Re: [AMBER] ptraj centering problem

From: Hirdesh Kumar <hirdesh.iitd.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 14:53:45 +0100

Just for curiosity i wanted to know whether this works with ptraj as well ?
(I mean above mentioned commands work only with cpptraj or also with ptraj?


On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Daniel Roe <daniel.r.roe.gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You need to use a topology that corresponds to your stripped
> coordinates. You can easily generate one with cpptraj - I also
> recommend using autoimage in cpptraj. The cpptraj script would be:
>
> trajin protein_prod.mdcrd 1 150 1
> strip :WAT outprefix strip
> autoimage
> rms first out rmsd.out .CA,C,N
> trajout protein_prod_centered.mdcrd nobox
>
> Assuming your input topology is named something like "protein.prmtop",
> the strip command will generate a stripped topology named
> "strip.protein.prmtop", which you can then using along with your
> stripped trajectory "protein_prod_centered.mdcrd".
>
> You can also use the parmed program to create a stripped topology.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> -Dan
>
> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Fabian Glaser <fglaser.technion.ac.il>
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am trying to center all trajectory frames after simulation, as
> suggested in several tutorials and manual:
> >
> > trajin protein_prod.mdcrd 1 150 1
> > trajout protein_prod_centered.mdcrd nobox
> >
> > rms first out rmsd.out .CA,C,N
> >
> > center :1-122 mass origin
> > image origin center familiar
> >
> > strip :WAT
> >
> > The rmsd looks fine, but when I run the MD movie application in Chimera
> with the re-centered coordinates file, the result looks horrible, the bonds
> of the protein are wrong and not all the frames are uploaded.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Thanks a lot in advance,
> >
> > Fabian
> >
> >
> >
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