That would mean that a new residue type will not be required? I just need the correct input D-coordinates? <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 2:02 AM, Mark Abraham <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au">Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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    On 26/03/2011 2:27 AM, maria goranovic wrote:
    <blockquote type="cite">Yes, that would be the correct way to do this. I was
      hoping to take a shorter route, and just modifying a couple of
      dihedrals in the topology files output by pdb2gmx without having
      to make a new residue. Is that not possible at all ?</blockquote>
    <br></div>
    Unlike (say) AMBER&#39;s leap, pdb2gmx doesn&#39;t generate coordinates in a
    general sense. It generates a topology that matches given
    coordinates, fixing a few details as directed. It will fill valences
    with hydrogen atoms, generate terminal groups, organize disulfides,
    and choose protonation states of titratable residues, but it won&#39;t
    change geometries in the way you seem to want.<br>
    <br>
    Neither does anything in the .top/.itp files stipulate the chirality
    of any center (in all-atom models). Various dihedral angles change
    sign with chirality, but the dihedral functions are all symmetric
    about the y-axis (i.e. even). So I suspect you do not need to change
    anything about the topology. Just use a molecule builder to change
    the chirality of the relevant center in the input file to pdb2gmx.<br><font color="#888888">
    <br>
    Mark</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
    <br>
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          <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:24 PM,
            Tsjerk Wassenaar <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:tsjerkw@gmail.com" target="_blank">tsjerkw@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span>
            wrote:<br>
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              Hi Maria,<br>
              <br>
              The general solution is to copy the entry in the .rtp
              file, modify the<br>
              dihedrals involved, and rename the entry to match the name
              used in the<br>
              coordinate (pdb) file. You may also need to copy the
              entries in the<br>
              .hdb file, as well as the .tdb files if it is a terminal
              residue.<br>
              <br>
              Hope it helps,<br>
              <br>
              Tsjerk<br>
              <br>
              On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:12 PM, maria goranovic<br>
              <div>
                <div>&lt;<a href="mailto:mariagoranovic@gmail.com" target="_blank">mariagoranovic@gmail.com</a>&gt;
                  wrote:<br>
                  &gt; Hi<br>
                  &gt; Appreciate the quick help<br>
                  &gt; I am sorry, this is not an improper, but a proper
                  dihedral that holds the<br>
                  &gt; chirality in place. Then the solution suggested
                  by Meli would not work? I do<br>
                  &gt; not have a D-ASP. I in fact have an L-ASP which i
                  want to convert to D. So<br>
                  &gt; the question is simply how to set the proper
                  chirality to a D-amino acid in<br>
                  &gt; CHARMM.<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt;<br>
                  &gt; Maria<br>
                  &gt; On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Tsjerk
                  Wassenaar &lt;<a href="mailto:tsjerkw@gmail.com" target="_blank">tsjerkw@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
                  &gt; wrote:<br>
                  &gt;&gt;<br>
                  &gt;&gt; Hi Maria,<br>
                  &gt;&gt;<br>
                  &gt;&gt; The CHARMM force field is an all-atom one.
                  That means it does not<br>
                  &gt;&gt; require improper dihedrals to maintain
                  chirality. If you have a D-ASP<br>
                  &gt;&gt; in your structure file, you can rename it to
                  ASP and just run pdb2gmx.<br>
                  &gt;&gt; Mind not to regenerate hydrogens in that
                  case, or make sure to modify<br>
                  &gt;&gt; the hydrogen position for the D amino acids
                  afterwards, to set the<br>
                  &gt;&gt; proper chirality.<br>
                  &gt;&gt;<br>
                  &gt;&gt; Hope it helps,<br>
                  &gt;&gt;<br>
                  &gt;&gt; Tsjerk<br>
                  &gt;&gt;<br>
                  &gt;&gt; On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:09 AM, maria
                  goranovic<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &lt;<a href="mailto:mariagoranovic@gmail.com" target="_blank">mariagoranovic@gmail.com</a>&gt;
                  wrote:<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; Hello List<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; I want to change an ASP to a D-ASP. I
                  think it should be possible by<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; simply<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; changing 2 improper values around the
                  chiral carbon to their opposite<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; sign.<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; Instead of making a brand new residue, I
                  thought I would take the<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; topology<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; of an ASP generated by pdb2gmx, and
                  simply change values manually in the<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; resulting .itp. However, this is not
                  possible because gromacs wants to<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; read<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; the dihedral parameters from the
                  ffbonded.itp file. Is it possible for<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; me to<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; explicitly state the parameters for
                  these two dihedrals in my d-asp.itp<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; file? This will be the fastest solution
                  to the problem because it<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; precludes<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; making a new residue or defining new
                  atoms types and so on. With the<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; CHARMM<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; force field, I am not sure how  q0 cq
                  translate to c0 c1 c2 and c3 which<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; we<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; are used to for gromos topologies.<br>
                  &gt;&gt; &gt; The mailing list search function was
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                  &gt;&gt; &gt; messages about this.<br>
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