Re: [AMBER] parameterizing a connected moiety

From: FyD <fyd.q4md-forcefieldtools.org>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 15:38:11 +0200

Dear Mohammad,

> I am working on a fluorescent protein and the chromophore of it is
> part of the backbone. I want to edit this chromophore and I need
> re-parameterize it. I extracted that moiety and capped the trimmed
> connections with Hydrogens and did it with antechamber. Now the
> problem is that their are connections (bonds) between the
> chromophore and the protein and there are no parameters for these.
>
> Is it safe to borrow the parameters of regular amino acids and edit
> the parameter file to include parameters between atoms of the
> chromophore and the rest of the protein? If so, do I have to do it
> manually, or there is a better trick?

You could use R.E.D. Server Dev./PyRED at
http://q4md-forcefieldtools.org/REDServer-Development/ to generate a
force field for molecular fragment(s):

See http://q4md-forcefieldtools.org/REDServer-Development/Documentation/
     http://q4md-forcefieldtools.org/REDServer-Development/news.php
     http://q4md-forcefieldtools.org/REDServer-Development/faq.php
     http://q4md-forcefieldtools.org/Tutorial/Tutorial-4.php

regards, Francois



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