[gmx-users] Unnatural amino acids- modifying topology files

David van der Spoel spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se
Fri Aug 25 06:33:08 CEST 2006


Vanessa Oklejas wrote:
> Hello GROMACS people,
> 
> I'm trying to model a protein containing the unnatural amino acid 
> para-fluorophenylalanine (FPhe).  I modified the aminoacid.dat file, as 
> well as the .hdb and .rtp files by adapting the existing entry for PHE.
> 
> I have been able to use 'grompp' and perform a minimization of an 
> FPhe-containing protein. However when I perform 'grompp' I get a warning:
> 
> 
>                  />WARNING 1 [file "1U70_F.itp", line 27460]:
>                  >No default Proper Dih. types, using zeroes

this may be slightly confusing, but OPLS uses the cosine based proper 
dihedrals (in GROMOS speak) to implement *improper* dihedrals, i.e. to 
prevent your F from going out of the plane. You therefore  have to 
specify parameters in the improper section below.

> 
> /The line in the .itp file corresponds to atoms which include the CE1, 
> CE2, CZ and F atoms of FPhe. I'm surprised that GROMACS is giving me a 
> warning because the FPh entry in the .rtp file nearly identical to that 
> for the PHE-  the HZ atom is simply replaced by an F atom (the FPhe 
> entry in the .rtp file is included at the end of this message). How can 
> I rectify this situation?
> 
> Thanks,
> Vanessa
> ________________________________________________________________
> 
>                  /[ FPh ]
>                  [ atoms ]
>                       N    amber99_34  -0.41570     1
>                       H    amber99_17   0.27190     2
>                     CA    amber99_11  -0.00240     3
>                    HA    amber99_19   0.09780     4
>                    CB    amber99_11  -0.03430     5
>                    HB1    amber99_18   0.02950     6
>                   HB2    amber99_18   0.02950     7
>                   CG    amber99_3    0.01180     8
>                   CD1    amber99_3   -0.12560     9
>                   HD1    amber99_22   0.13300    10
>                   CE1    amber99_3   -0.17040    11
>                     HE1    amber99_22   0.14300    12
>                     CZ    amber99_3   -0.10720    13
>                     F    amber99_16  -0.21700    14
>                   CE2    amber99_3   -0.17040    15
>                   HE2    amber99_22   0.14300    16
>                    CD2    amber99_3   -0.12560    17
>                    HD2    amber99_22   0.13300    18
>                     C    amber99_2    0.59730    19
>                     O    amber99_41  -0.56790    20
>                  [ bonds ]
>                       N     H
>                     N    CA
>                   CA    HA
>                   CA    CB
>                   CA     C
>                  CB   HB1
>                   CB   HB2
>                    CB    CG
>                    CG   CD1
>                    CG   CD2
>                   CD1   HD1
>                   CD1   CE1
>                   CE1   HE1
>                   CE1    CZ
>                   CZ     F
>                    CZ   CE2
>                  CE2   HE2
>                  CE2   CD2
>                   CD2   HD2
>                    C     O
>                    -C     N
>                  [ dihedrals ]
>                    CA     C    +N    +H    backbone_prop_1
>                     O     C    +N    +H    backbone_prop_2
>                   -C     N    CA    CB    backbone_prop_3
>                   -C     N    CA     C    backbone_prop_4
>                   CA     C    +N   +CA    backbone_prop_1
>                   O     C    +N   +CA    backbone_prop_1
>                   CB    CG   CD1   HD1    aromatic_prop_1
>                   CB    CG   CD2   HD2    aromatic_prop_1
>                   CB    CG   CD1   CE1    aromatic_prop_1
>                   CB    CG   CD2   CE2    aromatic_prop_1
>                   CG   CD1   CE1   HE1    aromatic_prop_1
>                   CG   CD2   CE2   HE2    aromatic_prop_1
>                   CG   CD1   CE1    CZ    aromatic_prop_1
>                   CG   CD2   CE2    CZ    aromatic_prop_1
>                    CD1  CE1    CZ     F    aromatic_prop_1
>                     CD1  CE1    CZ   CE2    aromatic_prop_1
>                     CD2  CE2    CZ     F    aromatic_prop_1
>                     CD2  CE2    CZ   CE1    aromatic_prop_1
>                     CE1   CZ   CE2   HE2    aromatic_prop_1
>                    CE2   CZ   CE1   HE1    aromatic_prop_1
>                     HD1  CD1   CE1   HE1    aromatic_prop_1
>                  HD2  CD2   CE2   HE2    aromatic_prop_1
>                  HE1  CE1    CZ     F    aromatic_prop_1
>                    HE2  CE2    CZ     F    aromatic_prop_1
>                    HD1  CD1   CE1    CZ    aromatic_prop_1
>                   HD2  CD2   CE2    CZ    aromatic_prop_1
>                   HD1  CD1    CG   CD2    aromatic_prop_1
>                   CD1   CG   CD2   HD2    aromatic_prop_1
>                    CE1  CD1    CG   CD2    aromatic_prop_1
>                    CD1   CG   CD2   CE2    aromatic_prop_1
>                  [ impropers ]
>                   -C    CA     N     H
>                   CA    +N     C     O
>                   CG   CE2   CD2   HD2
>                   CZ   CD2   CE2   HE2
>                  CE1   CE2    CZ     F
>                   CD1    CZ   CE1   HE1
>                   CG   CE1   CD1   HD1
>                   CD1   CD2    CG    CB
> /
> 
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David.
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