Quoting Raffaella D'Auria <rdauria.uci.edu>:
> I am trying to use REDII to find the RESP charges of a non standard
> residue (an alcohol which I have built using bits of aminoacids from the
> Cornell force field). Ultimately I like to compare the difference between
> this way of creating a new residue and the more standard way which goes
> through antechamber.
I think the biggest differences is that you can use multi-conformation &
multi-orientation RESP fit in R.E.D. II and multi-molecule RESP fit with R.E.D.
III
> I am quite puzzled by the name assignment in the pdb file that serves as
> input. In particular suppose I have a series of C atoms which type in
> amber ff94 is CT, now, since the REDII naming convention all of my C
> become CT1 (which makes them all equivalent???)? Something about the
> naming convention must be eluding me... here is the pdb I used as input:
oh oh if it is CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-OH it should be: see just below
ATOM      1  CT1 1BO     1       3.537   1.423  -0.000  1.00  0.00
ATOM      2   H1 1BO     1       3.556   1.394  -1.116  1.00  0.00
ATOM      3   H1 1BO     1       3.581   0.373   0.378  1.00  0.00
ATOM      4   H1 1BO     1       4.448   1.964   0.354  1.00  0.00
ATOM      5  CT2 1BO     1       2.293   2.115   0.494  1.00  0.00
ATOM      6   H2 1BO     1       2.281   3.176   0.124  1.00  0.00
ATOM      7   H2 1BO     1       2.305   2.156   1.615  1.00  0.00
ATOM      8  CT3 1BO     1       1.042   1.406   0.027  1.00  0.00
ATOM      9   H3 1BO     1       1.048   0.345   0.392  1.00  0.00
ATOM     10   H3 1BO     1       1.016   1.370  -1.093  1.00  0.00
ATOM     11  CT4 1BO     1      -0.204   2.109   0.534  1.00  0.00
ATOM     12   H4 1BO     1      -0.249   3.167   0.160  1.00  0.00
ATOM     13   H4 1BO     1      -0.220   2.115   1.658  1.00  0.00
ATOM     14   O5 1BO     1      -1.387   1.510   0.039  1.00  0.00
ATOM     15   H5 1BO     1      -1.367   0.582   0.297  1.00  0.00
Does it help ? Please see also the tutorial in the R.E.D.II manual.
regards, Francois
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 * F.-Y. Dupradeau *
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Received on Sun May 14 2006 - 06:07:13 PDT