[gmx-users] Does Gromacs work on a molecule which is not protein

[David van der Spoel]

Tanping Li wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I plan to run solvate a small molecule using Gromacs.
> This small molecule is not a protein or DNA or RNA. So
> I meet the problem at the first step to run pdb2gmx,
> the wrong information says Gromacs can't recognize
> this molecule.
> Is there a way to assign charge to this small molecule
> and get a *.top file; could I use gromacs to run this
> unknown small molecule?

of course, you have to use other software and your editor to create the 
topology. you can also start with prodrg.

> 
> Thank you very much for your suggestion. I have
> bothered by this for a while.
> 
> 
> Best
> Tanping
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