[gmx-users] .itp file of choline molecule

[Justin Lemkul]

On 12/8/14 9:01 AM, soumadwip ghosh wrote:
> Dear Justin,
>                  Thank you so much for your help. I saw the lipid_topper.str
> files you mentioned about. But I have some questions. Am I supposed to
> install CHARMM 36 in my source code with those tar.gz files and then modify
> the atomtypes? Currently I am using CHARMM 27 force field and I wrote the
> problem I encountered. Where do I get my choline.pdb file? I saw the
> atomtypes mentioned over there . Do you want me to change the atomtypes in
> the atomtypes.atp of my CHARMM 27 ff directory and then do pdb2gmx to
> obtain the choline.top ? As suggested by you, I understand thet there was
> some problem with my initial pdb file. Are the topology parameters listed
> in the link compatible with all the versions of CHARMM? My questions might
> sound very stupid but I dont have much experience of working with topology
> building. It will be really helpful for me to understand if you suggest me
> what is to be done step wise.
>

Use CHARMM36; it is much better than CHARMM27 for lipids or lipid model 
compounds.  Get the tarball from our website and use the atom types in the 
CHARMM stream file.

-Justin

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