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8 years 6 months ago #4868 by P_Banerjee
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Hello users,

I plan to incorporate the BMW water model in my system. But when I energy minimize the provided water structure, the link to which is: yethiraj.chem.wisc.edu/downloads , I get the following message:

Energy minimization reached the maximum number of steps before the forces
reached the requested precision Fmax < 10.

writing lowest energy coordinates.

Steepest Descents did not converge to Fmax < 10 in 5001 steps.
Potential Energy = 5.4651680e+06
Maximum force = 3.2260645e+03 on atom 1330
Norm of force = 1.3136810e+02



Inspite of increasing the number of steps, the potential energy doesn't converge and ,in fact, remains positive.
Any idea as to how to circumvent this?

Thanks in advance.

Pallavi Banerjee

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8 years 6 months ago #4893 by mnmelo
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Hi, and apologies for the delay.

A disclaimer: I haven't yet used the BMW model myself, and might miss some otherwise obvious problems.

On to your minimization:
1- By default GROMACS sets its convergence force threshold to 10, but Martini simulations can be started from configurations with much higher forces (it is also very unlikely to ever get such low minimized force values). That note is safe to ignore.

2- The maximum force of the order of 10^3 is also at the limit of what's acceptable for starting a Martini run.

3- Indeed, as you remark, the potential energy isn't negative, and that yes is a problem. Let's try solving it:
- You give very few details on how you are using this system. I assume you are using the .itp, .mdp, and .xvg files at the URL you got the structure from.
- Also, you must use an index to tell GROMACS what is solvent and what is not. Groups SOL and NON must be defined in this index file.
- Finally, at the end of "martini_v2.1_bmw.itp" you'll find the description of the water model. You'll see it is modeled as a triangle constrained with the SETTLE scheme. This doesn't minimize very well, and the model authors include an alternative representation to be used for minimization. Make sure you use this alternative model **but only for minimization**.

Good luck and let us know how it goes!
Manel

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8 years 6 months ago #4895 by P_Banerjee
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Thanks for the reply, Manel. I figured out what was going wrong. I had to incorporate the tabulated potentials provided on the website of the developers. Using Gromacs non-bonded types was what was leading to the unstability in the system.

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1 year 3 months ago #9547 by tarraga
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Hello users,
I am new with martini simulations, and I want to include BMW into my simulations. I have some question about the new force field (FF):
1) Is the FF applicable for the water (W) molecules interaction? or also for water-aminoacid (AA) interaction? I mean, I have to tabulate all the possible interaction: W-W and W-AA; or only for W-W.
2) Is there a bmw.itp file and a tutorial available?

Thank!

Wilson.

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