[gmx-users] Re: x2top and bonds. No forcefield type for atom S (2) with 3 bonds

Justin A. Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Fri Feb 5 18:51:21 CET 2010



Vitaly V. Chaban wrote:
> Justin,
> 
> Am I correct that X2TOP uses only N2T file to make a topology?
> 

Yes.

> I made the full line for Sulphur but it didn't change the situation.
> It looks strange that X2TOP notices 3 bonds although I propose to have
> 4 bonds (and they are present). If I propose 3 bonds, it readily gives
> an output... This is like it has predefined Sulphur with 3 bonds.
> 

Certainly not.  Take, for example, a simple SO4 molecule:

REMARK
HETATM    1  OAC DRG     1       5.850  14.800 -12.770  1.00 20.00             O
HETATM    2  SAE DRG     1       4.810  15.780 -12.710  1.00 20.00             S
HETATM    3  OAD DRG     1       3.550  15.150 -12.980  1.00 20.00             O
HETATM    4  OAB DRG     1       4.770  16.390 -11.340  1.00 20.00             O
HETATM    5  OAA DRG     1       5.070  16.850 -13.730  1.00 20.00             O

The topology is generated just fine with this .n2t file:

S   S   0   32.06   4   O  0.145    O   0.145   O   0.145   O   0.145
O   OM  0   15.9994 1   S  0.145

I don't know what might be going on with your system, but I would suggest 
creating an .n2t file with only entries pertinent to your system, for all atoms 
involved.  This is, of course, only really useful for debugging, since in 
theory, x2top should be easily extensible by appending the .n2t file.

-Justin

> Vitaly
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Vitaly V. Chaban <vvchaban at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This can be the reason when X2TOP gives the following error:
>> "
>> Fatal error:
>> No forcefield type for atom S (2) with 3 bonds
>> "
>> ?
>>
>> I try to translate PDB of the TFSA anion
>>       O    O
>>       ||     ||
>> F3C-S-N-S-CF3
>>       ||     ||
>>       O    O
>>
>> into topology.
>>
>>
>> My PDB contains optimized geometry:
>> HEADER    TFSA
>> COMPND    TFSA
>> AUTHOR    VVC
>> ATOM      1  N   TFS     1      -0.000   0.444  -0.008  1.00  0.00
>> ATOM      2  S   TFS     1       1.401  -0.440  -0.189  1.00  0.00
>> ATOM      3  S   TFS     1      -1.400  -0.438   0.189  1.00  0.00
>> ATOM      4  O   TFS     1      -1.236  -1.810  -0.833  1.00  0.00
>> ATOM      5  O   TFS     1      -1.284  -1.009   1.805  1.00  0.00
>> ATOM      6  O   TFS     1       1.293  -1.026  -1.800  1.00  0.00
>> ATOM      7  O   TFS     1       1.233  -1.803   0.845  1.00  0.00
>> ATOM      8  C   TFS     1      -2.837   0.628  -0.107  1.00  0.00
>> ATOM      9  C   TFS     1       2.836   0.630   0.105  1.00  0.00
>> ATOM     10  F   TFS     1      -3.996  -0.097   0.093  1.00  0.00
>> ATOM     11  F   TFS     1      -2.805   1.094  -1.408  1.00  0.00
>> ATOM     12  F   TFS     1      -2.807   1.698   0.766  1.00  0.00
>> ATOM     13  F   TFS     1       2.802   1.099   1.404  1.00  0.00
>> ATOM     14  F   TFS     1       2.803   1.698  -0.771  1.00  0.00
>> ATOM     15  F   TFS     1       3.996  -0.093  -0.093  1.00  0.00
>> END
>>
>> and my n2t file is
>>
>> C   C   1   C               ; CNT Carbon with one bond
>> C   C   2   C   C           : CNT double bonded Carbon
>> O   O   1   C               ; CARBONYL OXYGEN (C=O)
>> O   OM  1   C               ; CARBOXYL OXYGEN (CO-)
>> O   OA  2   C   H           ; HYDROXYL OXYGEN (OH)
>> O   OW  2   H   H           ; WATER OXYGEN
>> N   N   3   H   C   C       ; PEPTIDE NITROGEN (N OR NH)
>> N   NT  3   H   H   C       ; TERMINAL NITROGEN (NH2)
>> N   NL  4   C   H   H   H   ; TERMINAL NITROGEN (NH3)
>> N   NR5 2   C   C           ; AROMATIC N (5-RING,2 BONDS)
>> N   NR5*    3   C   C   H       ; AROMATIC N (5-RING,3 BONDS)
>> N   NP  3   C   C   FE      ; PORPHYRIN NITROGEN
>> C   C       3   C   O   *       ; BARE CARBON (PEPTIDE,C=O,C-N)
>> ; Note that order is importante here because of wildcards.
>> C   C3  4   H   H   H   *   ; ALIPHATIC CH3 GROUP
>> C   C2  4   H   H   C   *   ; ALIPHATIC CH2 GROUP
>> C   C1      4   H   C   *   *   ; ALIPHATIC CH GROUP
>> C   CB      3   C   C   C       ; BARE CARBON (5-,6-RING)
>> H   H       1   N               ; HYDROGEN BONDED TO NITROGEN
>> H   HO      1   O               ; HYDROXYL HYDROGEN
>> H   HW      1   OW              ; WATER HYDROGEN
>> H   HS      1   S               ; HYDROGEN BONDED TO SULFUR
>> H   HC      1   C               ; HYDROGEN BONDED TO CARBON
>> S   S       4   C  0.181  N  0.167 O 0.172  O  0.172
>> F   F       1   C
>>
>>
>>
>> The Sulphur atoms have each 4 bonds but X2TOP wants them to have only
>> 3. If I change the string in the N2T to 3 bonds, the topology is
>> generated but S-C bond is absent.
>>
>> What can be the problem?
>>
>> Thanks.
>> --
>> Vitaly V. Chaban, Ph.D.
>> http://www-rmn.univer.kharkov.ua/chaban.html
>>
> 
> 
> 

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