gmx gyrate¶
Synopsis¶
gmx gyrate [-f [<.xtc/.trr/...>]] [-s [<.tpr/.gro/...>]] [-n [<.ndx>]]
           [-o [<.xvg>]] [-acf [<.xvg>]] [-b <time>] [-e <time>]
           [-dt <time>] [-[no]w] [-xvg <enum>] [-nmol <int>] [-[no]q]
           [-[no]p] [-[no]moi] [-nz <int>] [-acflen <int>]
           [-[no]normalize] [-P <enum>] [-fitfn <enum>]
           [-beginfit <real>] [-endfit <real>]
Description¶
gmx gyrate computes the radius of gyration of a molecule
and the radii of gyration about the x-, y- and z-axes,
as a function of time. The atoms are explicitly mass weighted.
The axis components corresponds to the mass-weighted root-mean-square of the radii components orthogonal to each axis, for example:
Rg(x) = sqrt((sum_i m_i (R_i(y)^2 + R_i(z)^2))/(sum_i m_i)).
With the -nmol option the radius of gyration will be calculated
for multiple molecules by splitting the analysis group in equally
sized parts.
With the option -nz 2D radii of gyration in the x-y plane
of slices along the z-axis are calculated.
Options¶
Options to specify input files:
- -f[<.xtc/.trr/…>] (traj.xtc)
- -s[<.tpr/.gro/…>] (topol.tpr)
- -n[<.ndx>] (index.ndx) (Optional)
- Index file 
Options to specify output files:
- -o[<.xvg>] (gyrate.xvg)
- xvgr/xmgr file 
- -acf[<.xvg>] (moi-acf.xvg) (Optional)
- xvgr/xmgr file 
Other options:
- -b<time> (0)
- Time of first frame to read from trajectory (default unit ps) 
- -e<time> (0)
- Time of last frame to read from trajectory (default unit ps) 
- -dt<time> (0)
- Only use frame when t MOD dt = first time (default unit ps) 
- -[no]w(no)
- -xvg<enum> (xmgrace)
- xvg plot formatting: xmgrace, xmgr, none 
- -nmol<int> (1)
- The number of molecules to analyze 
- -[no]q(no)
- Use absolute value of the charge of an atom as weighting factor instead of mass 
- -[no]p(no)
- Calculate the radii of gyration about the principal axes. 
- -[no]moi(no)
- Calculate the moments of inertia (defined by the principal axes). 
- -nz<int> (0)
- Calculate the 2D radii of gyration of this number of slices along the z-axis 
- -acflen<int> (-1)
- Length of the ACF, default is half the number of frames 
- -[no]normalize(yes)
- Normalize ACF 
- -P<enum> (0)
- Order of Legendre polynomial for ACF (0 indicates none): 0, 1, 2, 3 
- -fitfn<enum> (none)
- Fit function: none, exp, aexp, exp_exp, exp5, exp7, exp9 
- -beginfit<real> (0)
- Time where to begin the exponential fit of the correlation function 
- -endfit<real> (-1)
- Time where to end the exponential fit of the correlation function, -1 is until the end