[gmx-users] naming of CH2 groups in pdb file

[Justin Lemkul]

On 9/10/15 5:10 AM, Alex Cullen wrote:
> Dear Gromacs users,
>
> I have built a pdb file format for a polymer, and I want to use GROMOS FF.
> Therefore, I included polar Hydrogens in the pdb file, but I do not know
> how to name CH2 groups in NAME and SEGNAME columns. When executing the
> pdbtogmx command I receive the following error:
> Residue 2 named DEP of a molecule in the input file was mapped to an entry
> in the topology database, but the atom CH2 used in an interaction of type
> improper in that entry is not found in the input file. Perhaps your atom
> and/or residue naming needs to be fixed.
>

The atom names in the input coordinate file need to match whatever is specified 
in the .rtp entry.  Since you're dealing with a polymer, surely you've created 
the .rtp entry(ies), so you already know the atom names.

-Justin

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