Hi David,
I have asked before about studying DNA on a surface using amber7 before. 
Unfortunately i did not get responses. Is it save to assume that this is 
a difficult task. Or is the problem simply lack of interest in this 
subject. your help is greatly appreciated.
Best wishes,
Taufik
David A. Case wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 05, 2007, fatima.chami.durham.ac.uk wrote:
>>
>> I started using the NMR approach. My restraint file contains
>>
>>  &rst
>>  iat= 8, 20, 21, 22,
>>  r1=160.0,r2=165.8, r3=170.0, r4=171.0,
>>  rk2=50, rk3=50,
>>  ialtd=0, &end
> 
> You probably need to have r4 much larger, if you want a 180 angle to be
> penalized by a significant amount.  Try r4 at least at 180.
> 
> You should plot your actual penalty function vs. angle to see visually what
> regions are allowed and disallowed, and by how much.  As others have noticed,
> you get counter-intuitive results when r1 is very close to r2, or when r3 is
> very close to r4.
> 
>> I selected iat with respect to sequence number in the Pdb file for the given
>> torsion angle 
>>
>> my mdin file:
>>
>>  &cntrl
>>   imin   = 1,
>>   nmropt = 1,
>>   pencut=-0.001
>>   maxcyc = 500,
>>   ncyc   = 250,
>>   ntb    = 0,
>>   igb    = 0,
>>   cut    = 12
>>  /
>>  &wt type='REST', istep1=0,istep2=500,value1=0.1,                         
>>             value2=1.0,  /                                                  
> 
> As you have seen, it won't work to use variable restraints with minimization:
> that only works for MD.
> 
>> to check if my approach is working  i run a minimization 
>> at current torsional angle of 180.0 which is outside the restraint range 
> 
> Use the LISTIN=POUT command line to get detailed information on your
> restraints.
> 
> 
> ...hope this helps...dac
> 
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