<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Justin A. Lemkul <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jalemkul@vt.edu">jalemkul@vt.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Rasoul wrote:<br>
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For the sugar parameters you can use Glycam parameters  <a href="http://glycam.ccrc.uga.edu/documents/gl_params.jsp" target="_blank">http://glycam.ccrc.uga.edu/documents/gl_params.jsp</a><br>
After with specific script it can be convert to Gromac readable file:<br>
<a href="http://www.gromacs.org/index.php?title=Download_%26_Installation/User_contributions/Other_software" target="_blank">http://www.gromacs.org/index.php?title=Download_%26_Installation/User_contributions/Other_software</a><br>

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Mixing and matching force field parameters is a very bad idea.  To have a valid<br>
physical model, parameters should be derived in compatible ways.<br>
<br></blockquote><div>It has good consistency with Amber FF :J Comput Chem 29: 622–655, 2008.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">

-Justin<br>
<br></blockquote><div>Rasoul <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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I hope it would be useful for you.<br>
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Rasoul<br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Justin A. Lemkul &lt;<a href="mailto:jalemkul@vt.edu" target="_blank">jalemkul@vt.edu</a> &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:jalemkul@vt.edu" target="_blank">jalemkul@vt.edu</a>&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>

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    Jianhui Tian wrote:<br>
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        Hi Parichita,<br>
<br>
        Thanks for the suggestion. However, the question is what<br>
        parameters from ffG53a6 can be used for not included sugars or<br>
        glycolipid. I guess you can not simply use the charge, angle and<br>
        dihedral values based on the atom types from 53a6.<br>
<br>
<br>
    Gromos building blocks are quite transferable between different<br>
    molecules. Compare a few sugars - the parameters are nearly<br>
    identical.  That is one of the central features of this particular<br>
    force field, that functional group charges should be as versatile as<br>
    possible.<br>
<br>
    As for the lipids, there are new versions of 53A6 (which I believe<br>
    have been uploaded to the Gromacs site) that perform substantially<br>
    better than the built-in parameters.  The long acyl chains are not<br>
    particularly accurate in the default 53A6.<br>
<br>
    -Justin<br>
<br>
        Jianhui<br>
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        Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:18:49 +0530 (IST)<br>
        From: parichita parichita &lt;<a href="mailto:parichitamajumdar@yahoo.co.in" target="_blank">parichitamajumdar@yahoo.co.in</a><br>
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        Hi Jianhui,<br>
         For your sugar part you can use PRODRG, which will convert<br>
        coordinates for small molecules in PDB format (or simple text<br>
        structures) to the following topology formats: GROMOS, GROMACS<br>
        and  from literature if you can find out the parameters of<br>
        ffG53a6 force field,  then you can correct the charge, angle and<br>
        dihedral values that you are collected from the PRODRG. Hope<br>
        this will help you.<br>
        Regards...<br>
        Parichita...........<br>
<br>
<br>
                 Parichita Mazumder Research Fellow<br>
        C/O Dr. Chaitali Mukhopadhayay<br>
        Department of Chemistry<br>
        University of Calcutta<br>
        92,A P C Road<br>
        Kolkata-700009<br>
        India.<br>
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        Subject: [gmx-users] carbohydrate parameters in ffG53a6<br>
        To: <a href="mailto:gmx-users@gromacs.org" target="_blank">gmx-users@gromacs.org</a> &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:gmx-users@gromacs.org" target="_blank">gmx-users@gromacs.org</a>&gt;<br>
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        Date: Wednesday, 18 August, 2010, 10:16 AM<br>
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        Hi,<br>
<br>
        I want to do some simulations about carbohydrates and<br>
        glycolipid. In the ffG53a6.rtp file, I just see limited<br>
        parameters for carbohydrate, like monosaccharide Glucose,<br>
        Mannose and Galactose. What parameters can be used for others<br>
        like arabinose? Also, is there any parameters available in the<br>
        Gromacs force field for glycolipid?<br>
<br>
        Jianhui<br>
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