Thanks a lot. I found the manual you mentioned. 
Yuhui
--- Lihua Wang <lhw.broyde.nyu.edu> wrote:
> Hi Yuhui,
> 
> I think the reason for your confusion is that
> instructions on how to make
> a prep file has been abridged from the amber manual
> since version 6.
> There is a special section dedicated to topology,
> atom type designation in
> the amber5 manual (the PREP module). It is too long
> for me to present the
> whole section here, but one principle of the
> parameters is that "loop
> closing bonds are not counted as connections when
> assigning M, E, S, B, 3,
> 4,5,6 topological types".
> 
> I personally think that section is very important to
> users because as of
> the current version (amber8), the antechamber
> doesn't seem to be able to
> generate prep file for residues. So users still have
> to manually prepare
> the prep file by hand (and I don't see an easy way
> to automate this). So
> including the instructions on how to prepare a prep
> file (with examples,
> as in amber5 manual) is extremely important. If you
> have access to the
> amber5 manual, check out pages 76-85 of volume 2. It
> was very clearly
> described.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Lihua Wang
> 
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Yuhui Cheng wrote:
> 
> > Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:46:36 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Yuhui Cheng <amberuser3.yahoo.com>
> > Reply-To: amber.scripps.edu
> > To: amber.scripps.edu
> > Subject: AMBER: About tree structure of TRP
> residue
> >
> > Hi, all,
> >     Did any one notice that tree structure of TRP
> > amino acid in amber8?
> >     In $AMBERHOME/dat/leap/prep/all_amino02.in, it
> > looks like:
> > ........
> > TRYPTOPHAN
> >
> >  TRP  INT     1
> >  CORR OMIT DU   BEG
> >    0.00000
> >    1  DUMM  DU    M    0  -1  -2     0.000    
> 0.000
> >   0.000
> >    2  DUMM  DU    M    1   0  -1     1.449    
> 0.000
> >   0.000
> >    3  DUMM  DU    M    2   1   0     1.522  
> 111.100
> >   0.000
> >    4  N     N     M    3   2   1     1.335  
> 116.600
> > 180.000
> >    5  H     H     E    4   3   2     1.010  
> 119.800
> >   0.000
> >    6  CA    CT    M    4   3   2     1.449  
> 121.900
> > 180.000
> >    7  HA    H1    E    6   4   3     1.090  
> 109.500
> > 300.000
> >    8  CB    CT    3    6   4   3     1.525  
> 111.100
> >  60.000
> >    9  HB2   HC    E    8   6   4     1.090  
> 109.500
> > 300.000
> >   10  HB3   HC    E    8   6   4     1.090  
> 109.500
> >  60.000
> >   11  CG    C*    S    8   6   4     1.510  
> 115.000
> > 180.000
> >   12  CD1   CW    B   11   8   6     1.340  
> 127.000
> > 180.000
> >   13  HD1   H4    E   12  11   8     1.090  
> 120.000
> >   0.000
> >   14  NE1   NA    B   12  11   8     1.430  
> 107.000
> > 180.000
> >   15  HE1   H     E   14  12  11     1.010  
> 125.500
> > 180.000
> >   16  CE2   CN    S   14  12  11     1.310  
> 109.000
> >   0.000
> >   17  CZ2   CA    B   16  14  12     1.400  
> 128.000
> > 180.000
> >   18  HZ2   HA    E   17  16  14     1.090  
> 120.000
> >   0.000
> >   19  CH2   CA    B   17  16  14     1.390  
> 116.000
> > 180.000
> >   20  HH2   HA    E   19  17  16     1.090  
> 120.000
> > 180.000
> >   21  CZ3   CA    B   19  17  16     1.350  
> 121.000
> >   0.000
> >   22  HZ3   HA    E   21  19  17     1.090  
> 120.000
> > 180.000
> >   23  CE3   CA    B   21  19  17     1.410  
> 122.000
> >   0.000
> >   24  HE3   HA    E   23  21  19     1.090  
> 120.000
> > 180.000
> >   25  CD2   CB    E   23  21  19     1.400  
> 117.000
> >   0.000
> >   26  C     C     M    6   4   3     1.522  
> 111.100
> > 180.000
> >   27  O     O     E   26   6   4     1.229  
> 120.500
> >   0.000
> > ...............
> >      The tree label of atom CE2 is "S", and CD2 is
> > "E". That means there is no bond between CE2 and
> CD2,
> > Also no bond between CD2 and CG. But obviously,
> it's
> > not correct. I'm totally confused.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Yuhui
> >
> >
> >
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