RE: AMBER: long minimization in sander

From: Ross Walker <ross.rosswalker.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:03:19 -0700

Hi Murat,

> This is MDin file:
> 1ns vacuum MD
> &cntrl
> imin = 0, ntb = 0,
> ntpr = 5000, ntwx = 1000, ntwr = 1000,
> ntt = 1, ntp = 0,
> tempi = 0.0, temp0 = 300.0,
> nstlim = 1000000,
> cut = 10.0
> &end
>
> and I get the following output message just at the instant of
> 0 ps of MD:
>
> Frac coord min, max: -3.26662690012118D-004 0.826317897389839
> [12] MPI Abort by user Aborting program !
> The system has extended beyond
> the extent of the virtual box.

Your system has blown up - before it has even reached 1000 steps and so no
mdcrd is written and no output info is given.

Try setting ntpr=1 and ntwx=1 and you will be able to watch it blowing up.

Note, you are doing a gas phase simulation here and you only have a cut off
of 10 A - both are not recommended. If you really must do gas phase then you
really want a cut off of at least 16 A or so... Ideally you should at least
attempt to do this in implicit solvent like GB or if you can do it in
explicit solvent with PME. You really can't expect a protein to be stable in
a vacuum. Try it in the lab. Take your protein in water solution and stick
it in a vacuum at 300K and watch it boil. Then see if you can ever condense
your protein back in an intact state.

All the best
Ross

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