The distances, etc., in the prep file are optimized for the whole
residue. If you want to see the individual bond, angle, torsion
(etc.) parameters, you need the parameter file. The most recent
version for glycam is Glycam_06g.dat. You can find these and other
parameters in $AMBERHOME/dat/leap/parm
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Yun Shi <yunshi09.gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Bill and Lachele,
>
> Thank you very much. So dummy atoms exist just because internal coordinates
> system instead of Cartesian coordinates system is used.
>
> I think the GLYCAM prep file contains all the sugar building blocks, and I
> just want to dig all the parameters from the prep file.
>
> But since there are ideal bond lengths, angles, and dihedral angles
> parameters, where can I find the corresponding values of force constants as
> in the functional forms (potential energy equations) of amber force field?
>
>
> Yun
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Lachele Foley (Lists) <lf.list.gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> The prep file format is a little confusing at first.
>>
>> > But I do not understand what are those first three DUMM atoms for?
>>
>> Those set the coordinate space.
>>
>> > What -0.1940 stands for?
>>
>> The manual recommends not using this number at all, so in Glycam prep
>> entries, we use the space as a convenient location indicate the total
>> charge on the residue. And, we don't use it for any other purpose.
>>
>> > What are the letters and numbers from 4th to 7th columns mean?
>>
>> Of these, only column 4 is used. 5-7 are completely ignored by most
>> programs (this is stated in the docs). The numbers are, essentially,
>> comments regarding the atoms to which the bonds, angles and torsions
>> apply. However, since they are never used, any incorrect entries in
>> those columns are unlikely to have ever been caught. The atoms to
>> which the bond lengths, angles and torsions are applied must be
>> deduced by inspecting the contents of column 4. To understand column
>> 4, go see the page that Bill referenced. If you're a CS person, I am
>> told that if you consider it a stack, and you count up from the
>> bottom, the entries in column 4 are a bit easier to make sense of.
>>
>> :-) Lachele
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Bill Ross <ross.cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>> >> Or could anyone just direct me to the right documentation to read?
>> >
>> > Searching google for 'amber prep file':
>> >
>> > http://ambermd.org/doc/prep.html
>> >
>> > Bill
>> >
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