[gmx-users] Zwitterionic amino acid topology parameters in CHARMM

rose rahmani rose.rhmn93 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 31 21:23:34 CET 2018


 i've tried it.But the results are exactly the same as i didn't apply
patches. it doesn't make any difference. So what is the purpose of using
-ter (COO- & NH3) when results are same in my case?

On Wed, 31 Oct 2018, 22:49 Justin Lemkul, <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:

>
>
> On 10/31/18 2:56 PM, rose rahmani wrote:
> > Thank you, but I couldn't understand you exactly. My structures already
> > have NH3+ and COO- . You mean everything is right? That's normal, yes?
>
> I was stating which terminal patches you should choose with pdb2gmx to
> transform the Phe .rtp topology into that of a zwitterion.
>
> -Justin
>
> >
> > On Wed, 31 Oct 2018, 21:43 Justin Lemkul, <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On 10/31/18 2:01 PM, rose rahmani wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I want to use zwitterionic form of AAs in CHARMM ff. I gave structure
> in
> >>> Discovery studio and then use pdb2gmx to get its topology and ...
> files.
> >>> But the number of atoms in topol.top and also some atom's partial
> charges
> >>> are different from atoms and charges in aminoacids.rtp
> >>> For example, in the case of phenylalanine,
> >>> this is topology file after pdb2gmx:
> >>>
> >>> [ atoms ]
> >>> ;   nr       type  resnr residue  atom   cgnr     charge       mass
> >> typeB
> >>>     chargeB      massB
> >>> ; residue   1 PHE rtp PHE  q  0.0
> >>>        1        NH3      1    PHE      N      1       -0.3     14.007
>  ;
> >>> qtot -0.3
> >>>        2         HC      1    PHE     H1      2       0.33      1.008
>  ;
> >>> qtot 0.03
> >>>        3         HC      1    PHE     H2      3       0.33      1.008
>  ;
> >>> qtot 0.36
> >>>        4         HC      1    PHE     H3      4       0.33      1.008
>  ;
> >>> qtot 0.69
> >>>        5        CT1      1    PHE     CA      5       0.21     12.011
>  ;
> >>> qtot 0.9
> >>>        6         HB      1    PHE     HA      6        0.1      1.008
>  ;
> >>> qtot 1
> >>>        7        CT2      1    PHE     CB      7      -0.18     12.011
>  ;
> >>> qtot 0.82
> >>>        8         HA      1    PHE    HB1      8       0.09      1.008
>  ;
> >>> qtot 0.91
> >>>        9         HA      1    PHE    HB2      9       0.09      1.008
>  ;
> >>> qtot 1
> >>>       10         CA      1    PHE     CG     10          0     12.011
>  ;
> >>> qtot 1
> >>>       11         CA      1    PHE    CD1     11     -0.115     12.011
>  ;
> >>> qtot 0.885
> >>>       12         HP      1    PHE    HD1     12      0.115      1.008
>  ;
> >>> qtot 1
> >>>       13         CA      1    PHE    CE1     13     -0.115     12.011
>  ;
> >>> qtot 0.885
> >>>       14         HP      1    PHE    HE1     14      0.115      1.008
>  ;
> >>> qtot 1
> >>>       15         CA      1    PHE     CZ     15     -0.115     12.011
>  ;
> >>> qtot 0.885
> >>>       16         HP      1    PHE     HZ     16      0.115      1.008
>  ;
> >>> qtot 1
> >>>       17         CA      1    PHE    CD2     17     -0.115     12.011
>  ;
> >>> qtot 0.885
> >>>       18         HP      1    PHE    HD2     18      0.115      1.008
>  ;
> >>> qtot 1
> >>>       19         CA      1    PHE    CE2     19     -0.115     12.011
>  ;
> >>> qtot 0.885
> >>>       20         HP      1    PHE    HE2     20      0.115      1.008
>  ;
> >>> qtot 1
> >>>       21         CC      1    PHE      C     21       0.34     12.011
>  ;
> >>> qtot 1.34
> >>>       22         OC      1    PHE    OT1     22      -0.67     15.999
>  ;
> >>> qtot 0.67
> >>>       23         OC      1    PHE    OT2     23      -0.67     15.999
>  ;
> >>> qtot 0
> >>>
> >>> and this is .rtp file for PHE:
> >>>
> >>> [ PHE ]
> >>>    [ atoms ]
> >>>           N       NH1     -0.47   0
> >>>           HN      H       0.31    1
> >>>           CA      CT1     0.07    2
> >>>           HA      HB      0.09    3
> >>>           CB      CT2     -0.18   4
> >>>           HB1     HA      0.09    5
> >>>           HB2     HA      0.09    6
> >>>           CG      CA      0.00    7
> >>>           CD1     CA      -0.115  8
> >>>           HD1     HP      0.115   9
> >>>           CE1     CA      -0.115  10
> >>>           HE1     HP      0.115   11
> >>>           CZ      CA      -0.115  12
> >>>           HZ      HP      0.115   13
> >>>           CD2     CA      -0.115  14
> >>>           HD2     HP      0.115   15
> >>>           CE2     CA      -0.115  16
> >>>           HE2     HP      0.115   17
> >>>           C       C       0.51    18
> >>>           O       O       -0.51   19
> >>> so as you see there O and 2 H more...  . I know that's because of COO
> >> group
> >>> and HH.. but which of them are the real structure of zwitterionic form
> of
> >>>    amino acid in force field? are both true? I would be appreciated if
> you
> >>> can help me.
> >> Just apply the normal NH3+ and COO- terminal patches. There are no
> >> special zwitterion patches like in some force fields (OPLS, etc.)
> >> Naturally, the .rtp will change - that is the function of the .tdb
> entries.
> >>
> >> -Justin
> >>
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