[gmx-users] PTM force field

Justin Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Thu Dec 18 11:54:25 CET 2014



On 12/17/14 4:39 PM, Jianqing Xu wrote:
> Dear GMX Users,
>
> I am trying to simulate a protein with a cysteine sulfenic acid (Cys-SOH).
> I notice that both AMBER and GROMOS force field should have the parameters
> for residues having post-translational modifications :
> http://selene.princeton.edu/FFPTM/
> http://vienna-ptm.univie.ac.at/
>
> PTM-GROMOS can be downloaded and used in GROMACS without problems. However,
> looks like the PTM-AMBER force field can only be used in AMBER package, it
> it correct?  For some historical reasons, I am looking for the possibility
> to consistently use AMBER force field. I was wondering whether PTM-AMBER is
> ready yet for GROMACS?
>

If the parameters exist, the only challenge is unit conversion and writing them 
in Gromacs format.  Gromacs has supported Amber force fields for a decade.

-Justin

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