Re: I need help with this

From: Chris Harrison (charris5_at_gmail.com)
Date: Fri Feb 11 2011 - 11:42:41 CST

Richard,

Create a psf/pdb set for each seperate molecular
system (moleculeA.psf, moleculeA.pdb, moleculeB.psf, etc),
then in VMD use a script similar to the following:

package require psfgen

psfcontext reset
resetpsf

topology top_all22_prot.inp

readpsf moleculeA.psf
coordpdb moleculeA.pdb

readpsf moleculeB.psf
coordpdb moleculeB.pdb

writepsf myNewSystem.psf
writepdb myNewSystem.pdb

Best,
Chris

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Richard Wood <rwoodphd_at_yahoo.com> writes:
> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 11:01:25 -0800 (PST)
> From: Richard Wood <rwoodphd_at_yahoo.com>
> To: namd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> Subject: namd-l: I need help with this
> X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/555 YahooMailWebService/0.8.108.291010
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to set up a system where I have a lipid bilayer and I want to 
> "attach" a small molecule to the surface so I can run dynamics.
> 
> I have generated the bilayer using VMD and I have built the small molecule and 
> have parameters and a topology for it.  The problem I am having is in generating 
> the psf for the total system.
> 
> I have the *.pdb and *.psf for the bilayer and I can run that in namd; in fact, 
> I am minimizing it now as a test.  However, when I try to generate a psf file, 
> because the bilayer is numbered "funny", some residues have the same number and 
> don't get converted to the new file.  If I try to renumber everything by hand, 
> then it won't minimize (it gets to about 27 steps and then I get "weird numbers" 
> like -1.
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone has encountered this before and what the workaround is.
> 
> TIA,
> Richard
> 
> 
> 
>       

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