[gmx-users] Force field For Protein-Ligand Complex

[Justin Lemkul]

On 2/2/15 3:36 AM, neha bharti wrote:
> Hello All
>
> I have to perform molecular dynamics simulation of protein-ligand complex
> in water.
> Initially I tried using gromos force field but there is some problem in its
> ligand itp file which is generated by PRODRG server. I also tried it with
> the help of ATB but again its giving error.
>
> Can I use CHARMM 27 or Charmm 36 force field for the same. Is there any
> reference paper??
>

You can do any protein-ligand complex simulation with any force field; it's all 
just a matter of how easy it is to generate ligand parameters.  For CHARMM, use 
the ParamChem server.  There are analogous servers and programs for AMBER, as well.

-Justin

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