Re: AMBER: langevin, GB and simulated annealing?

From: Adrian E. Roitberg <roitberg.qtp.ufl.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 11:21:04 -0400

 From your input, you are asking for temp0 to jump from 300 to 400
within the first 200 steps (seems short). But, you only show the output
for step=10. Can you tell us what happens by the time you get further
along ?

adrian

pascal.baillod.epfl.ch wrote:
> Dear Amber developers,
>
> I am trying to use Amber8 for a GB implicit solvent simulation with langevin
> dynamics (ntt=3) of a 12 bp rna tetraloop. I would like to use simulated
> annealing (SA), but whatever I do the temperature stays at 300.0. I read a
> message on the mailing list that says that SA is not possible with langevin
> dynamics. So I tried the same with the berendsen thermostat (ntt=1), but again,
> no change in temperature. With explicit solvent, however, it works. Dose that
> mean SA is not implemented for GB and/or langevin? You can find my input and
> ouput here below. The latter seems to confirm that the SA weight change input
> was read in..
>
> Thank you very much for your help!
>
> Pascal
>
>
> equilibr
> &cntrl
> IMIN = 0,
> NTX = 5,
> IREST = 1,
> NTPR = 10,
> NMROPT = 1,
> NTWR = 10000,
> NTWX = 500,
> NTF = 1,
> NTB = 0,
> DIELC = 1.0,
> CUT = 1000.0,
> SCNB = 2.0,
> SCEE = 1.2,
> NSTLIM = 2000000,
> NSCM = 1000,
> DT = 0.0015,
> NTT = 1,
> NTC = 2,
> TOL = 0.00001,
> NTR = 0,
> IBELLY = 0,
> IVCAP = 0,
> IGB = 1,
> VLIMIT=10,
> &end
> &ewald
> eedmeth=4,
> &end
> &wt
> TYPE='TEMP0', istep1=0, istep2=200, value1=300.0, value2=400.0,
> &end
> &wt
> TYPE='TEMP0', istep1=201, istep2=1000, value1=400.0, value2=400.0,
> &end
> &wt
> TYPE='END'
> &end
>
>

>
> Begin reading energy term weight changes/NMR restraints
> WEIGHT CHANGES:
> TEMP0 0 200 300.000000 400.000000 0 0
> TEMP0 201 1000 400.000000 400.000000 0 0
>
> RESTRAINTS:
> ** No restraint defined **
>
> Done reading weight changes/NMR restraints
>
>
> Number of triangulated 3-point waters found: 0
> | Atom division among processors:
> | 0 389
> | Running AMBER/MPI version on 1 nodes
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 4. RESULTS
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> NSTEP = 10 TIME(PS) = 3000.015 TEMP(K) = 313.74 PRESS = 0.0
> Etot = -2193.2307 EKtot = 320.4587 EPtot = -2513.6894
> BOND = 109.3584 ANGLE = 235.9093 DIHED =
>
>

-- 
                            Dr. Adrian E. Roitberg
                              Associate Professor
               Quantum Theory Project and Department of Chemistry
University of Florida                         PHONE 352 392-6972
P.O. Box 118435                               FAX   352 392-8722
Gainesville, FL 32611-8435                    Email adrian.qtp.ufl.edu
============================================================================
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president,
or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong,
is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable
to the American public."
   --  Theodore Roosevelt
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
The AMBER Mail Reflector
To post, send mail to amber.scripps.edu
To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amber" to majordomo.scripps.edu
Received on Mon Apr 18 2005 - 16:53:00 PDT
Custom Search