[gmx-users] question

[Justin Lemkul]

On 5/12/15 12:36 AM, Andrew Bostick wrote:
> Dear Justin
>
> Very thanks for your answer
>
> I should use my pdb file in which there is no bond between CD atom of GLU
> residue from peptide 1 and NZ atom of LYS residue from peptide 2. Creating
> new entry in specbond.dat file will consider this new bond. Is my vision
> true?
>
> Based on your answer, only thing I should do is creating a new entry in
> specbond.dat? Should I don't other thing?
>

As I said, you need a new entry in specbond.dat and special .rtp entries.

> Based on following link (
> http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/File_Formats/specbond.dat), my new
> entry is as follows, is it true?
>
> GLU     CD      1       LYS     NZ      1       0.13     GLU2    LYS2
>
> How to get the  accurate reference length for searching for candidate bonds?
>

Well, what should be the C-N bond length in a normal peptide bond?

> In my system there is more than 1 Lys and 1 Glu residues. I want this new
> bond between special residue of  Lys (for example number: 28 ) and special
> residue of Glu (for example number: 45). How to set this state in
> specbond.dat file?
>

This is what the distance column is for; special linkages are only created if 
the distance between the specified atoms is within 10% of that criterion.

-Justin

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