[gmx-users] Ligand breaks during energy minimization

[Justin Lemkul]

On 3/25/16 8:03 PM, Soumya Lipsa Rath wrote:
> Dear Justin and Nikhil,
>
> Many thanks for your suggestions. Justin, I had optimized the parameters
> using VMD's FFTK toolkit, so I just replaced my results in the *.str file
> obtained from paramchem.
>
> I tried minimizing the ligand in vaccum and in a solvent box, in both
> cases, the molecule just scatters apart (pardon me, the bond doesn't
> break).
>
> I think there might be something wrong with the topology. However, I just
> followed the general steps.
>

Well, when relying on automated methods fails, you have to roll your sleeves up 
and do the work yourself :)

If you can provide the stream file and coordinates of the ligand, I will try to 
offer suggestions; if you can share them publicly across the list it may be 
informative for others to listen in on the conversation.

Note, though, that the CGenFF paper is itself a tutorial on how to parametrize 
small molecules, and there are even more detailed CGenFF tutorials available 
online (check our website).

-Justin

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