[gmx-developers] charges,resonance and electrostatics

[Erik Marklund]

Omer Markovitch skrev:
> Hello,
> There is a point, I want to clear out for myself:
> Say we focus on the aspartate residue. It has a formal charge of -1.
> This charge on either oxygen of the carboxyl is -0.8 (oxygens OD1 & 
> OD2), according to one of the force fields employed in GROMACS.
>  
> What is the right way to calculate electrostatics here:
> 1) "As is", and letting the two oxygens repel one another.
> 2) Ignore this specific pair when calculating?
>  
> How does GROMACS operates? I think that (1) is the common practice, 
> but I want to be sure.
>  
> Thank you, Omer Markovitch.
>
> Koby Levy research group,
> Weizmann Institute of Science.
> http://www.weizmann.ac.il/sb/faculty_pages/Levy/
>   
As far as I know this depends on the force field. Most force fields 
ignores non-bonded interactions connected by fewer than three bonds, as 
is the case with the oxygens in aspartate. Non-bonded interactions 
between atoms separated by three bonds are often scaled down by a "fudge 
factor".

/Erik
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