[gmx-users] aminoacids.n.tdb

Mark Abraham Mark.Abraham at anu.edu.au
Tue Apr 19 02:20:00 CEST 2011


On 4/19/2011 6:55 AM, Emine Deniz Tekin wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> Thanks again. Your suggestion of introducing the lauroic acid as a 
> pseudo-amino acid seems to solve my problem. Below is my corrected 
> "aminoacids.rtp" file for the 6-Carbon case as a test. (I used the 
> Berger lipid parameters.)

Looks about right.

> Just to be sure, could you have a look at the file (I used gb_10 
> between C and +N instead of gb_19).

I don't know anything about those atom types or force field. Use your 
own judgment.

Mark

> [ DPP ]
>
> [ atoms ]
>
> CALP20.000000
>
> CBLP20.000001
>
> CGLP20.000002
>
> CDLP20.000003
>
> CELP30.000004
>
> CLC0.4505
>
> OLO-0.4505
>
> [ bonds ]
>
> CACB1       0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06
>
> CCA1       0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06
>
> CBCG1      0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06
>
> CGCD1      0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06
>
> CDCE1       0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06
>
> CO1       0.12300E+00 0.50210E+06
>
> C+Ngb_10
>
> [ angles ]
>
> CCACB1      0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03
>
> CACBCG1      0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03
>
> CBCGCD1      0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03
>
> CGCDCE1      0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03
>
> OCCA1      0.12100E+03 0.50210E+03
>
> CAC+Nga_19
>
> OC+Nga_33
>
> [ dihedrals ]
>
> CCACBCG10.05.863
>
> CACBCGCD3
>
> CBCGCDCE3
>
> [ impropers ]
>
> CCA+NOgi_1
>
> Best regards,
>
> Deniz
>
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Mark Abraham <Mark.Abraham at anu.edu.au 
> <mailto:Mark.Abraham at anu.edu.au>> wrote:
>
>     On 12/04/2011 10:30 PM, Emine Deniz Tekin wrote:
>>
>>     Hi Mark,
>>
>>
>>     Thank you for your reply. But, I couldn’t understand very well
>>     what you meant “you can make one that uses backbone-style
>>     linking. Most of the forcefields will have examples of
>>     non-amino-acid terminating residues - these make a single peptide
>>     bond just like yours does.”.So, let me explain the problem a
>>     little more.I would be happy if you could expound upon your reply.
>>
>>
>>     *1)*I prepared the *rtp *entry for the lauroic acid (see below)
>>     and add the lipid parameters to the relevant sections of the
>>     *ffnonbonded.itp* and *ffbonded.itp* files.
>>
>
>     That is not an .rtp entry, see below. Look at some .rtp entries
>     and see how they make backbone bonds. That is what I understand
>     you want to do - make a peptide bond as if lauroic acid was an
>     amino acid.
>
>
>>     *2)*I added the lauroic acid as a "Non-Protein” in the
>>     *residuetypes.dat*file and also I introduced the atom types (LO:
>>     15.9994, LC:12.0110, LP2: 14.0270, LP3: 15.0350) in the
>>     *atomtypes.atp.*
>>
>>     *3)*I concatenatedthe structure files of a 8-residue-peptide**and
>>     lauroic acid as *system.gro. *Then, using “pdb2gmx -ter”, I
>>     obtained the *topol.top, conf.gro* and *posre.itp* for *the whole
>>     system.* (I chose : start terminus VAL-2: NH2 and end terminus
>>     ASP-9: COO-)
>>
>>     *4)*   But when I looked into *conf.gro* with the VMD, I see that
>>     the peptide bond is formed between the
>>
>
>     No bond shown by VMD is relevant. It's guessing based on the
>     coordinates in your .gro file. Your bonded atoms are in your .top
>     file. VMD knows nothing about your .top file.
>
>
>>     lauroic acid (C34) and the N terminal of the Valine. However,
>>     second H of the N is still there and it is making another bond
>>     with C34 of lauroic acid. The strange thing is: C34 is double
>>     bonded to O35,Carbon makes four bonds.
>>
>>     How can I get rid of that H?
>>
>>     [ DPP ]
>>
>
>     This is not an .rtp entry. The [bonds] section must refer to atom
>     names. I can only suppose pdb2gmx is warning about or ignoring
>     everything after your [atoms] section.
>
>     Look in the .rtp and chapter 5 of the manual how terminating
>     pseudo-residues like ACE work. Do something analogous for lauroic
>     acid.
>
>     Mark
>
>
>>     [ atoms ]
>>
>>     C34LC0.80018
>>
>>     O35LO-0.6018
>>
>>     C36LP2019
>>
>>     C37LP2020
>>
>>     C38LP2021
>>
>>     C39LP2022
>>
>>     C40LP20 23
>>
>>     C41LP2024
>>
>>     C42LP2025
>>
>>     C43LP2026
>>
>>     C44LP2027
>>
>>     C45LP2028
>>
>>     C46LP3029
>>
>>     [ bonds ]
>>
>>     ;aiaj funct
>>
>>     34351 0.12300E+00 0.50210E+06
>>
>>     34361 0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06
>>
>>     36371 0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06
>>
>>     37381 0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06
>>
>>     38391 0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06
>>
>>     39401 0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06
>>
>>     40411 0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06
>>
>>     41421 0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06
>>
>>     42431 0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06
>>
>>     43441 0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06
>>
>>     44451 0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06
>>
>>     45461 0.15300E+00 0.33470E+06
>>
>>     [ angles ]
>>
>>     ;aiajak funct
>>
>>     3436371 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03
>>
>>     3534361 0.12100E+03 0.50210E+03
>>
>>     3637381 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03
>>
>>     3738391 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03
>>
>>     3839401 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03
>>
>>     3940411 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03
>>
>>     4041421 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03
>>
>>     4142431 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03
>>
>>     4243441 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03
>>
>>     4344451 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03
>>
>>     4445461 0.11100E+03 0.46020E+03
>>
>>     [ dihedrals ]
>>
>>     ;aiajakal functphi0cpmult
>>
>>     3436373810.05.863
>>
>>     363738393
>>
>>     373839403
>>
>>     383940413
>>
>>     394041423
>>
>>     404142433
>>
>>     414243443
>>
>>     424344453
>>
>>     434445463
>>
>>
>>     Best regards,
>>
>>     Deniz
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 3:02 AM, Mark Abraham
>>     <Mark.Abraham at anu.edu.au <mailto:Mark.Abraham at anu.edu.au>> wrote:
>>
>>         On 8/04/2011 11:25 PM, Emine Deniz Tekin wrote:
>>
>>
>>             Hi Gromacs users,
>>
>>             I want to covalently link the lauroic acid to the Valine
>>             residue (it is a peptide (amide) bond), I know that I
>>             should update the specbond.dat.But before updating this
>>             file, I need the NH as an N terminal of the first residue
>>             (Valine).When I used pdb2gmx with the –ter flag, I got
>>             either NH3, NH2 or None instead of NH.So, I add the [NH]
>>             directive in the aminoacids.n.rtp file, as follows;
>>
>>
>>             [ NH ]
>>
>>             [ replace ]
>>
>>             ; old-namenew-typenew-massnew-charge
>>
>>             NLN14.0067-0.31
>>
>>             CACH113.0190.127
>>
>>             [ add ]
>>
>>             12HNCAC
>>
>>             ;atom_typemasscharge
>>
>>             H1.0080.31
>>
>>             [ delete ]
>>
>>             H
>>
>>             [ bonds ]
>>
>>             NHgb_2
>>
>>             [ angles ]
>>
>>             CANHga_11
>>
>>             [ dihedrals ]
>>
>>             HNCACgd_29
>>
>>
>>
>>             (ps. I wrote the charges of N, CA and H according to
>>             values defined in topol.top and also I used the Gromos96
>>             53a6 force field)
>>
>>
>>             Then, I used the pdb2gmx with –ter, I could see:
>>
>>             Select start terminus type for VAL
>>
>>             0: NH
>>
>>             1: NH3+
>>
>>             2: NH2
>>
>>             3: None
>>
>>
>>             Finally, I got thetopol.top, posre itp and conf.gro
>>             files. But when I looked into conf.gro, I see that I am
>>             getting “None”. How can I get the NH ?
>>
>>
>>         Coordinating multiple "moving parts" like the specbond and
>>         terminus-fixing is probably a recipe for trouble.
>>
>>         Since you have to make an .rtp entry for lauroic acid anyway,
>>         you can make one that uses backbone-style linking. Most of
>>         the forcefields will have examples of non-amino-acid
>>         terminating residues - these make a single peptide bond just
>>         like yours does. Now you can ignore the specbond and
>>         terminus-fixing mechanisms entirely.
>>
>>         Mark
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