AMBER: gaff parameter ambiguities

From: Anthony Fejes <fejes.zymeworks.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 15:16:07 -0800

Hi,

I believe I have the latest AMBER force field (AMBER 8) which includes
the file gaff.dat.

This file includes duplicate non-identical entries for a number of
bonds. Can anyone explain why this is, or even better, does anyone know
which entry is correct?

For instance, from the first section: (excess spacing removed for
clarity)

cc 12.01 0.360 Sp2 carbons in non-pure aromatic systems
cd 12.01 0.360 Sp2 carbons in non-pure aromatic systems, identical to cc
....
cg 12.01 0.360 Inner Sp carbons in conjugated systems
ch 12.01 0.360 Inner Sp carbons in conjugated systems, identical to cg
....

I would expect the entries for cc-cd in bonds to be the same as for cd-
cd, and cc-cc, however, the following entries exist:

....
cc-cc 418.3 1.429 SOURCE1 740 0.0058 0.0069
cc-cd 504.0 1.371 SOURCE3 523 0.0156 0.0217
....
cd-cd 418.3 1.429 SOURCE1 740 0.0058 0.0069
cd-cd 504.0 1.371 SOURCE3 523 same as cc-cd
....

Does SOURCE3 replace SOURCE1?

Even more confusing, the ch-ch duplicates both cite the same source:

....
ch-ch 494.2 1.377 SOURCE1 42 0.0000 0.0000
ch-ch 949.5 1.191 SOURCE1 80 same as cg-ch
....

could anyone shed some light on this for me?

Anthony Fejes


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