[gmx-users] OPLS and RB parameters in GROMACS

sulatha M. S mssulatha at gmail.com
Wed Feb 9 07:33:25 CET 2011


Sorry for not giving the manual version earlier. P. 63 of manual 4.0 is what
I am referring to. The equations relate to converting the OPLS torsional
parameters to RB parameters in GROMACS with the OPLS ff.

The equations are
C0 = V0+V2+0.5(V1+V3)
C1= 0.5(3 * V3-V1)
C2= -V2 + 4 * V4
C3= -2 * V3
C4= -4 * V4

Thanks
Sulatha

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Mark Abraham <Mark.Abraham at anu.edu.au>wrote:

>  On 9/02/2011 4:48 PM, sulatha M. S wrote:
>
> I looked at the the paper published in 1999, ( Jorgensen et al JACS, 121,
> 20, 4831, 1999), the aliphatic torsional parameters are the same as those
> from 1996. here are the values,
>
>
>                                    V1
> V2                    V3 (kcal/mol)
> CT-CT-CT-CT              1.740               -0.157                 0.279
>
> HC-CT-CT-CT              0.000                0.000                0.366
>
> HC-CT-CT-HC             0.000                 0.000               0.318
>
>
> Values calculated from the equation given in p.62 of the manual in kJ/mol
> are
>
>
> I can see nothing relevant on p62 of the 4.5 manual. When giving references
> to literature that exists in multiple versions, please be very precise.
> Giving details such as the manual version number, page number, equation
> number and description of the relationship described in the equation will
> make it much more likely that someone will (want to) (be able to) help you.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>                                  c0                       c1
>                   c2                         c3
> CT-CT-CT-CT             3.56686            -1.88907
> 0.65688                -2.33467
>
> HC-CT-CT-CT              0.66526           1.99577
> 0.000                     -2.66102
>
> HC-CT-CT-HC             0.76567            -2.29702           0.000
>             -3.06269
>
> and the values given in ffoplsaabon.itp are:
>
> CT-CT-CT-CT             2.9288            -1.4644                0.2092
>               -1.6736
>
> HC-CT-CT-CT             0.6276           1.88280
> 0.000                  -2.5104
>
> HC-CT-CT-HC             0.6276            1.8828
> 0.000                   -2.5104
>
> So there is a difference. Which of these is correct ? Any help is highly
> appreciated.
>
> Sulatha
>
>
>
>  On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Andrew Paluch <apaluch at nd.edu> wrote:
>
>> There is no error. The alkane dihedral parameters were updated in 1999,
>> and differ from those originally published in 1996.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>>  On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 5:20 AM, sulatha M. S <mssulatha at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi all,
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I've converted the OPLS-AA torsional potential parameters for the
>>>
>>> alkane C-C-C-C (CT-CT-CT-CT in the gromacs parameter file notation),
>>>
>>> C-C-C-H (CT-CT-CT-HC), and H-C-C-H (HC-CT-CT-HC) torsions from the
>>>
>>> OPLS format given in Jorgensen et al, JACS 118, 11225 (1996)
>>>
>>> to the Ryckaert-Bellemans format given in ffoplsaabon.itp and found
>>>
>>> that the calculated values are different.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A previous post to the gmx-users mailing list on March 27, 2008,
>>>
>>> pointed out this issue for the H-C-C-H torsional potential but there was no response to that.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Does anyone know if there is an error in the ffoplsaabon.itp file? Or
>>>
>>> is there a newer set of OPLS-AA parameters?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For the OPLS-AA parameters (in kcal/mol), I used:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> dihedral              V1          V2             V3
>>>
>>> C-C-C-C            1.740      -0.157         0.279
>>>
>>> C-C-C-H             0.0          0.0            0.366
>>>
>>> H-C-C-H             0.0          0.0            0.318
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> from which I calculated the Ryckaert-Bellemans parameters (in kJ/mol) as:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> dihedral              C0          C1             C2           C3
>>>
>>> C-C-C-C            3.56686   -1.889076   0.65688       -2.33467
>>>
>>> C-C-C-H             0.66526   1.99577     0.0           -2.661024
>>>
>>> H-C-C-H             0.76567   -2.29702    0.0           -3.06269
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> the parameters in the ffoplsaabon.itp file are:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> dihedral              C0          C1             C2           C3
>>>
>>> C-C-C-C           2.9288      -1.4644      0.2092     -1.6736
>>>
>>> C-C-C-H           0.6276       1.88280    0.0           -2.5104
>>>
>>> H-C-C-H           0.6276       1.8828      0.0           -2.5104
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thankyou for any clarification.
>>>
>>> Sulatha
>>>
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