[gmx-users] OPLS parametes for cholesterol

Yang Ye leafyoung at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 18 18:54:13 CEST 2007


Hi, Valentin

This write-up is good so people will use it with caution.

Regards,.
Yang Ye

On 9/19/2007 12:31 AM, Valentin Gogonea wrote:
> Hi Yang,
>
> To describe the bonding interactions I used atom types from the OPLS 
> force field (.atp file). I picked  the atom type based on chemical 
> environment (eg sp3/sp2 for C or being involved in a specific 
> functional group). So I did not create new atom types. The partial 
> charges are the default ones given in ffoplsaanb.itp (probably 
> adjusted adhoc a bit to sum up to zero). I did not check if the 
> geometry fits a QM geometry, but after a MM geometry optimization in 
> gas phase it looked OK. If you need an accurate ff for cholesterol you 
> definitely will have to refine the parameters and charges but the set 
> I gave you should be a good start. My interest was just to have 
> cholesterol into a POPC bilayer and I did not need to look at specific 
> interactions of CHL with POPC or water. So this ff was ok for me but 
> may not be satisfactory for your purpose.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Valentin
> On Sep 18, 2007, at 11:35 AM, Yang Ye wrote:
>
>> Hi, Valentin
>>
>> Could you describe how you obtained it? So it carries more 
>> credibility as well as makes it citable for you.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Yang Ye
>>
>> On 9/18/2007 9:00 PM, Valentin Gogonea wrote:
>>> I have one. You have to insert it in the .rtp file and use pdb2gmx. 
>>> I relabeled the atoms. This may be inconvenient if you use a pdb 
>>> file with coordinates for cholesterol.
>>>
>>> Valentin
>>>
>>> [ CHL ]
>>> [ atoms ]
>>>     CA    opls_136   -0.120     0
>>>    HA1    opls_140    0.060     0
>>>    HA2    opls_140    0.060     0
>>>     CB    opls_136   -0.120     1
>>>    HB1    opls_140    0.060     1
>>>    HB2    opls_140    0.060     1
>>>     CC    opls_137    0.205     2
>>>     HC    opls_140    0.060     2
>>>      O    opls_154   -0.683     2
>>>      H    opls_155    0.418     2
>>>     CD    opls_136   -0.120     3
>>>    HD1    opls_140    0.060     3
>>>    HD2    opls_140    0.060     3
>>>     CE    opls_141    0.000     3
>>>     CF    opls_142   -0.115     4
>>>     HF    opls_144    0.115     4
>>>     CG    opls_136   -0.120     5
>>>    HG1    opls_140    0.060     5
>>>    HG2    opls_140    0.060     5
>>>     CH    opls_137   -0.060     6
>>>     HH    opls_140    0.060     6
>>>     CI    opls_137   -0.060     7
>>>     HI    opls_140    0.060     7
>>>     CJ    opls_139    0.000     7
>>>     C1    opls_135   -0.180     8
>>>    H11    opls_140    0.060     8
>>>    H12    opls_140    0.060     8
>>>    H13    opls_140    0.060     8
>>>     CK    opls_136   -0.120     9
>>>    HK1    opls_140    0.060     9
>>>    HK2    opls_140    0.060     9
>>>     CL    opls_136   -0.120    10
>>>    HL1    opls_140    0.060    10
>>>    HL2    opls_140    0.060    10
>>>     CM    opls_139    0.000    10
>>>     C2    opls_135   -0.180    11
>>>    H21    opls_140    0.060    11
>>>    H22    opls_140    0.060    11
>>>    H23    opls_140    0.060    11
>>>     CN    opls_137   -0.060    12
>>>     HN    opls_140    0.060    12
>>>     CO    opls_136   -0.120    13
>>>    HO1    opls_140    0.060    13
>>>    HO2    opls_140    0.060    13
>>>     CP    opls_136   -0.120    14
>>>    HP1    opls_140    0.060    14
>>>    HP2    opls_140    0.060    14
>>>     CQ    opls_137   -0.060    15
>>>     HQ    opls_140    0.060    15
>>>     CR    opls_137   -0.060    16
>>>     HR    opls_140    0.060    16
>>>     C3    opls_135   -0.180    17
>>>    H31    opls_140    0.060    17
>>>    H32    opls_140    0.060    17
>>>    H33    opls_140    0.060    17
>>>     CS    opls_136   -0.120    18
>>>    HS1    opls_140    0.060    18
>>>    HS2    opls_140    0.060    18
>>>     CT    opls_136   -0.120    19
>>>    HT1    opls_140    0.060    19
>>>    HT2    opls_140    0.060    19
>>>     CU    opls_136   -0.120    20
>>>    HU1    opls_140    0.060    20
>>>    HU2    opls_140    0.060    20
>>>     CV    opls_137   -0.060    21
>>>     HV    opls_140    0.060    21
>>>     CZ    opls_135   -0.180    22
>>>    HZ1    opls_140    0.060    22
>>>    HZ2    opls_140    0.060    22
>>>    HZ3    opls_140    0.060    22
>>>     C4    opls_135   -0.180    23
>>>    H41    opls_140    0.060    23
>>>    H42    opls_140    0.060    23
>>>    H43    opls_140    0.060    23
>>> [ bonds ]
>>>     CA   HA1
>>>     CA   HA2
>>>     CA    CB
>>>     CA    CJ
>>>     CB   HB1
>>>     CB   HB2
>>>     CB    CC
>>>     CC    HC
>>>     CC     O
>>>     CC    CD
>>>      O     H
>>>     CD   HD1
>>>     CD   HD2
>>>     CD    CE
>>>     CE    CF
>>>     CE    CJ
>>>     CF    HF
>>>     CF    CG
>>>     CG   HG1
>>>     CG   HG2
>>>     CG    CH
>>>     CH    HH
>>>     CH    CI
>>>     CH    CN
>>>     CI    HI
>>>     CI    CJ
>>>     CI    CK
>>>     CJ    C1
>>>     C1   H11
>>>     C1   H12
>>>     C1   H13
>>>     CK   HK1
>>>     CK   HK2
>>>     CK    CL
>>>     CL   HL1
>>>     CL   HL2
>>>     CL    CM
>>>     CM    HM
>>>     CM    CN
>>>     CM    CQ
>>>     CM    C2
>>>     C2   H21
>>>     C2   H22
>>>     C2   H23
>>>     CN    HN
>>>     CN    CO
>>>     CO   HO1
>>>     CO   HO2
>>>     CO    CP
>>>     CP   HP1
>>>     CP   HP2
>>>     CP    CQ
>>>     CQ    HQ
>>>     CQ    CR
>>>     CR    HR
>>>     CR    C3
>>>     C3   H31
>>>     C3   H32
>>>     C3   H33
>>>     CR    CS
>>>     CS   HS1
>>>     CS   HS2
>>>     CS    CT
>>>     CT   HT1
>>>     CT   HT2
>>>     CT    CU
>>>     CU   HU1
>>>     CU   HU2
>>>     CU    CV
>>>     CV    HV
>>>     CV    CZ
>>>     CV    C4
>>>     CZ   HZ1
>>>     CZ   HZ2
>>>     CZ   HZ3
>>>     C4   H41
>>>     C4   H42
>>>     C4   H43
>>> [ dihedrals ]
>>>     HF    CF    CG    CH    CHL_dih_HC_CT_CT_CT
>>> [ impropers ]
>>>     CD    CF    CE    CJ    improper_Z_CA_X_Y
>>>     CE    CG    CF    HF    improper_Z_CA_X_Y
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 18, 2007, at 7:24 AM, Jochen Hub wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> does anyone know if there are is an OPLS topology for cholesterol 
>>>> around.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot in advance,
>>>> Jochen & Plamen
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> ************************************************
>>>> Jochen Hub
>>>> Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
>>>> Computational biomolecular dynamics group
>>>> Am Fassberg 11
>>>> D-37077 Goettingen, Germany
>>>> Email: jhub[at]gwdg.de
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