Re: loss of disulfide bonds

From: James W. Caldwell <caldwell_at_heimdal.compchem.ucsf.edu>
Date: Mon 14 Oct 2002 10:28:15 -0700 (PDT)

You need to add explicit bonds, either with "crosslink"
or "bond". Crosslink is easier since you don't need
to know the explicit atom number of your sulfur.

jim

On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Nicolas Le Novere wrote:

>Dear fellow AMBER users,
>
>I am sure my query is a common one among newbies, and in such a case I
>apologize for the inconvenience. I am modelling a protein with several
>disulfide bonds. The original PDB has been generated by MODELLER, so I
>renammed CYS into CYX, and suppressed the inaccurate HG.
>
>Nevertheless, any manipulation with sander, like a minimization or an
>equilibration cause my disulfide bonds to disappear, and therefore each
>sulfur to move away.
>
>tleap session:
>-------------
>
>wyman:~/NICMODEL/models/AMBER/a7ggSS$ tleap
>-I: Adding /usr/local/amber6-ok/dat to search path.
>-I: Adding /usr/local/amber6-ok/dat/leap/lib to search path.
>-I: Adding /usr/local/amber6-ok/dat/leap/cmd to search path.
>
>Welcome to LEaP!
>Sourcing leaprc: /usr/local/amber6-ok/dat/leap/cmd/leaprc
>Log file: ./leap.log
>Loading parameters: /usr/local/amber6-ok/dat/parm94.dat
>Loading library: /usr/local/amber6-ok/dat/leap/lib/all_nucleic94.lib
>Loading library: /usr/local/amber6-ok/dat/leap/lib/all_amino94.lib
>Loading library: /usr/local/amber6-ok/dat/leap/lib/all_aminoct94.lib
>Loading library: /usr/local/amber6-ok/dat/leap/lib/all_aminont94.lib
>Loading library: /usr/local/amber6-ok/dat/leap/lib/ions94.lib
>Loading library: /usr/local/amber6-ok/dat/leap/lib/water.lib
>> loadAmberParams parm98.dat
>Loading parameters: /usr/local/amber6-ok/dat/parm98.dat
>> a7 = loadPDB a7 a7gg.pdb
>loadPdb: Improper number of arguments!
>usage: <variable> = loadPdb <filename>
>> a7 = loadPDB a7gg.pdb
>Loading PDB file: ./a7gg.pdb
> total atoms in file: 16790
>> solvateBox a7 WATBOX216 { 36 18 25 } 25
> Solute vdw bounding box: 80.661 80.858 70.819
> Total bounding box for atom centers: 152.661 116.858 120.819
> Solvent unit box: 18.774 18.774 18.774
> Total vdw box size: 80.661 80.858 70.819 angstroms.
> Volume: 461889.977 A^3
> Total mass 121428.180 amu, Density 0.437 g/cc
> Added 0 residues.
>> check a7
>
>[snips]
>
>Checking parameters for unit 'a7'.
>Checking for bond parameters.
>Checking for angle parameters.
>check: Warnings: 264
>Unit is OK.
>> saveAmberParm a7 a7.prm a7.crd
>
>[snips]
>
> total 3635 improper torsions applied
>Building H-Bond parameters.
>Marking per-residue atom chain types.
> (Residues lacking connect0/connect1 -
> these don't have chain types marked:
>
> res total affected
>
> CTHR 5
> NPHE 5
> )
> (no restraints)
>
>
>Minimisation:
>------------
>sander -O -i min.inp -o min.out -p a7.prm -c a7.crd -x a7min.rst
>min.inp:
>
>Minimization
>first 10 cycles are by default SD then conjugent gradient
> &cntrl
> imin=1, ntx=1, ntf=1, maxcyc=100,
> cut=15.0,
> igb=1, gbsa=1,
> ntb=0,
> ntpr=10,
> &end
>
>Equilibration:
>-------------
>
>sander_classic -O -i eq.in -p a7.prm -c restrt -o a7eq.out -x a7eq.crd -r a7eq.rst
>
>eq.in:
>
> cold start belly equil
> &cntrl
> IREST = 0, ibelly= 1,
> NTX = 1, TEMPI = 0.0,
> NTB = 0, NRUN = 1,
> NTT = 1, TEMP0 = 300.0, TAUTP = .1,
> DTEMP = 2.0, NTP = 0,
> NSTLIM= 1000, DT = .002,
> NTC = 2,
> NTF = 2,
> IDIEL = 0, SCEE = 1.2,
> CUT =999.0, NSNB = 9999,
> NTPR = 20, NTWX = 20,
> &end
>Loop B
>RES 147 154
>RES 185 193
>END
>END
>
>(disulfide bonds are in the movable part)
>
>


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