[gmx-users] ambar to opls force field

Nilesh Dhumal ndhumal at andrew.cmu.edu
Mon May 9 04:23:00 CEST 2011


Hello Justin,

Here I have done some analysis.  The original value reported in J.Chem.
Phys. 124, 024503 2006, paper are
Kbond = 443153.3808 kJ/mol nm**2
Kangle = 317.5656 kJ/mol rad**2.


Below are the results for the dielectric constant of water.I made the .itp
file  pasted below the table. Bond length is nm.

bond length  Kbond         angle    Kangle    dielectric constant
0.1012       443153.3808    113.24  317.5656       ~1.9 : orginal value

0.1012       221576.6904    113.24  317.5656       ~80   : 1/2 (Kbond)

0.1012       443153.3808    113.24  158.7828       ~1.58 : 1/2 (kangle)

0.1012      221576.6904    113.24  317.5656       ~1.9   : 1/2
(Kbond)&(Kangle)


When I use half Kbond value I get proper dielectic constant for water
(~80). I checked the Kbond for OH in opls force field is around ~ 440000.

I don't now where I am going wrong.
Here I pasted spc_fw.itp file

; Derived from parsing of runfiles/alat.top.orig
 [ defaults ]
; nbfunc        comb-rule       gen-pairs       fudgeLJ fudgeQQ
;1               3               yes             0.5     0.5
; comb-rule 3 is square-root sigma, the OPLSAA version

 [ atomtypes ]
; full atom descriptions are available in ffoplsaa.atp
; name  bond_type    mass    charge   ptype          sigma      epsilon
 opls_1001  OW  8     15.99940    -0.820       A    3.1655e-01   6.503e-01
 opls_1002  HW  1      1.00800     0.410       A    0.00e+00     0.00e+00

[ bondtypes ]
; i    j  func       b0          kb
  OW    HW      1    0.1012   443153.3808   ; J. Chem. Phys.
(2006),124,024503
[ angletypes ]
;  i    j    k  func       th0       cth
  HW     OW     HW      1   113.24  158.7828 ; J. Chem. Phys.
(2006),124,024503

[ moleculetype ]
; Name            nrexcl
 WAT             3

[ atoms ]
; nr       type  resnr residue  atom   cgnr     charge       mass  typeB  
 chargeB      massB
     1   opls_1001     1    WAT     OW      1      -0.82     15.99940 ;
     2   opls_1002     1    WAT    HW1      1       0.41      1.008   ;
     3   opls_1002     1    WAT    HW2      1       0.41      1.008   ;

[ bonds ]
; i     j       funct
    1     2     1
    1     3     1

[ angles ]
; i     j       k       funct
   2     1     3     1

In water.top file, I included spc_fw.itp file.

; Include water topology
#include "spc_fw.itp"

Is there any thing worng in .itp file or where I am making mistake.

Thanks

Nilesh


On Sun, May 8, 2011 10:55 am, Justin A. Lemkul wrote:
>

>
> Nilesh Dhumal wrote:
>
>> Thanks Justin.
>>
>>
>> I am using flexibale water model for my system. I am refering a paper
>> J.
>> Chem. Phys. 124, 024503 (2006). Author have used Amber type force field.
>>
>>
>> i.e. 1/2 Kbond (r-req)**2 + 1/2 Kangle(theta-thetaeq)**2.
>>
>> Kbond = 443153.3808 kJ/mol nm**2
>>
>>
>> Kangle= 317.5656 kJ/mol rad**2.
>>
>>
>> I am using olss-aa force field parameters in Gromacs  VERSION 4.0.7.
>>
>>
>> I checked some papers in which author have used opls aa force field.
>> 1/2
>> factor is not in opls force field IF I compare opls and amber.
>>
>> My question is in .itp file should I use Kbond and Kangle as it is or
>> should I consider the 1/2 factor then I use them.
>>
>
> Both of those terms are simple harmonic expressions, which do not require
> any modification.  Per the manual, Gromacs uses these expressions as is,
> so Kb and Ka should be appropriate as listed.  They are of comparable
> magnitude to existing bonded parameters for such terms.
>
> You can, of course, test this by using the same parameters under the
> original AMBER force field used in the paper you cite, and then again
> after incorporation into the OPLS-AA force field.  If the resulting
> averages are the same, then the new parameters have been incorporated
> correctly.
>
> -Justin
>
>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Nilesh
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 6, 2011 6:36 pm, Justin A. Lemkul wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Nilesh Dhumal wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How can I convert ambar force field to opls force field.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Should I half the force constant of bond (Ka)  and angle (Kb)?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Why would you do that?  Most of the bonded parameters in OPLS were
>>> taken from AMBER directly, IIRC.  If you need to parameterize some new
>>> bonded parameters, you'd be better served deriving them in a way that
>>> is compatible with the modern OPLS-AA force field (probably
>>> QM/geometry
>>> optimization), rather than trying to hack something together.
>>>
>>> -Justin
>>>
>>>
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