Re: Small molecule simulation error NAMD

From: Gumbart, JC (gumbart_at_physics.gatech.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 22 2021 - 20:12:06 CST

You have to include the appropriate CGenFF force-field file as well.

Best,
JC

On Feb 22, 2021, at 9:07 PM, Chathuranga Siriwardhana <ccs0019_at_mix.wvu.edu<mailto:ccs0019_at_mix.wvu.edu>> wrote:

Hi JC,
Thank you for the reply. I parameterized the molecule from the same online GUI you mentioned above.
However my stream file created through the cgenff does not have bond parameters for CL and LPH. Do you know how to fix it

FATAL ERROR: UNABLE TO FIND BOND PARAMETERS FOR CLGR1 LPH (ATOMS 38 21)

Thanks again for your help
Chaturanga

Chathuranga Siriwardhana
Justin Legleiter Laboratory
West Virginia University
Department of chemistry
Clark Hall, Room 561
Morgantown, WV 26505

On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 8:28 PM Gumbart, JC <gumbart_at_physics.gatech.edu<mailto:gumbart_at_physics.gatech.edu>> wrote:
Oops, I replied too fast. I was thinking of the parameters, not the PSF. The latest version of PSFGen ( >= 2.0) can handle it:
https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/psfgen/ug.pdf4e4a2efef424e48ab08d8d79fd190*7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083*7C0*7C0*7C637496429150360600*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C1000&sdata=hWfDiQyePOBF3UJYaPloQg9IQEHNjBO3G7hEF3PuVB8*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!DZ3fjg!qWw5n-IteGWCR0SyAlDUHjOReMvsCCfH_Ra08P9O6Ya_gkINhwBlC314sHUJj4Cc_A$ >

It’s distributed with more recent VMD builds.

Best,
JC

On Feb 22, 2021, at 8:25 PM, Gumbart, JC <gumbart_at_physics.gatech.edu<mailto:gumbart_at_physics.gatech.edu>> wrote:

paramchem can do it: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cgenff.umaryland.edu/__;!!DZ3fjg!qWw5n-IteGWCR0SyAlDUHjOReMvsCCfH_Ra08P9O6Ya_gkINhwBlC314sHU9k9qPjQ$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fcgenff.umaryland.edu*2F&data=04*7C01*7Cgumbart*40physics.gatech.edu*7Cb5c4e4a2efef424e48ab08d8d79fd190*7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083*7C0*7C0*7C637496429150360600*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C1000&sdata=VzdcH3xhsU81YGvwMY9wPQibDsoGV*2FJ1hJQf4m1*2BcBw*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJQ!!DZ3fjg!qWw5n-IteGWCR0SyAlDUHjOReMvsCCfH_Ra08P9O6Ya_gkINhwBlC314sHU9MuTPDg$ >

Best,
JC

On Feb 22, 2021, at 7:49 PM, David Hardy <dhardy_at_ks.uiuc.edu<mailto:dhardy_at_ks.uiuc.edu>> wrote:

Hi Chathuranga,

No worries. I am replying back to the list because I don’t know the answer to your question.

Can anyone on list recommend how to correctly create a PSF with lone pairs?

Thanks,
Dave

On Feb 22, 2021, at 6:43 PM, Chathuranga Siriwardhana <ccs0019_at_mix.wvu.edu<mailto:ccs0019_at_mix.wvu.edu>> wrote:

Hi David,
Thank you so much for helping me with my issue. And I am really sorry that I replied to the wrong email. I subscribed to the mailing list today and I got confused with how it works :(
Would you mind recommending a method to create the psf with lone pairs. I used VMD psfgen.

Thanks again for helping me

Chathuranga

Chathuranga Siriwardhana
Justin Legleiter Laboratory
West Virginia University
Department of chemistry
Clark Hall, Room 561
Morgantown, WV 26505

On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 7:26 PM David Hardy <dhardy_at_ks.uiuc.edu<mailto:dhardy_at_ks.uiuc.edu>> wrote:
Hi Chathuranga,

It looks to me like NAMD is not treating your atom 37 as a lone pair. The forces on lone pairs are distributed to their support atoms and then set to zero, so I would expect lone pairs to have zero velocity (but I’m having trouble finding that in the code).

If you would post the top of your log file showing the configuration of your system before simulation begins, we could see whether or not your simulation has any lone pairs enabled.

Thanks,
Dave

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On Feb 22, 2021, at 5:41 PM, Chathuranga Siriwardhana <ccs0019_at_mix.wvu.edu<mailto:ccs0019_at_mix.wvu.edu>> wrote:
Thanks Jeff,
I'm using NAMD 2.14. Earlier I was using 2.13 and got it updated
Thanks
Chathuranga Siriwardhana
Justin Legleiter Laboratory
West Virginia University
Department of chemistry
Clark Hall, Room 561
Morgantown, WV 26505
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 6:34 PM Jeff Comer <jeffcomer_at_gmail.com<mailto:jeffcomer_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
What version of NAMD are you using? Versions earlier than NAMD 2.14 don’t support halogen lonepairs.
Jeff
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 17:31 Chathuranga Siriwardhana <ccs0019_at_mix.wvu.edu<mailto:ccs0019_at_mix.wvu.edu>> wrote:
Hi NAMD users,
I'm trying to see the interaction of a small molecule with a protein in NAMD. As the simulation starts the following error appears;
ERROR: Margin is too small for 1 atoms during timestep 1004.
ERROR: Incorrect nonbonded forces and energies may be calculated!
ERROR: Atom 37 velocity is -9148.69 -8900.08 8246.01 (limit is 12000, atom 310 of 311 on patch 0 pe 1)
ERROR: Atoms moving too fast; simulation has become unstable (1 atoms on patch 0 pe 1).
FATAL ERROR: Exiting prematurely; see error messages above.
Atom 37 is a lone pair on Chlorine in the small molecule. Any help is really appreciated.
Thanks
Chathuranga
Chathuranga Siriwardhana
Justin Legleiter Laboratory
West Virginia University
Department of chemistry
Clark Hall, Room 561
Morgantown, WV 26505
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