0<br>annealing                = no<br>constraints              = hbonds<br>constraint_algorithm     = lincs<br>morse                    = no<br><br><br>Thanks,<br>-- <br>Elif Nihal Korkmaz<br>


<br>Research Assistant <br>University of Wisconsin - Biophysics <br>Member of Qiang Cui &amp; Thomas Record Labs<br>1101 University Ave, Rm. 8359<br>
Madison, WI 53706<br>
Phone:  <a href="tel:608-265-3644" value="+16082653644" target="_blank">608-265-3644</a><br>
Email:   <a href="mailto:korkmaz@wisc.edu" target="_blank">korkmaz@wisc.edu</a><br><br><br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Elif Nihal Korkmaz<br><br>Research Assistant <br>University of Wisconsin - Biophysics <br>Member of Qiang Cui &amp; Thomas Record Labs<br>1101 University Ave, Rm. 8359<br>


Madison, WI 53706<br>
Phone:  <a href="tel:608-265-3644" value="+16082653644" target="_blank">608-265-3644</a><br>
Email:   <a href="mailto:korkmaz@wisc.edu" target="_blank">korkmaz@wisc.edu</a><br><br><br>