[gmx-users] charmm to gromacs

[Justin Lemkul]

On 12/1/14 10:49 AM, Rebeca García Fandiño wrote:
> Dear users,
> I am trying to generate .itp files for simulating a small molecule in GROMACS using the CHARMM force field.
> Starting from a pdb, and using MATCH
>
> MATCH.pl -forcefield top_all36_cgenff test.pdb
>
> I obtain 3 files: test.rtf, top_test.rtf and test.prm
>
>  From these files, I would like to obtain the .itp files for gromacs, and for that, I have tested the sript "charmm2gromacs-pvm.py"
>
> ./charmm2gromacs-pvm.py test.prm top_test.rtf
>
> This created a folder called cgenff-2b7.ff with 6 files:
> aminoacids.rtp  atomtypes.atp  ffbonded.itp  ffnonbonded.itp  forcefield.doc  forcefield.itp
>
> However, these files are empty :-(
>
> Could anyone help me, please?
>

I have no idea what MATCH.pl is, but verify first that its output is sensible 
and properly formatted.

-Justin

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