Energy Manipulations: Minimization and Dynamics The main purpose of CHARMM is the evaluation and manipulation of the potential energy of a macromolecular system. In order to compute the energy, several conditions must be met. There are also several support commands which directly relate to energy evaluation. * Menu: * Description:: Description of the energy commands * Skipe:: Selection of particular energy terms * Interaction:: Computation of interaction energies and forces. * Fast:: Requirements for using the fast routines * Needs:: Requirements for all energy evaluations * Optional:: Optional actions to be taken beforehand * Substitution:: Command line energy substitution parameters * Running Average:: ESTATS command usage * Multe:: Multiple energy evaluation
Syntax for Energy Commands There are two direct energy evaluation commands. One is parsed through the minimization parser and the other involves a direct call to GETE. See *note Minimiz:(minimiz.doc) and *note Gete:(usage.doc)interface. In addition to getting the energy, the forces are also obtained. The ENERgy command. (processed through the minimization parser) [SYNTAX ENERgy] ENERgy [ nonbond-spec ] [ hbond-spec ] [ image-spec ] [ print-spec ] [ domdec-spec ] [ COMP ] [ INBFrq 0 ] [ IHBFrq 0 ] [ IMGFrq 0 ] [NOUPdate] [ openmm-spec ] hbond-spec *note Hbonds:(hbonds.doc). nonbond-spec *note Nbonds:(nbonds.doc). image-spec *note Images:(images.doc)Update. domdec-spec *note Domdec:(domdec.doc). openmm-spec *note OpenMM:(openmm.doc). If the COMP keyword is specified, then the comparison coordinate set is used, but this disables the use of the fast routines. The keyword NOUPdate turns off all update routines, and thus requires all lists to be present already. The GETE command. (a direct call to GETE) [SYNTAX GETEnergy] GETE [ COMP ] [ PRINt [ UNIT int ] ] [ openmm-spec ] [ NOPRint ] For this command to work, all list must be set up. This is best done through the UPDAte command. The COMP keyword will cause the comparison coordinate set to be used. The PRINt keyword will result in a subsequent call to PRINTE in order to print the energy. If the PRINt keyword is not specified, then NO indication that the energy has been called will be given. The UPDAte command (sets up required lists for GETE) [SYNTAX UPDAte lists] UPDAte [ nonbond-spec ] [ hbond-spec ] [ image-spec ] [ COMP ] [ INBFrq 0 ] [ IHBFrq 0 ] [ IMGfrq 0 ] [ EXSG {list-of-segment-names} | EXOF ] The update command will set up the codes lists and also create a nonbond list (unless INBFrq is 0) and a new hbond list (unless IHBFrq is 0). If the COMP keyword is specified, then the comparison coordinates will be used in setting up the nonbond and hbond lists. EXSG keword with optional following list of segment names allows to exclude some nonbonded interactions (ELEC & VDW). If list of names is empty ALL INTERsegment nonbonded interactions will be excluded. If list is not empty all INTER and INTRA segment nonbonded interactions for listed segments will be ecluded. EXOF turns off this option. H-bond energies (HBON) are not affected at the moment (Dec 3, 1991).
Skipping selected energy terms There is a facility to skip any desired energy terms during energy evaluation. For each energy term there is associated a logical flag determining whether that energy term is to be computed. Specifications are processed sequentially. The default operation is INCLude which implies that subsequent energy term are to be removed from the energy calculation. NOTE: that EXCLude implies that the energy term is to be computed. If for some reason, the list presented here is out of date, the data in SKIPE(energy.src) and in ENER.FCM of the source should be consulted. Syntax: [SYNTAX SKIP energy terms] [ INCLude ] [ EXCLude ] SKIPe repeat( [ ALL ] ) [ NONE ] [ item ] item::= [ BOND ] [ ANGL ] [ UREY ] [ DIHE ] [ IMPR ] [ VDW ] [ ELEC ] [ HBON ] [ USER ] [ HARM ] [ CDIH ] [ CIC ] [ CDRO ] [ NOE ] [ SBOU ] [ IMNB ] [ IMEL ] [ IMHB ] [ XTLV ] [ XTLE ] [ EXTE ] [ RXNF ] [ ST2 ] [ IMST ] [ TSM ] [ QMEL ] [ QMVDW] [ ASP ] [ EHARM] [ GEO ] [ MDIP ] [ STRB ] [ VATT ] [ VREP ] [ IMVREP ] [IMVATT] [ OOPL ] [ CMAP ] [ EPOL ] [ CPUC ] description: BOND - bond energy ANGL - angle energy UREY - Urey-Bradley energy term DIHE - dihedral energy IMPR - improper dihedral energy VDW - van der Waal energy ELEC - electrostatic energy HBON - hydrogen bond energy USER - user supplied energy (USERLINK) HARM - harmonic positional constraint energy CDIH - constrained dihedral energy CPUC - constrained puckering energy CIC - internal coordinate constraint energy CDRO - quartic droplet potential energy NOE - NOE general distance restraints SBOU - solvent boundary energy IMNB - image van der Waal energy IMEL - image electrostatic energy IMHB - image hydrogen bond energy XTLV - crystal van der Waal energy XTLE - crystal electrostatic energy EXTE - extended electrostatic energy RXNF - reaction field energy ST2 - ST2 water-water energy IMST - image ST2 water-water energy TSM - TMS free energy term. QMEL - energy for the quantum mechanical atoms and their electrostatic interactions with the MM atoms using the AM1 or MNDO semi-empirical approximations QMVDW - van der Waals energy between the quantum mechanical and molecular mechanical atoms ASP - solvation free energy term based on Wesson and Eisenberg surface area method EHARM - second harmonic restraint term (for implicit Euler integration) GEO - Mean-Field-Potential energy MDIP - MDIPole mean fields constraints STRB - strech-bend interaction (MMFF) VATT - VdW attraction (MMFF) VREP - VdW repulsion (MMFF) IMVREP - image VdW repulsion (MMFF) IMVATT - image VdW attraction (MMFF) OOPL - out-of-plane (MMFF) CMAP - 2D dihedral cross term energy correction map EPOL - polarization energy computed from PIPF (see pipf.doc) Examples; SKIP ALL EXCL BOND - do just bond energy SKIP EXCL ALL - return flags to default state SKIP ELEC VDW - throw out electrostatics and van der Waals energy
Interaction energies and forces The INTEraction command computes the energy and forces between any two selections of atoms. [SYNTAX INTEraction energy] INTEraction [ COMP ] [ NOPRint ] 2x(atom-selection) [UNIT int] If only one atom selection is given, then a self energy will be computed. This routine is quite efficient and may be used within a Charmm loop without too much overhead, though there are some restrictions. The COMP keyword causes the comparicon coordinates to be used. The NOPRint keyword will prevent the results from being printed. This routine works in the same manner as the GETE command in that all of the lists (CODES, nonbond, and Hbond) must be specified before invoking this command. One difference is that SHAKE will not be respected with this command (i.e. if the coordinates don't satisfy the constraints, neither will the energy). The following energy terms may be computed by this routine (unless supressed with the SKIP command); Bond - Energy defined by the two atoms involved. Angles - Energy allocated to the central atom (auto energy only). Dihedral - Energy defined between central two atoms Improper - Energy defined by first atom (auto energy only) van der Waal - ATOM option only. Energy defined by two atoms involved. Electrostatic - ATOM option only. Energy defined by two atoms involved. Hbond - Energy defined by heavy atom donor and acceptor atom. Harmonic cons - Energy allocated to central atom (auto energy only). Dihedral cons - Energy defined by central two atoms. User energy - Atom selections may be passed to USERE in the selection common (DEFIne command). Fill forces and energies as desired. All other energy terms will be zeroed. For terms listed "auto energy only", the corresponding atom must be present in both atom selections. For the remaining terms, one atom of the pair must be present in each of the atom selections. The energy division matches the method used in the analysis facility. This command will not work with the selection of images atoms, or the selection of ST2 waters. All energy terms not listed above will not be computed. The nonbond list must be generated with the ATOM and VATOM options. [T.Lazaridis, July 1999: Now INTE can work with the GROUP option] The individual energy terms are stored in the energy common and are available in commands and titles via the "?energy-term" substitution. The forces for all kept energy terms will be returned in the force arrays. Note, that it is possible for atoms to have a force that were not selected in either selection specification. This may happen for angle or dihedral terms on the first and last atoms. It may also happen in a similar manner for improper dihedrals, hydrogen bonding terms, and dihedral constraints.
The 10-12 van der Waals potential The ETEN command is used to switch between the use of a 6-12 van der Waals potential (default), and a 10-12 potential. [SYNTAX ETEN ] ETEN {ON} {OFF} Setting the flag "ETEN" to "ON or OFF" switches the van der Waals to a modified Lennard-Jones function containing an attractive r^-10 term and repulsive r^-12 and r^-6 terms: E = epsilon * [13(s/r)^12 - 18(s/r)^10 + 4(s/r)^6] LJ where s is the distance at which the potential energy is a minimum (also referred to as r_min). This form was introduced to support simulation of the Go models built by the webserver at mmtsb.scripps.edu/webservices/gomodel.html When the 10-12 potential is turned on, all energy evaluations will be carried out using this potential, including minimizations, normal mode analysis, etc. Issuing the ETEN command with any keyword other than ON will turn off the 10-12 potential, reverting to the 6-12 potential. The 10-12 potential energy may be turned off without reverting to the 6-12 potential using the SKIPE command with the VDW item, since this potential replaces the VDW energy. This option does not support CFF, MMFF, IMAGE, GRAPE, ewald, multi- body dynamics, and fast vector. It also does not does not support van der Waals shifting, force switching, or switching, as well as soft core van der Waals. This option fully supports BLOCK.
The (short-range) 10-12 van der Waals potential The ETSR command is used to switch between the use of a 6-12 van der Waals potential (default), and a short-range 10-12 potential. [SYNTAX ETSR ] ETSR {ON} {OFF} This potential is similar to ETEN, except with an additional term in the denominator: E = E / (1 + (2r/3s)^12) LJ-ETSR LJ-ETEN which diminishes the strength of the potential at large r. This option supports BLOCK, OpenMM, as well as GOPAIR functionality. If both ETSR and ETEN are used simultaneously for the same interactions, then ETSR overrides ETEN.
[SYNTAX FASTer ] FASTer {integer} {OFF } {ON } {DEFAult} {SCALar } ! for testing only {VECTor } ! for testing only {CRAYvec } ! Use parallel code designed for a CRAY {PARVec } ! Use parallel/vector code best SMP machines and Convex Instead of using an integer value, FASTer command can be issued with one of the following keywords. Keyword Equivalent integer ---------------- ---------- FASTer OFF -1 DEFAult 0 ON 1 SCALar 2 The FASTer keyword or integer defines which versions of the energy routines to be used. FASTer -1 : Always use slow routines FASTer 0 : Use fast routine if possible, no error if cannot (default) FASTer 1 : Use best optimized routine for the current machine (Error message if cannot) FASTer 2 : Use fast scalar routine (Error message if cannot) There exist a general and a fast version of the internal energy routines (bond, angle, dihedral, and improper dihedral). The is also a fast version of nonbond energy evaluation (roughly 30-50% faster). These routines were designed for long minimization or dynamics calculations. To request the FAST routine, the FASTer command should be used with a positive integer or an appropriate keyword. A negative integer will disable the fast energy routines. If the fast routines are requested and it is not possible to use the fast routines, a warning will be issued, and the general routines will be used in their place. The fast routines are more efficient in several ways; (1) arrays are included in common files rather than passed (2) second derivatives have been removed (3) analysis and print options have been removed The restrictions are that; (1) the MAIN coordinate set must be used in the energy evaluations (2) second derivatives may not be requested (3) The PSF, parameter, and codes arrays must be used (from the common files) (4) a limited set of nonbond options must be used. The current nonbond options supported by the fast nonbond routine are as follows. ATOM [CDIE] [SHIFt ] VATOM [VSHIft ] [RDIE] [SWITch ] [VSWItch ] [FSWItch] [VFSWitch] [FSHIft ] GROUP [CDIE] [SWITch ] VGROUP [VSWItch ] [RDIE] [FSWItch]
Requirements before energy manipulations can take place Before the energy of a system can be evaluated and manipulated, a number of data structures must be present. First, a PSF must be present. Second, a parameter set must be present. It must contain all parameters which are required by the PSF being used. Third, coordinates must be defined for every atom in the system. An undefined coordinate has a particular value, and if two coordinates have the same value, division by zero will occur in the evaluation of the energy. If the positions of hydrogens are required, the hydrogen bond generation routine, see *note Hbond: (hbonds.doc), must be called before the energy is evaluated. Fourth, provisions must be made for having a hydrogen bond list and a non-bonded interaction list. Having non-zero frequencies for updating this lists is one way, one can also read these lists in, see *note read:(io.doc)read, or generate them with separate commands, see *note HBgen:(hbonds.doc), or *note NBgen:(nbonds.doc).
Optional actions you can take to modify the energy manipulations There exist several commands which can modify the way the potential energy is calculated or can affect the way energy manipulations are performed. The Constraint command, see *note Cons:(cons.doc), can be used to constraints of various kinds. First, it can be used to set flags for particular atoms which will prevent them from being moved during minimization or dynamics. Second, it can be used to add positional constraint term to the potential energy. This term will be harmonic about some reference position. The user is free to set the force constant. Third, the user can place a harmonic constraint on the value of particular torsion angles in an attempt to force the geometry of a molecule. Other constraints are also available. The SHAKe command, see *note shake:(cons.doc)SHAKE, is used to set constraints on bond lengths and also bond angles during dynamics. It is very valuable in that it permits a larger step size to be used during dynamics. This is vital for dynamics where hydrogens are explicitly represented as the low mass and high force constant of bonds involving hydrogen require a ridiculously small step size. The user interface commands can be used to modify the calculation of the potential and to add another term to the potential energy. See *note Modify:(usage.doc)interface for details.
The following command line substitution values may be included in any command or title. To get the total energy, the syntax; ...... ?TOTE ..... should be used. Energy related properties: 'TOTE' - total energy 'TOTK' - total kinetic energy 'ENER' - total potential energy 'TEMP' - temperature (from KE) 'GRMS' - rms gradient 'BPRE' - boundary pressure applied 'VTOT' - total verlet energy (no HFC) 'VKIN' - total verlet kinetic energy (no HFC) 'EHFC' - high frequency correction energy 'EHYS' - slow growth hysteresis energy correction 'VOLU' - the volume of the primitive unit cell = A.(B x C)/XNSYMM. Defined only if images are present, or unless specified with the VOLUme keyword. 'PRSE' - the pressure calculated from the external virial. 'PRSI' - the pressure calculated from the internal virial. 'VIRE' - the external virial. 'VIRI' - the internal virial. 'VIRK' - the virial "kinetic energy". Energy term names: 'BOND' - bond (1-2) energy 'ANGL' - angle (1-3) energy 'UREY' - additional 1-3 urey bradley energy 'DIHE' - dihedral 1-4 energy 'IMPR' - improper planar of chiral energy 'CMAP' - 2D dihedral cross term energy correction map 'STRB' - Strech-Bend coupling energy (MMFF) 'OOPL' - Out-off-plane energy (MMFF) 'VDW ' - van der waal energy 'ELEC' - electrostatic energy 'HBON' - hydrogen bonding energy 'USER' - user supplied energy term 'HARM' - harmonic positional restraint energy 'CDIH' - dihedral restraint energy 'CPUC' - puckering restraint energy 'CIC ' - internal coordinate restraint energy 'CDRO' - droplet restraint energy (approx const press) 'NOE' - general distance restraint energy (for NOE) 'SBOU' - solvent boundary lookup table energy 'IMNB' - primary-image van der waal energy 'IMEL' - primary-image electrostatic energy 'IMHB' - primary-image hydrogen bond energy 'EXTE' - extended electrostatic energy 'EWKS' - Ewald k-space sum energy term 'EWSE' - Ewald self energy term 'RXNF' - reaction field electrostatic energy 'ST2' - ST2 water-water energy 'IMST' - primary-image ST2 water-water energy 'TSM' - TMS free energy term 'QMEL' - Quantum (QM) energy with QM/MM electrostatics 'QMVD' - Quantum (QM/MM) van der Waal term 'ASP' - Atomic solvation parameter (surface) energy 'EHAR' - Restraint term for Implicit Euler integration 'GEO ' - Mean-Field-Potential energy term 'MDIP' - Dipole Mean-Field-Potential energy term 'PRMS' - Replica/Path RMS deviation energy 'PANG' - Replica/Path RMS angle deviation energy 'SSBP' - ??????? (undocumented) 'BK4D' - 4-D energy 'SHEL' - ??????? (undocumented) 'RESD' - Restrained Distance energy 'SHAP' - Shape restraint energy 'PULL' - Pulling force energy 'POLA' - Polarizable water energy 'DMC ' - Distance map restraint energy 'RGY ' - Radius of Gyration restraint energy 'EWEX' - Ewald exclusion correction energy 'EWQC' - Ewald total charge correction energy 'EWUT' - Ewald utility energy term (for misc. corrections) Energy Pressure/Virial Terms: 'VEXX' - External Virial 'VEXY' - 'VEXZ' - 'VEYX' - 'VEYY' - 'VEYZ' - 'VEZX' - 'VEZY' - 'VEZZ' - 'VIXX' - Internal Virial 'VIXY' - 'VIXZ' - 'VIYX' - 'VIYY' - 'VIYZ' - 'VIZX' - 'VIZY' - 'VIZZ' - 'PEXX' - External Pressure 'PEXY' - 'PEXZ' - 'PEYX' - 'PEYY' - 'PEYZ' - 'PEZX' - 'PEZY' - 'PEZZ' - 'PIXX' - Internal Pressure 'PIXY' - 'PIXZ' - 'PIYX' - 'PIYY' - 'PIYZ' - 'PIZX' - 'PIZY' - 'PIZZ' - Examples: 1. Save the structure with a lower NOE restraint energy. READ COOR CARD UNIT 1 ! Read the first structure READ COOR CARD COMP UNIT 2 ! Read the second structure ENERGY ! Compute energy of first structure SET 1 ?NOE ! save the NOE energy value ENERGY COMP ! Compute the energy of the second structure IF ?NOE LT @1 COOR COPY ! replace first structure if second has ! a lower energy. 2. Write some energy values when saving coordinates .... COOR ORIE RMS MASS ENERGY OPEN WRITE CARD UNIT 22 NAME RESULT.CRD WRITE COOR CARD UNIT 22 * Final coordinates * energy=?ENER and electrostatic energy=?ELEC * mass weighted rms deviation from xray structure is ?RMS *
Running Energy Averages (ESTATS) The ESTATS command is a basic statistical facility that allows the calculation and manipulation of the mean and variance of the potential energy and its components over a number of potential energy calculations, without the need for writing out trajectories or coordinate files--i.e. the calculations are done "on the fly." ESTATS can be used in dynamics runs or in other sampling procedures that result in serial calls to the ENERGY subroutine. The facility will collect data points at specified sampling intervals along a collection run for a specified step length and calculate the running statistics. An initial portion of the collection run may be skipped (e.g. for eliminating the equilibration period from the statistics during dynamics). Results may be written either to standard output or to a file. The facility will, if requested, "variable-ize" the calculated averages, i.e. allow assignment of the values to CHARMM script variables. The facility can also write the individual potential energy values to a file. Syntax: ESTAts [LENGTH <integer>] [SKIP <integer>] [IPRF <integer>] [NPRI <integer>] [IUNW <integer>] [NEPR <integer>] [IUPE <integer>] [UPLM <real>] [LOLM <real>] [FRPI] [VARI] [BOND] [ANGLe] [UREY-Bradley] [DIHEdral] [IMPRoper] [VDWaals] [ELECtrostatics] [HBONding] [USER] [SBOUnd] [ASP] LENGth length of trajectory (number of total energy calculations) from which sampling is to take place (default 0). SKIP specifies a length of energy data points (calls to ENERGY) after which the data collection is to begin (default 0). IPRFreq specifies the frequency with which data points will be collected (i.e. every IPRFrequency energy calculations). [BOND], [ANGLE], etc. the energy term keywords specify which components of the potential energy are to have their statistics calculated. HBONding is the hydrogen bonding energy; USER is the user-defined energy; SBOUnd is the solvent boundary potential; ASP is the implicit solvation energy (e.g. from eef1). Statistics on the total potential energy are always calculated. IUNWrite fortran unit onto which statistics are to be written (default is no printing) NPRInt period for writing the energy statistics to standard output (default is no printing) IUPE fortran unit onto which the potential energies are to be written (default is no printing) NEPRint period for writing potential energies UPLM limit above which an energy value will be discarded from the statistics (default 99999999). LOLM limit below which an energy value will be discarded from the statistics (default -99999999). FPRI keyword specifying the final statistics are to be written to standard output at the end of the collection STOP stops the data collection and prints current statistics VARI keyword specifying that values of averages and variances will be assignable to CHARMM script variables. The values can be accessed as follows: ?AENE,?VENE mean and variance for potential energy ?ABON,?VBON mean and variance for bonds ?AANG,?VANG for angles ?AURE,?VURE for Urey-Bradley terms ?ADIH,?VDIH for dihedral terms ?AIMP,?VIMP for improper dihedral terms ?AVDW,?VVDW for van der Waals ?AELE,?VELE for electrostatics ?AHBO,?VHBO for hydrogen bond terms ?AUSE,?VUSE for user energy ?ASBO,?VSBO for solvent boundary potential (sbound) ?AASP,?VASP for solvation term Note that ALL component energy terms for which statistics are being calculated must be in the proper range (>LOLM and <UPLM) in order for a given data point to be included. Discarded data points will result in statistics that are based on less than LENGTH data points. The number of discarded data points will be printed to standard output with the final statistics at the end of the collection. EXAMPLE: ESTAts LENGTH 1000000 SKIP 100000 IPRFreq 5 NPRINT -1 FPRInt - VDW ELEC BOND ANGL IMPR SBOU DIHE - IUNWrite 11 NUPRint 10000 NEPR 1000 IUPE 10 This specifies that the statistics are to be done on 180,000 data points (1,000,000 - 100,000)/5. Statistics will be done on the specified energy terms in addition to the potential energy. Statistics will be written every 10,000 steps to unit 11 and the potential energies will be written every 1000 steps to unit 10. No printing will be done to standard output (NPRINT -1) except for the final statistics (FPRInt). This statistics file is written out according to the following format: EPOT 10 -1912.29336237 226.63620520 BOND 10 212.58550818 91.35922427 ANGL 10 299.99516787 95.65303762 UREY 10 39.09373234 18.64669506 The first column indicates the energy term. The second column indicates the number of data points included in the calculations (number of values over which statistics are taken). The third column gives the average and the fourth column gives the fluctuation (standard deviation). (Differences between ESTATS and statistics calculated in standard dynamics: 1) In ESTATS, the denominator in the standard deviation formula is (N-1)^(1/2), where N is the number of data points. In dynamics, the denominator is N^(1/2). 2) In dynamics, the initial energy terms are considered step "0" and not included in the statistics; hence for a direct comparison, it is necessary to specify SKIP 1 in the ESTATS command and increase the LENGTH of the collection by 1.
Multiple Energy Evaluations for Related Conformations The purpose of the MLTE command is to make repeated energy evaluations for related conformations through rapid reading of pre-computed coordinates. The MLTE command is invoked from the command line after a valid UPDAte command has specified the energy function desired. [SYNTAX MLTE] MLTE [ ATNI atom_i ] [ ATNJ atom_j ] [ FILI filename_i ] [ FILJ filename_j ] [ OUTF filename_output ] repeat ( [ETER eterm] ) Cartesian coordinates for a collection of coordinates for two sets of atoms are stored in "write coor dumb" format in files whose names are indicated by FILI and FILJ, respectively. The number of the first atom of group_i is given by ATNI and that of group_j is given by ATNJ. The energy for all conformational pairings (each conformation of group_i with each conformation of group_j) will be computed and printed in the file indicated by OUTF. The energy terms to be included is indicated with repeated invocations of the ETER command, with energy term names listed in the substitution section.
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