[gmx-users] Using CHARMM36 in GROMACS to simulate polysaccharides
Justin Lemkul
jalemkul at vt.edu
Thu May 18 23:08:20 CEST 2017
On 5/18/17 4:57 PM, Mohammad Hassan Khatami wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to run simulations on alpha-D-glucose polymers. I have done these simulations using AMBER and I am wondering if it is possible to run them employing CHARMM36 in GROMACS, as well?
> It seams that CHARMM36 in GROMACS has only implemented monomers of alpha-D-glucose as ”AGLC”. Is there a way to introduce the whole polymer to the GROMACS?
>
Sure, you can treat it like any polymer, but you'll have to create the internal
monomer residues yourself from the patches in the original CHARMM force field files.
Or try CHARMM-GUI; it should handle what you need and give you all the necessary
GROMACS inputs.
-Justin
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