[gmx-users] ligand topology

[Justin Lemkul]

On 7/31/17 2:42 PM, Mohammad Zahidul Hossain Khan wrote:
> Dear Sir
> 
> I am new for protein-ligand complex. I want amber force field (ff03) for my
> protein, tip3p for water model and gaff (General Amber force field) for
> ligand. I do not know how to produce gaff force field from pdb and then
> convert for gromacs topology.
> 
> I have tried ff03 with gromos ligand topology and tip3p water model
> 
> it gives me the error:
> atomtype OM not found
> 
> and when I have tried ff03 with gromos topology and spc water model it
> gives me the error like:
> atomtype HW not found.
> 
> Can anyone help me about it?
> 

You can't mix and match force fields; it's fundamentally wrong.  You need to 
develop ligand parameters that are consistent with the parent protein force 
field.  Various tools exist for different force fields, with varying degrees of 
reliability.

-Justin

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