[gmx-users] Need to confirm parameters.

Justin Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Wed May 31 13:55:02 CEST 2017



On 5/31/17 2:26 AM, Sailesh Bataju wrote:
>> Extract the coordinates of any valine side chain in a protein, make an IBUT .hdb
>> entry based off of it (all you'll need to do is change 2 -> 3 in the number of H
>> added to the CB atom) and submit to pdb2gmx; it will build any missing H atoms
>> for you.
> 
>> -Justin
> 
> I did exactly you said and topology files were generated. The output
> of the terminal is:
> 
> Opening force field file /usr/share/gromacs/top/charmm36.ff/merged.r2b
> Reading test2_edited.pdb...
> Read 'ALKANE ISOMER OF N-BUTANE', 13 atoms
> Analyzing pdb file
> Splitting chemical chains based on TER records or chain id changing.
> There are 1 chains and 0 blocks of water and 1 residues with 13 atoms
> 
>    chain  #res #atoms
>    1 'A'     1     13
> 
> All occupancies are one
> Opening force field file /usr/share/gromacs/top/charmm36.ff/atomtypes.atp
> Atomtype 412
> Reading residue database... (charmm36)
> Opening force field file /usr/share/gromacs/top/charmm36.ff/merged.rtp
> Residue 1025
> Sorting it all out...
> Opening force field file /usr/share/gromacs/top/charmm36.ff/merged.hdb
> Opening force field file /usr/share/gromacs/top/charmm36.ff/merged.n.tdb
> Opening force field file /usr/share/gromacs/top/charmm36.ff/merged.c.tdb
> 
> Back Off! I just backed up topol.top to ./#topol.top.5#
> Processing chain 1 'A' (13 atoms, 1 residues)
> Warning: Starting residue IBU1 in chain not identified as Protein/RNA/DNA.
> Problem with chain definition, or missing terminal residues.
> This chain does not appear to contain a recognized chain molecule.
> If this is incorrect, you can edit residuetypes.dat to modify the behavior.
> 8 out of 8 lines of specbond.dat converted successfully
> Opening force field file /usr/share/gromacs/top/charmm36.ff/merged.arn
> Checking for duplicate atoms....
> Generating any missing hydrogen atoms and/or adding termini.
> Now there are 1 residues with 14 atoms
> Making bonds...
> Number of bonds was 13, now 13
> Generating angles, dihedrals and pairs...
> Before cleaning: 27 pairs
> Before cleaning: 27 dihedrals
> Keeping all generated dihedrals
> Making cmap torsions...
> There are   27 dihedrals,    0 impropers,   24 angles
>              27 pairs,       13 bonds and     0 virtual sites
> Total mass 58.124 a.m.u.
> Total charge 0.000 e
> Writing topology
> 
> Back Off! I just backed up posre.itp to ./#posre.itp.1#
> 
> Writing coordinate file...
> 		--------- PLEASE NOTE ------------
> You have successfully generated a topology from: test2_edited.pdb.
> The Charmm36 force field and the tip3p water model are used.
> 		--------- ETON ESAELP ------------
> 
> But the topol.top file looks empty. The topol.top file is:
> 
> ; Include forcefield parameters
> #include "charmm36.ff/forcefield.itp"
> 
> [ moleculetype ]
> ; Name            nrexcl
> Alkane_chain_A      3
> 
> [ atoms ]
> ;   nr       type  resnr residue  atom   cgnr     charge       mass
> typeB    chargeB      massB
> ; residue   1 IBU rtp IBU  q  0.0
>       1      CC31A      1    IBU     CT      1      -0.09     12.011
> ; qtot -0.09
>       2      HCA1A      1    IBU     HT      2       0.09      1.008   ; qtot 0
>       3      CC33A      1    IBU     C1      3      -0.27     12.011
> ; qtot -0.27
>       4      HCA3A      1    IBU    H11      4       0.09      1.008
> ; qtot -0.18
>       5      HCA3A      1    IBU    H12      5       0.09      1.008
> ; qtot -0.09
>       6      HCA3A      1    IBU    H13      6       0.09      1.008   ; qtot 0
>       7      CC33A      1    IBU     C2      7      -0.27     12.011
> ; qtot -0.27
>       8      HCA3A      1    IBU    H21      8       0.09      1.008
> ; qtot -0.18
>       9      HCA3A      1    IBU    H22      9       0.09      1.008
> ; qtot -0.09
>      10      HCA3A      1    IBU    H23     10       0.09      1.008   ; qtot 0
>      11      CC33A      1    IBU     C3     11      -0.27     12.011
> ; qtot -0.27
>      12      HCA3A      1    IBU    H31     12       0.09      1.008
> ; qtot -0.18
>      13      HCA3A      1    IBU    H32     13       0.09      1.008
> ; qtot -0.09
>      14      HCA3A      1    IBU    H33     14       0.09      1.008   ; qtot 0
> 
> [ bonds ]
> ;  ai    aj funct            c0            c1            c2            c3
>      1     2     1
>      1     3     1
>      1     7     1
>      1    11     1
>      3     4     1
>      3     5     1
>      3     6     1
>      7     8     1
>      7     9     1
>      7    10     1
>     11    12     1
>     11    13     1
>     11    14     1
> 
> [ pairs ]
> ;  ai    aj funct            c0            c1            c2            c3
>      2     4     1
>      2     5     1
>      2     6     1
>      2     8     1
>      2     9     1
>      2    10     1
>      2    12     1
>      2    13     1
>      2    14     1
>      3     8     1
>      3     9     1
>      3    10     1
>      3    12     1
>      3    13     1
>      3    14     1
>      4     7     1
>      4    11     1
>      5     7     1
>      5    11     1
>      6     7     1
>      6    11     1
>      7    12     1
>      7    13     1
>      7    14     1
>      8    11     1
>      9    11     1
>     10    11     1
> 
> [ angles ]
> ;  ai    aj    ak funct            c0            c1            c2            c3
>      2     1     3     5
>      2     1     7     5
>      2     1    11     5
>      3     1     7     5
>      3     1    11     5
>      7     1    11     5
>      1     3     4     5
>      1     3     5     5
>      1     3     6     5
>      4     3     5     5
>      4     3     6     5
>      5     3     6     5
>      1     7     8     5
>      1     7     9     5
>      1     7    10     5
>      8     7     9     5
>      8     7    10     5
>      9     7    10     5
>      1    11    12     5
>      1    11    13     5
>      1    11    14     5
>     12    11    13     5
>     12    11    14     5
>     13    11    14     5
> 
> [ dihedrals ]
> ;  ai    aj    ak    al funct            c0            c1
> c2            c3            c4            c5
>      2     1     3     4     9
>      2     1     3     5     9
>      2     1     3     6     9
>      7     1     3     4     9
>      7     1     3     5     9
>      7     1     3     6     9
>     11     1     3     4     9
>     11     1     3     5     9
>     11     1     3     6     9
>      2     1     7     8     9
>      2     1     7     9     9
>      2     1     7    10     9
>      3     1     7     8     9
>      3     1     7     9     9
>      3     1     7    10     9
>     11     1     7     8     9
>     11     1     7     9     9
>     11     1     7    10     9
>      2     1    11    12     9
>      2     1    11    13     9
>      2     1    11    14     9
>      3     1    11    12     9
>      3     1    11    13     9
>      3     1    11    14     9
>      7     1    11    12     9
>      7     1    11    13     9
>      7     1    11    14     9
> 
> ; Include Position restraint file
> #ifdef POSRES
> #include "posre.itp"
> #endif
> 
> ; Include water topology
> #include "charmm36.ff/tip3p.itp"
> 
> #ifdef POSRES_WATER
> ; Position restraint for each water oxygen
> [ position_restraints ]
> ;  i funct       fcx        fcy        fcz
>     1    1       1000       1000       1000
> #endif
> 
> ; Include topology for ions
> #include "charmm36.ff/ions.itp"
> 
> [ system ]
> ; Name
> ALKANE ISOMER OF N-BUTANE
> 
> [ molecules ]
> ; Compound        #mols
> Alkane_chain_A      1
> 
> I think [bonds], [pairs],etc section should be automatically filled
> up. Did I do something wrong?
> 

No, that's perfectly normal.  Parameter values are referenced from the force 
field and are not explicitly printed to the .top file.

-Justin

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