[gmx-users] Can I use the pdb2gmx to produce the .top file of dendrimers?

[David van der Spoel]

On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 13:09, Hanming wrote:
> Hi, all, 
> 
> In some polymers like dendrimers such as Poly(amide amine) or 
> poly(propyleneimine) there are repeated units in it. But the repeated unit
> has more than one connetted point to the following repeated units. That is,
> it is not a linear molecule. Can I define the repeated units as a residue
> and use pdb2gmx to produce my .top file.If it works how? 
In principle yes, but it depends on how regular the polymers are.
pdb2gmx is usually for linear polymers, but it can also make connections
through sidechains (e.g. cys-cys) which are defined specially. If your
molecule is rather simple you could also try the x2top utility. 

All possibilities will require hacking some files:
pdb2gmx: XXX.rtp XXX.hdb specbond.dat xlateat.dat
x2top:   XXX.n2t
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Ming 
> 
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David.
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