[gmx-users] adding ions in Gromacs 4.6.5

[Justin Lemkul]

On 11/18/14 1:47 AM, soumadwip ghosh wrote:
> Dear Justin,
>                     thanks for your reply. I really dont know how to create
> the .itp file from the .pdb file of the TMA cation. Do I need a topology
> builder? After making the .itp file, how should I proceed? If I have to add
> it by genion, then I guess the tma.itp must be a part of the ions.itp file
> of the forcefield directory, right?

You can't add polyatomic ions via genion.  They have to be inserted with genbox 
-ci -nmol (gmx insert-molecules in 5.0).  You need to build the topology 
somehow; for CHARMM I suggest ParamChem.  Amines are well covered in CGenFF and 
CHARMM.

-Justin

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