[AMBER] QM/MM minimization issue using sander (AMBER 18)

From: Abhilash J <md.scfbio.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:46:17 +0530

Hi everyone,

      I am trying to perform QM/MM MD on a ligand and some residues in the
active site of a protein.
      I did a 10 ns production of the complex using classical MD then tried
minimization using QM/MM in AMBER with Gaussian.
      I am getting linear minimization error on one of the water molecules
in the bulk water around the protein.
      I tried different initial structures but the problem persists. (Every
time error was with a water residue in the bulk, only the residue number
changed)
      I do not understand how the structure is running ok with GPU but not
getting into LINMIN error in CPU(s).
      I also removed all but 1 water molecule from the list of atoms for QM
problem still persisted.
      I tried changing number of CPUs in both gaussian and sander (sander
and sander.MPI).
      I am using AMBER 18 with Gaussian 09

*My input file is like this:*
==========================================
Initial min of our structure QMMM
 &cntrl
  imin=1, maxcyc=2000, ncyc=1000,
  cut=8.0, ntb=1, ntc=2, ntf=2,
  ifqnt=1
 /
 &qmmm
  qmmask=':429'
  qmcharge=0,
  qmshake=0,
  qm_ewald=0, qm_pme=1,
  qm_theory='EXTERN',
  spin=1,
 /
 &gau
  mem = '25GB',
  method = 'B3LYP',
  basis = '6-31G(d)',
  num_threads = 12,
  use_template = 0,
 /
==========================================


*Error on CPU using sander is like this:*
===========================================
   NSTEP ENERGY RMS GMAX NAME NUMBER
    950 -1.7584E+05 1.4842E+01 5.0996E+01 O 14380

 BOND = 296.7775 ANGLE = 1192.8399 DIHED =
4758.5891
 VDWAALS = 8241.4047 EEL = -162581.2527 HBOND =
0.0000
 1-4 VDW = 1340.3387 1-4 EEL = 18890.8303 RESTRAINT =
0.0000
 EXTERNESCF = -47974.7606


   NSTEP ENERGY RMS GMAX NAME NUMBER
   1000 -1.7584E+05 1.4842E+01 5.0996E+01 O 14380

 BOND = 296.7775 ANGLE = 1192.8392 DIHED =
4758.5888
 VDWAALS = 8241.4014 EEL = -162581.2432 HBOND =
0.0000
 1-4 VDW = 1340.3386 1-4 EEL = 18890.8303 RESTRAINT =
0.0000
 EXTERNESCF = -47974.7606

     ... RESTARTED DUE TO LINMIN FAILURE ...

     ... RESTARTED DUE TO LINMIN FAILURE ...


   NSTEP ENERGY RMS GMAX NAME NUMBER
   1050 -1.7584E+05 1.4842E+01 5.0996E+01 O 14380

 BOND = 296.7774 ANGLE = 1192.8391 DIHED =
4758.5888
 VDWAALS = 8241.4006 EEL = -162581.2406 HBOND =
0.0000
 1-4 VDW = 1340.3386 1-4 EEL = 18890.8303 RESTRAINT =
0.0000
 EXTERNESCF = -47974.7606

     ... RESTARTED DUE TO LINMIN FAILURE ...

     ... RESTARTED DUE TO LINMIN FAILURE ...


   NSTEP ENERGY RMS GMAX NAME NUMBER
   1100 -1.7584E+05 1.4842E+01 5.0996E+01 O 14380

 BOND = 296.7774 ANGLE = 1192.8388 DIHED =
4758.5887
 VDWAALS = 8241.3995 EEL = -162581.2369 HBOND =
0.0000
 1-4 VDW = 1340.3385 1-4 EEL = 18890.8302 RESTRAINT =
0.0000
 EXTERNESCF = -47974.7606

     ... RESTARTED DUE TO LINMIN FAILURE ...

     ***** REPEATED LINMIN FAILURE *****

     ***** SEE http://ambermd.org/Questions/linmin.html FOR MORE INFO *****


===========================================


*pmemd.cuda output is like this:*
===========================================
 NSTEP = 3350000 TIME(PS) = 12100.000 TEMP(K) = 298.79 PRESS =
348.3
 Etot = -95866.3616 EKtot = 24492.4648 EPtot =
-120358.8265
 BOND = 1220.3755 ANGLE = 3352.1816 DIHED =
5147.2619
 1-4 NB = 1494.6215 1-4 EEL = 18923.0385 VDWAALS =
11982.1028
 EELEC = -162485.2678 EHBOND = 0.0000 RESTRAINT =
6.8594
 EAMBER (non-restraint) = -120365.6859
 EKCMT = 9700.3856 VIRIAL = 6770.2280 VOLUME =
389629.2225
                                                    Density =
1.0463
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 NMR restraints: Bond = 6.859 Angle = 0.000 Torsion = 0.000
===============================================================================
===========================================
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