From: Floris Buelens (floris_buelens_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jul 27 2005 - 04:41:06 CDT
Here's something I prepared a while back for my own
reference on the basis of the pdb file format
specification. I'll paste it into the email, but I
suggest looking at the attached file as the formatting
is bound to get messed up.
         1         2         3         4         5    
    6         7         8
12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
ATOM    145  N   VAL A  25      32.433  16.336  57.540
 1.00 11.92      A1   N
|     |     |   ||   ||   |   |       |       |      
|     |           |   | | 
N     n     n   a r  c r  i   x       y       z      
O     B           s   e c 
a     r     a   l e  h e  c                           
                 e   l h
m           m   t s  a s  o                           
                 g   e r
e           e   l n  i n  d                           
                 I   m g
                o a  n r  e                           
                 D   t e
                c m  I                                
                 
                  e  D
COLUMNS        DATA TYPE       FIELD        
DEFINITION
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 -  6        Record name     "ATOM  "
 7 - 11        Integer         serial        Atom
serial number.
13 - 16        Atom            name          Atom
name.
17             Character       altLoc        Alternate
location indicator.
18 - 20        Residue name    resName       Residue
name.
22             Character       chainID       Chain
identifier.
23 - 26        Integer         resSeq        Residue
sequence number.
27             AChar           iCode         Code for
insertion of residues.
31 - 38        Real(8.3)       x            
Orthogonal coordinates for X in Angstroms.
39 - 46        Real(8.3)       y            
Orthogonal coordinates for Y in Angstroms.
47 - 54        Real(8.3)       z            
Orthogonal coordinates for Z in Angstroms.
55 - 60        Real(6.2)       occupancy    
Occupancy.
61 - 66        Real(6.2)       tempFactor   
Temperature factor.
73 - 76        LString(4)      segID         Segment
identifier, left-justified.
77 - 78        LString(2)      element       Element
symbol, right-justified.
79 - 80        LString(2)      charge        Charge on
the atom.
--- Wei Chen <gtg553p_at_mail.gatech.edu> wrote:
> Hi Deborah,
> 
> I didn't notice that before. But I think the order
> is important. I guess
> namd reads pdb files in for strings and then
> transfers different regions into
> corresponding data.
> 
> Does anybody have comments on this?
> 
> Wei
> 
> 
> Quoting Deborah Jameson <debyjameson_at_yahoo.com>:
> 
> > Dear Wei
> >
> > I noticed the the function of B colomn, but what I
> mentioned is that the
> > space number between two colomns interfere in the
> results which are given in
> > fepout file. for example if you transfer all data
> in a colomn by one or two
> > space to right or left then you will see that the
> results differ.
> > This means that fep file should follow a specific
> order so that the results
> > be reliable.
> > this holds also when moving the minus sign by one
> space and the results
> > change very much.
> >
> > Thanks again
> > Best Regards,
> > Deb
> >
> > Wei Chen <gtg553p_at_mail.gatech.edu> wrote:
> > Hi, Deborah,
> >
> > I don't understand what exactly you mean. Because
> we use B colomn to
> > indicate status of each atom (fepCol B), A value
> of -1 in B column indicates
> > the atom will vanish during the FEP calculation,
> whereas a value of 1
> > indicates
> > that the atom will grow and 0 means invariant.
> According your needs, you
> > can set those values.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Wei
> >
> > Quoting Deborah Jameson :
> >
> > > Hi Wei
> > >
> > > I really appreciate your giving useful
> instructions and also the files
> > which
> > > helped me very much in preparing my model.I
> could build the psf,pdf conf
> > and
> > > fep files for zero-sum ethane to ethane which is
> mentioned in fep manual.
> > > after running the model,I found out that the
> results are very sensitive to
> > > the positions of colomns of data in fep
> file(specially the B colomn) and
> > > results vary very much with changing the
> position of this colomn or other
> > > colomns or even one data(e.g. -1 in B colomn).
> > > I am really uncertain about the results and want
> to ask if you know how it
> > is
> > > possible to be sure about the validity of the
> results.
> > > I have attached the files. would you please take
> a look at them and check
> > how
> > > significantly the results will change by
> changing the positions of data in
> > > fep file.(for example just moving -1 in B colomn
> or just moving U colomn).
> > > have you faced this problem yet? it is really
> dangerous to rely upon the
> > > results when they change with simple changes in
> the data positions in fep
> > > file.(in the manual the results are given which
> are different from mine)
> > >
> > > Thank you very much for your consideration again
> > > Best Wishes
> > > Deb
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8
12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
ATOM    145  N   VAL A  25      32.433  16.336  57.540  1.00 11.92      A1   N
|     |     |   ||   ||   |   |       |       |       |     |           |   | | 
N     n     n   a r  c r  i   x       y       z       O     B           s   e c 
a     r     a   l e  h e  c                                             e   l h
m           m   t s  a s  o                                             g   e r
e           e   l n  i n  d                                             I   m g
                o a  n r  e                                             D   t e
                c m  I                                                  
                  e  D
COLUMNS        DATA TYPE       FIELD         DEFINITION
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 -  6        Record name     "ATOM  "
 7 - 11        Integer         serial        Atom serial number.
13 - 16        Atom            name          Atom name.
17             Character       altLoc        Alternate location indicator.
18 - 20        Residue name    resName       Residue name.
22             Character       chainID       Chain identifier.
23 - 26        Integer         resSeq        Residue sequence number.
27             AChar           iCode         Code for insertion of residues.
31 - 38        Real(8.3)       x             Orthogonal coordinates for X in Angstroms.
39 - 46        Real(8.3)       y             Orthogonal coordinates for Y in Angstroms.
47 - 54        Real(8.3)       z             Orthogonal coordinates for Z in Angstroms.
55 - 60        Real(6.2)       occupancy     Occupancy.
61 - 66        Real(6.2)       tempFactor    Temperature factor.
73 - 76        LString(4)      segID         Segment identifier, left-justified.
77 - 78        LString(2)      element       Element symbol, right-justified.
79 - 80        LString(2)      charge        Charge on the atom.
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