Re: [AMBER] parmed.py setBond

From: Brian Radak <radak004.umn.edu>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 13:07:30 -0500

Ok, that actually does sound like unexpected behavior. Hopefully Jason will
see this and respond.

Can you post the parmed script/commands? I'm sure that will help.

Regards,
Brian


On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Aronica, Pietro <
pietro.aronica07.imperial.ac.uk> wrote:

> I'm not adding a bond; I'm changing an existing bond's parameters.
> Connectivity is not changed, and no new dihedrals or angles or anything
> else are made. As far as I can tell, the two systems should have the same
> exclusion list.
> Kind regards
> Pietro
>
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> By default, AMBER puts all atoms with 1-2 and 1-3 connectivity in each
> other's exclusion list. Atoms with 1-4 connectivity also have special,
> scaled non-bonded interactions. Therefore, if you add a bond where one did
> not exist before, you are also changing the non-bonded interactions. I
> don't know if this can be turned off in parmed.
>
> Remember, you can always add a simple NMR restraint on a distance, and
> this will only be additive with the force field, it will not modify the
> non-bonded interactions in any way.
>
> Regards,
> Brian
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Aronica, Pietro <
> pietro.aronica07.imperial.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I'm having some problems with parmed.py. I used the setBond command to
> > change the length and force constant of a certain bond, and then saved
> > the resulting prmtop. However, parmed.py didn't just change the bond,
> > but also modified the exclusion list in a way that makes the prmtop
> > unusable and not working. I don't understand how changing the
> > parameters of a bond should affect the exclusion list. Why is it doing
> this? Is there a workaround?
> > Kind regards
> > Pietro
> >
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