g_mindist(1) - Linux man page

Name

g_mindist - calculates the minimum distance between two groups

VERSION 4.5.4-dev-20110404-bc5695c

Synopsis

g_mindist -f traj.xtc -s topol.tpr -n index.ndx -od mindist.xvg -on numcont.xvg -o atm-pair.out -ox mindist.xtc -or mindistres.xvg -[no]h -[no]version -nice int -b time -e time -dt time -tu enum -[no]w -xvgenum -[no]matrix -[no]max -d real -[no]group -[no]pi -[no]split -ng int -[no]pbc -[no]respertime -[no]printresname

Description

g_mindist computes the distance between one group and a number of other groups. Both the minimum distance (between any pair of atoms from the respective groups) and the number of contacts within a given distance are written to two separate output files. With the -group option a contact of an atom an other group with multiple atoms in the first group is counted as one contact instead of as multiple contacts. With -or, minimum distances to each residue in the first group are determined and plotted as a function of residue number.

With option -pi the minimum distance of a group to its periodic image is plotted. This is useful for checking if a protein has seen its periodic image during a simulation. Only one shift in each direction is considered, giving a total of 26 shifts. It also plots the maximum distance within the group and the lengths of the three box vectors.

Other programs that calculate distances are g_dist and g_bond.

Files

-f traj.xtc Input Trajectory: xtc trr trj gro g96 pdb cpt

-s topol.tpr Input, Opt. Structure+mass(db): tpr tpb tpa gro g96 pdb

-n index.ndx Input, Opt. Index file

-od mindist.xvg Output xvgr/xmgr file

-on numcont.xvg Output, Opt. xvgr/xmgr file

-o atm-pair.out Output, Opt. Generic output file

-ox mindist.xtc Output, Opt. Trajectory: xtc trr trj gro g96 pdb

-or mindistres.xvg Output, Opt. xvgr/xmgr file

Other Options

-[no]hno Print help info and quit

-[no]versionno Print version info and quit

-nice int 19 Set the nicelevel

-b time 0 First frame (ps) to read from trajectory

-e time 0 Last frame (ps) to read from trajectory

-dt time 0 Only use frame when t MOD dt = first time (ps)

-tu enum ps Time unit: fs, ps, ns, us, ms or s

-[no]wno View output .xvg, .xpm, .eps and .pdb files

-xvg enum xmgrace xvg plot formatting: xmgrace, xmgr or none

-[no]matrixno Calculate half a matrix of group-group distances

-[no]maxno Calculate *maximum* distance instead of minimum

-d real 0.6 Distance for contacts

-[no]groupno Count contacts with multiple atoms in the first group as one

-[no]pino Calculate minimum distance with periodic images

-[no]splitno Split graph where time is zero

-ng int 1 Number of secondary groups to compute distance to a central group

-[no]pbcyes Take periodic boundary conditions into account

-[no]respertimeno When writing per-residue distances, write distance for each time point

-[no]printresnameno Write residue names

See Also

gromacs(7)

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