[gmx-users] PRODRG

Justin A. Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Fri Feb 11 12:32:00 CET 2011



mohsen ramezanpour wrote:
> Dear Dr.Justin
> 
> I did it,it works.Thanks.
> 
> there are another problem:
> I want to add some hydogens to my topology.
> I used ADDHYD atomname,But this dosen't work.
> PLease let me know how can I include some Hydrogenes in my topology.

Use a different force field and don't use PRODRG.  Gromos96 is a united-atom 
force field.

-Justin

> Thanks in advance
> Mohsen
> 
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu 
> <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     mohsen ramezanpour wrote:
> 
>         Dear Dr.Justin
> 
>         I have read this section before.
>         There are 2 problem:
>         1:ADDHYD atomname and DELHYD atomname  commands dosen't work!
>         they result in ERROR in PRODRG
> 
> 
>     You have to run PRODRG twice.  The first time, you get the wrong
>     output.  Note the atom name that PRODRG assigns to your N atom.  The
>     second time, use DELHYD (name).  If that doesn't work, then I have
>     no idea and you're better off submitting your question to the PRODRG
>     developers.
> 
> 
>         2:Actually I don't know the additional hydrogen is necessary or not!
>         Because it may be necessary for proper protonation.
>         My drug(Sertraline) is in a solvent,it may interact with water
>         molecules and Nitrogen may  get an additional hydrogen.
> 
> 
>     A doubly-protonated secondary amine would be a fairly strong acid.
>      You should do a pKa calculation to determine what is relevant
>     rather than guessing.  There are web servers and other software out
>     there that can do this for you.  Google is your friend.
> 
>     -Justin
> 
>         What do you think?
> 
> 
> 
>         On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Justin A. Lemkul
>         <jalemkul at vt.edu <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>
>         <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>>> wrote:
> 
> 
>            The OP's question is easily answered by referring to the
>         PRODRG FAQ
>            in dealing with proper protonation.
> 
>            As for Antechamber and the like, these are good tools, but do not
>            produce GROMOS-compatible topologies, if that is indeed the
>            underlying goal.  We've done thorough analysis of various QM
>            calculation methods for GROMOS charges, and none of them produce
>            completely satisfactory topologies.  Antechamber, Spartan,
>         Gaussian,
>            etc are good for initial charge calculations, but IMHO do not
>            qualify as an "end result" for GROMOS parameterization due to the
>            empirical refinement used in the force field derivation.  All of
>            that makes GROMOS parameterization somewhat tricky, and hence why
>            force field choice is so incredibly important when designing
>            projects... ;)
> 
>            -Justin
> 
> 
>            TJ Mustard wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>                Yes I would recommend acpype.
> 
>                On February 9, 2011 at 9:42 AM
>                jorge_quintero at ciencias.uis.edu.co
>         <mailto:jorge_quintero at ciencias.uis.edu.co>
>                <mailto:jorge_quintero at ciencias.uis.edu.co
>         <mailto:jorge_quintero at ciencias.uis.edu.co>> wrote:
> 
>                 > I think that is better to use antechamber tools.
>                 >
>                 >
>                 > > On 10/02/2011 3:40 AM, mohsen ramezanpour wrote:
>                 > >> Dear Users
>                 > >>
>                 > >> I am using PRODRG to make topology for my drug
>                 > >> It addes Hydrogenes but in wrong way.
>                 > >> My Nitrogen atom is bonded to 2 Carbos,
>                 > >> and PRODRG addes 2 Hydrogenes to it .
>                 > >> Please let me know how can I do.
>                 > >> Thanks in advance
>                 > >
>                 > > This is not really the forum to get help about that. You
>                need to read
>                 > > how to PRODRG needs input, and supply something it
>         can deal
>                with. Then
>                 > > do a whole bunch more work testing what it produced.
>                 > >
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Justin A. Lemkul
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ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
MILES-IGERT Trainee
Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
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