From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Sun Jan 08 2012 - 15:19:55 CST
michael,
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Michael Zimmermann <michaelz_at_iastate.edu> wrote:
> Dear NAMD community,
>
> I have been reading the 2.8 user's guide for SMD, TMD, harmonic restraints,
> rmsd colvars, etc. as well as the mailing list archive for the best solution
> to the general problem of "I would like pull a structure to a reference
> conformation" subject to the following:
> 1) only a subset of the atoms need to significantly move in space
> 2) they need to achieve a precise final conformation (so not SMD)
> 3) the atoms that don't need to be directed can't be fixed in space -
> ideally they would be simply unconstrained (so, not TMD)
>
> I say not TMD because if I (1) only tag some atoms as TMD atoms, they will
> be aligned before the forces are calculated (thus no "pulling" through space
> will occur), or (2) tag all (or a sufficiently large subset) atoms as TMD,
> but now there are constraints added to the atoms that I would like to be
> unconstrained. The rmsd colvar routine also aligns prior to force
> calculation.
please clarify one detail. i don't quite understand
why it matters so much to you to not align the reference
to the current state, if you care about conformation.
conformation in my understanding are the relative
coordinates of a group of atoms. if you turn off this
alignment, you have what i would call "position restraints"
and thus your goal would be to direct atoms to specific
positions, and not only to a particular conformation.
so if i am right, then you should just do the opposite
of what people do to carefully equilibrate a system,
i.e. define position restrains and gradually increase
(not decrease) the force constant.
if you don't need to reach specific coordinates in space,
then you should explain where the difference lies.
thanks,
axel.
>
> The most convenient solution would be a parameter that allows me to turn the
> alignment off in TMD or rmsd colvars. I have been unable to find such an
> option.
>
> To some extent, TMDDiffRMSD could accomplish this, but I don't want the
> structure to back-track to the first conformation.
>
> I am presently using a custom tclforces script to add forces specifically
> where I want them, but this code is difficult and time consuming (for me) to
> maintain. If there is a way to turn off the alignment in TMD (that is,
> prevent the TMD atoms from being spatially superimposed prior to force
> calculation), would you be so kind as to help me with the syntax? I have
> been unable to find something like it in the archive or User's Guide.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Michael T. Zimmermann
-- Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer akohlmey_at_gmail.com http://goo.gl/1wk0 College of Science and Technology Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.
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