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GMX-EDITCONF(1) GROMACS GMX-EDITCONF(1) NAME gmx-editconf - Convert and manipulates structure files SYNOPSIS gmx editconf [-f [<.gro/.g96/...>]] [-n [<.ndx>]] [-bf [<.dat>]] [-o [<.gro/.g96/...>]] [-mead [<.pqr>]] [-[no]w] [-[no]ndef] [-bt <enum>] [-box <vector>] [-angles <vector>] [-d <real>] [-[no]c] [-center <vector>] [-aligncenter <vector>] [-align <vector>] [-translate <vector>] [-rotate <vector>] [-[no]princ] [-scale <vector>] [-density <real>] [-[no]pbc] [-resnr <int>] [-[no]grasp] [-rvdw <real>] [-[no]sig56] [-[no]vdwread] [-[no]atom] [-[no]legend] [-label <string>] [-[no]conect] DESCRIPTION gmx editconf converts generic structure format to .gro, .g96 or .pdb. The box can be modified with options -box, -d and -angles. Both -box and -d will center the system in the box, unless -noc is used. The -center option can be used to shift the geometric center of the system from the default of (x/2, y/2, z/2) implied by -c to some other value. Option -bt determines the box type: triclinic is a triclinic box, cubic is a rectangular box with all sides equal dodecahedron represents a rhombic dodecahedron and octahedron is a truncated octahedron. The last two are special cases of a triclinic box. The length of the three box vectors of the truncated octahedron is the shortest distance be- tween two opposite hexagons. Relative to a cubic box with some peri- odic image distance, the volume of a dodecahedron with this same peri- odic distance is 0.71 times that of the cube, and that of a truncated octahedron is 0.77 times. Option -box requires only one value for a cubic, rhombic dodecahedral, or truncated octahedral box. With -d and a triclinic box the size of the system in the x-, y-, and z-directions is used. With -d and cubic, dodecahedron or octahedron boxes, the dimensions are set to the diameter of the system (largest distance between atoms) plus twice the specified distance. Option -angles is only meaningful with option -box and a triclinic box and cannot be used with option -d. When -n or -ndef is set, a group can be selected for calculating the size and the geometric center, otherwise the whole system is used. -rotate rotates the coordinates and velocities. -princ aligns the principal axes of the system along the coordinate axes, with the longest axis aligned with the x-axis. This may allow you to decrease the box volume, but beware that molecules can rotate significantly in a nanosecond. Scaling is applied before any of the other operations are performed. Boxes and coordinates can be scaled to give a certain density (option -density). Note that this may be inaccurate in case a .gro file is given as input. A special feature of the scaling option is that when the factor -1 is given in one dimension, one obtains a mirror image, mirrored in one of the planes. When one uses -1 in three dimensions, a point-mirror image is obtained. Groups are selected after all operations have been applied. Periodicity can be removed in a crude manner. It is important that the box vectors at the bottom of your input file are correct when the peri- odicity is to be removed. When writing .pdb files, B-factors can be added with the -bf option. B-factors are read from a file with with following format: first line states number of entries in the file, next lines state an index fol- lowed by a B-factor. The B-factors will be attached per residue unless the number of B-factors is larger than the number of the residues or unless the -atom option is set. Obviously, any type of numeric data can be added instead of B-factors. -legend will produce a row of CA atoms with B-factors ranging from the minimum to the maximum value found, ef- fectively making a legend for viewing. With the option -mead a special .pdb (.pqr) file for the MEAD electro- statics program (Poisson-Boltzmann solver) can be made. A further pre- requisite is that the input file is a run input file. The B-factor field is then filled with the Van der Waals radius of the atoms while the occupancy field will hold the charge. The option -grasp is similar, but it puts the charges in the B-factor and the radius in the occupancy. Option -align allows alignment of the principal axis of a specified group against the given vector, with an optional center of rotation specified by -aligncenter. Finally, with option -label, editconf can add a chain identifier to a .pdb file, which can be useful for analysis with e.g. Rasmol. To convert a truncated octrahedron file produced by a package which uses a cubic box with the corners cut off (such as GROMOS), use: gmx editconf -f in -rotate 0 45 35.264 -bt o -box veclen -o out where veclen is the size of the cubic box times sqrt(3)/2. OPTIONS Options to specify input files: -f [<.gro/.g96/...>] (conf.gro) Structure file: gro g96 pdb brk ent esp tpr -n [<.ndx>] (index.ndx) (Optional) Index file -bf [<.dat>] (bfact.dat) (Optional) Generic data file Options to specify output files: -o [<.gro/.g96/...>] (out.gro) (Optional) Structure file: gro g96 pdb brk ent esp -mead [<.pqr>] (mead.pqr) (Optional) Coordinate file for MEAD Other options: -[no]w (no) View output .xvg, .xpm, .eps and .pdb files -[no]ndef (no) Choose output from default index groups -bt <enum> (triclinic) Box type for -box and -d: triclinic, cubic, dodecahedron, octa- hedron -box <vector> (0 0 0) Box vector lengths (a,b,c) -angles <vector> (90 90 90) Angles between the box vectors (bc,ac,ab) -d <real> (0) Distance between the solute and the box -[no]c (no) Center molecule in box (implied by -box and -d) -center <vector> (0 0 0) Shift the geometrical center to (x,y,z) -aligncenter <vector> (0 0 0) Center of rotation for alignment -align <vector> (0 0 0) Align to target vector -translate <vector> (0 0 0) Translation -rotate <vector> (0 0 0) Rotation around the X, Y and Z axes in degrees -[no]princ (no) Orient molecule(s) along their principal axes -scale <vector> (1 1 1) Scaling factor -density <real> (1000) Density (g/L) of the output box achieved by scaling -[no]pbc (no) Remove the periodicity (make molecule whole again) -resnr <int> (-1) Renumber residues starting from resnr -[no]grasp (no) Store the charge of the atom in the B-factor field and the ra- dius of the atom in the occupancy field -rvdw <real> (0.12) Default Van der Waals radius (in nm) if one can not be found in the database or if no parameters are present in the topology file -[no]sig56 (no) Use rmin/2 (minimum in the Van der Waals potential) rather than sigma/2 -[no]vdwread (no) Read the Van der Waals radii from the file vdwradii.dat rather than computing the radii based on the force field -[no]atom (no) Force B-factor attachment per atom -[no]legend (no) Make B-factor legend -label <string> (A) Add chain label for all residues -[no]conect (no) Add CONECT records to a .pdb file when written. Can only be done when a topology (tpr file) is present KNOWN ISSUES • For complex molecules, the periodicity removal routine may break down, • in that case you can use gmx trjconv. SEE ALSO gmx(1) More information about GROMACS is available at <- http://www.gromacs.org/>. COPYRIGHT 2025, GROMACS development team 2025.0 Feb 10, 2025 GMX-EDITCONF(1)
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