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From: Peter Freddolino (petefred_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 17 2010 - 18:14:05 CDT

Hi Gregorio,

Do you have
paraTypeCharmm on
in your config file?

Regarding the use of the Shih et al. force field for folding proteins:
don't do it. The force field in question wasn't designed for anything
resembling that sort of simulation.

Best,
Peter

On 08/17/2010 05:12 PM, Gregorio Alanislobato wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm performing a Replica Exchange MD but the protein I'm folding is a
> coarse grained model. I'm enqueuing my job with PBS and everything
> seems to work fine but I get the next error after a couple of seconds:
>
> SERVER: outputEnergies 1000
> SERVER: dcdFreq 1000000
> SERVER: source REcontrol.namd; run 0; save_array
> errpipe 4: ------------- Processor 0 Exiting: Called CmiAbort ------------
> errpipe 4: Reason: FATAL ERROR: BAD BOND FORMAT IN XPLOR PARAMETER FILE
> errpipe 5: ------------- Processor 0 Exiting: Called CmiAbort ------------
> errpipe 4: LINE=*BONDS*
> errpipe 5: Reason: FATAL ERROR: BAD BOND FORMAT IN XPLOR PARAMETER FILE
>
> I'm using the rbcg-2007.par file. It seems that NAMD's REMD tcl
> doesn't like the Bond format there... What can I do?
>
> Regards,
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