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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Dear Gromacs Users,<BR>
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I am performing DFT calculations for obtaining parameters for the acylated cystein:<BR>
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Cv-Cu-C(=O)-S-Cb-Ca<BR>
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I need torsion potentials for Cv-Cu-C-S, O=C-S-Cb, and C-S-Cb-Ca. (I want to see the deviation of the latter from that used in methionine with sp3 carbon.)<BR>
Thus I have performed torsion potential calculations about bonds Cu-C, C-S, and S-Cb.<BR>
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The first question: when I perform rotations about the Cu-C bond, it describes an overall conformational change. How can I assign it to the Cv-Cu-C-S torsion, while it also may characterize the Cv-Cu-C=O torsional<BR>
potential. In the calculations I set only the torsional angle to some specific<BR>
values, and optimized the rest of the molecule.<BR>
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Second question: in obtaining the C-S bond stretching force constant, (and the C-S-Cb bond angle force constant in another set of calculations) I am doing calculations with different C-S distances. I have the optimized structure with full geometry optimization. Then what is the procedure consistent with the Gromacs parameterization: should I perform single point<BR>
calculations with modified C-S distances, or should I set different C-S distances and optimize the rest of the molecule. The latter procedure should<BR>
result a stretching potential more relaxed, where all internal coordinates<BR>
follow the change of the C-S distance, thus it would be an "adiabatic" parameter. Which one is the consistent one? In the manual Figs. 6,7 shows a<BR>
parabolic energy function. I would use such a fit, but the question is:<BR>
are the energies obtained from a single-point set or from relative energies with relaxed structures.<BR>
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Thanks, Peter Nagy<BR>
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pnagy@utnet.utoledo.edu<BR>
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Dept. Med. Biol. CHem.<BR>
The University of Toledo<BR>
Toledo, OH 43606<BR>
C-S distances<BR>
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